Looking For Alibrandi Social Pressure Analysis

Impacts of Social Pressures in Looking for Alibrandi
In the novel “Looking for Alibrandi,” numerous amount of characters face social pressures that have impacted them and their life. Josephine Alibrandi, John Barton, and Christina Alibrandi are a few characters that have faced social pressures which impacted them and their selves in a negative way. Josephine acts disrespectfully towards others and her mind tells her the best way to hide is to be alone, John gets really depressed but doesn’t show it and all this emotional build up inside him eventually lead him to suicide, and Christina doesn’t feel accepted by her own family yet she still tries to put in effort for them which ended up being a waste of time because she can’t even satisfy herself. Josephine Alibrandi is one of the characters that have faced social pressures and impacted their life the most. Everyone around her everyday have high expectations from her. For example, being the perfect Italian daughter, getting noticed by everyone, wealth and fame, and having everything. All these expectations …show more content…
Christina is always getting nagged and yelled at by her mother, Katia Alibrandi ever since she had a child out of wedlock. For example, she wants to be able to go out with people her age without Nonna Katia yelling and causing a scene with Christina about ‘neglecting’ Josephine which is in evident in, “You have the hide to say that I have neglected Josie? I have devoted my whole life to her and the one day I want to go out with people my age, you tell me I’m neglecting her?” (Marchetta, 95). Christina feels that she is not accepted and lost trust from her family members. All she wants is to live a happy life for family especially her daughter. But she thinks she can’t do that without Nonna Katia complaining and repeatedly saying Christina has done many wrongs and people will talk about