Set in the multicultural outer-suburbs of Sydney, Melina Marchetta’s, Saving Francesca, follows the life a teenage girl as she faces many issues of keeping ,and finding new, friendships. Attending a new school, Francesca Spinelli must find her own individuality, learn how to deal with Mia’s depression and live through the awkwardness of maintaining relationships. This has content which is beneficial to young Australian reader, as it shows implicit, and explicit, social, moral and ethical messages. Per said, it is highly recommended that young Australian’s will enjoy the valuable and meaningful reading experience.
Saving Francesca explore multiple social, moral and ethical messages are conveyed throughout the novel which make it an impressionable …show more content…
To begin with, at the beginning of the book Francesca moves to a new school and she hated it. But after spending time there, away from her “friends” at Stella’s. Francesca starts to open up and become herself again, a clear example is how she starts to make friends and does stuff with them. This gives gratification to the reader, because of the detailed characterisation that makes you feel like you have known her, for her entire life, her actions do just that. This is just one example of plot and characterisation at the same time which makes this novel good to read. Secondly, Francesca’s entire view of her dad changed as a result of running away. When her dad comes to find her, she has an epiphany that her dad does care. Throughout the novel, Francesca subtly conveys that she thinks he doesn’t care. Francesca and her father both change because of this. Finally, the development of how Francesca gains friends over the course of the novel is what adds heavily to plot development. One character that is an ever-changing character is Jimmy Hailer; he was an important role in the book as he is what ultimately made Mia’s depression better. Jimmy used to be non-fascinating and didn’t seem important, but it has been proven that this is not the case. Overall, the characterisation and plot development is an excellent reason on why young Australians should read this
Saving Francesca explore multiple social, moral and ethical messages are conveyed throughout the novel which make it an impressionable …show more content…
To begin with, at the beginning of the book Francesca moves to a new school and she hated it. But after spending time there, away from her “friends” at Stella’s. Francesca starts to open up and become herself again, a clear example is how she starts to make friends and does stuff with them. This gives gratification to the reader, because of the detailed characterisation that makes you feel like you have known her, for her entire life, her actions do just that. This is just one example of plot and characterisation at the same time which makes this novel good to read. Secondly, Francesca’s entire view of her dad changed as a result of running away. When her dad comes to find her, she has an epiphany that her dad does care. Throughout the novel, Francesca subtly conveys that she thinks he doesn’t care. Francesca and her father both change because of this. Finally, the development of how Francesca gains friends over the course of the novel is what adds heavily to plot development. One character that is an ever-changing character is Jimmy Hailer; he was an important role in the book as he is what ultimately made Mia’s depression better. Jimmy used to be non-fascinating and didn’t seem important, but it has been proven that this is not the case. Overall, the characterisation and plot development is an excellent reason on why young Australians should read this