Essay Questions

1. ‘I'm beginning to realise that things don't turn out the way you want them to.’

(Page.154) Discuss the ways in which Josephine makes her important dicoveries in the novel.

2. The process of discovery is more important than the discoveries themselves. Do you agree with this statement? To what extent has this phenomenon been illustrated in Looking For Alibrandi?

3.The first person style of narration makes Looking For Alibrandi an interesting but unreliable portrayal of discovery. Do you agree?

4.’At every turn Josephine Alibrandi makes errors of judgement only to realise her mistakes too late.’ Do you agree with this assessment of Josephine's judgement in the story?