“Looking for Alibrandi” was written by Melina Marchetta. The novel confonts many issues facing todays society every day, it is especially focussing on a teenagers view of growing up and what they have to deal with. Josephine Alibrandi is the main character and throughout the novel she Read the rest of this entry »

A theme in the book was it doesn’t matter what side of the city you grow up on, it only matters how you act meaning that just because you’re friends are like something doesn’t mean you have mimic them. The vital part is who YOU are not who you’re friends are. An example for this theme Read the rest of this entry »

Saturnalia

Saturnalia by Paul Fleischman was a great read. This book combined interesting characters and unique situations to create a very complex plot. The book is set in 1681 in Boston. In this puritan town, the masters and servants live very different lives, and this Read the rest of this entry »

The plot of ¡§Wag the Dog¡¨ has the President getting into an unrecoverable scandal two weeks before re-election. The President of the United States apparently had a sexual encounter with an underage Girl Scout in the Oval Office. The president’s opponents get wind of the story Read the rest of this entry »

Television dramas affect our lives, they get viewers involved and affect the viewers outlook on life, their opinions on issues in society and the way we behave and socialise. The people in our everyday lives view us in a certain way and expect us to respond to a pattern they have become accustomed Read the rest of this entry »