15th day of April in the year twenty10
i've been reading back through all my posts and i have realised that the things i have written have been very melodramatic and quite depressing. With all thats changed and submerged in confusion, i have forgotten or dismissed all the joyous occurrences in my life. I have been selfish and i have taken too many things for granted.
A couple of days ago i received a book that will be my english novel this term. Everyone said that, although easy, it was boring. with that i did not pay much attention to it. do u know how sometimes you read a book but have no interest and just scan the words but don't actually take in the story? thats what i was doing. But when i actually took the time to read it and really READ IT, i was amazed. it has taken my less then a day to finish reading it and the truth and morals in the book are so relatable its way better than chicken soup.
the book is called "LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI" and i have fallen in love with it. although my problems are quite different from the heroine Josephine Alibrandi's situation, i could totally relate. We both are confused about where we belong in society. Am i Australian or Indonesia? we both expect too much from ourselves and both at times feel a need to break out but want to retain our innocence. We both feel an immense guilt for something small like ditching school.
Reading the book i felt like reading a different version of my life.
Josephine Alibrandi realises that the only reason she feels so much turmoil and sadness is because she has created the idea that everyone at her school does not respect her and think themselves superior to her, that she doesnt belong in the Australian society and she is an unfortunate but she realises that you shouldn't allow society's rule and regulations or anyone elses expectation of you to change what you want. At the end, although she has had her sights on being a barrister her whole life, she realised she doesnt know what she wants. I can relate to these in my own way and found the answers i need to unanswered questions i didnt know i had.
"For anyone confused about where they belong in a world that appears to be multicultural but does not know the meaning of the word, this is the perfect book."
i also learnt from this book that words arent just sticks and stones. They are knives and guns that cut and sting you at first but will one day create a whole in your heart.
Marchetta has created a beautifully written story that has touched on problems i have never read of before yet i think is relatable to every teenage girl in there own way.
I am touched by this book and have come to a better understanding of myself. I hope the next person who reads this book will think the same.
xoxo,
Nerdia
