Thursday, February 17, 2011

Looking for Alibrandi - Chapter 4

Plot summary


Today Josie has a debate against St. Anthony and she meets her crush, John Barton. They talk about how John Barton's dad is making him study law and become a politician. Also Poison Ivy joins in and talks to John like she's the only girl for John.

Challenges faced by the Character(s)/information revealed about character(s)


John Barton is introduced in this chapter, he is one of the politician's son and also the school captan of St. Anthony.

Important Quotations


"I was surprised at his bitterness and tried to cut the mood." (pg 46)
"he laughed, but somehow not humorously. There was a darkness in his eyes that had nothing to do with colour." (pg 46)
"'A Ferrari?' I asked, hocked. 'I'd Kiss the dirtiest part of the ground just for a second-hand Mini." (pg 48)

Personal Response


In this chapter, you can see how close Josie and John are and that even though John is from a rich family he wants to be like a normal person and choose what he wants to study and not what his dad wants him to study.

Definition of 3 difficult words encountered


inept - without skill for a particular task

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