Looking for AlibrandiLooking for Alibrandi is a novel in which reflects and comments on the majority of social issues that occur in most communities around the world. The novel presents the main character, Josephine Alibrandi, as an intelligent and capable Australian woman of Italian descent. Due to her background, she faces social issues such as experiencing stereotypes and social statuses. The author, Melina Marchetta, applies a variety of familiar and stereotypical events in the book. From cases such as the different characters, their characteristics and their reaction to certain events that occur in the book. A good example of a stereotypical event in this book is the relationship between Josephine Alibrandi and Jacob Coote, captain of a public school called Cook High. “He once broke two eggs on my glasses” (32). “But we danced until we were exhausted and that gave me the opportunity to watch it properly for the first time. His eyes were neither a bluish green, nor a hazel green, nor a mixed color. They were just green. (54). It is evident in these quotes that Josephine realizes that she does not know Jacob Coote as well as she thought. When they first met several years ago, Josephine had stereotyped Jacob as a troublemaker and a con artist, which later in the novel becomes an inside joke between them. This stereotypical event has been used by several films in the film industry; a man and a woman meet and end up arguing and holding a grudge against each other until the man saves the woman from danger and they fall in love and marry. This is not the only evidence that points to a sign of stereotypical events occurring. in the novel. A big ind...... middle of paper ......approval from their family and people around them is considered the most common trend among teenagers around the world and is used throughout of the novel. Josephine was introduced to reading knowing that she was unsure of her identity and seeking acceptance from her grandmother due to her illegitimacy. Marchetta created the characteristic of Josephine as one that readers can truly understand and allow them to feel a connection and relationship between the characters in the novel and themselves; this can make them aware that this is a social problem that every generation of adolescents faces on a daily basis. The characters in the novel accompanied by themes such as stereotypes and social statuses support the author's idea of ​​creating a novel in which he comments on social issues and reflects the reality of the novel..