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In the novel “ Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta, Michael Andrettu makes the following statement “ Peoplechange, circumstances change them page” (243). This statement applys to the following three people in different ways in the novel. Josie Alibrandi, her mother Christina, and her nonna Katia. Josie Alibrandi experiences a few things within the novel, and these circumstances change Josie from the person she was at the beginning of the novel to the person she becomes at the end of the novel. At the beginning of the novel we are introduced to a boy named John Barton, who Josie displays to the reader is the one guy she cares the most about. Her relationship with John Barton grows stronger throughout the novel. But when one of the main events in the novel occurs, the suicide of John Barton, it marks the start of the change of Josie. Josie begins to understand the importance of friends around her, who support her, and how, without them, she wouldn’t be who she is without them. She also learns how to cope with the loss, making her a stronger pe