Muriel
Growing up is a low process of maturation from childhood to adulthood. The play "Muriel's Wedding" by PJ Hogan, the exerpt from the novel "Looking for Alibiandi" by Melina Maneherta and the song "why do I lie" by Luscious Jackson are texts that all show that growing up involves many factors and influences, such as family, friends and searching for identity and independence. Muriel, who is the main character in "Muriel's Wedding", has to learn to overcome her problems with family and friends to become a wiser, more independent person with her own identity. The characters in the other text also need to find their own individuality and identity.Muriel is the main character in PJ Hogan's screen plays "Muriel's Wedding". She is an ugly ducking and lives with a terrible family. In her family, Muriel has two sisters, one brother and her parents but no one in her family works except her father-Bill. They stay at home, watch TV and play games all day. Muriel gets nothing from her family but lies. Muriel's father-Bill works
Muriel gets more confidence and learns independence from Rhonda. She does not stop lying until her mother died. She identity herself and take the responsibility to herself. The family pressure makes Muriel feels no self-confident and hopeless so she lives in a fantasy world and wants nothing out of life more than to be married. Fortunately Muriel meets Rhonda who is an independent young woman. John's father pressures him into a career which he does not want. This is similar to the kind of pressure that his father puts on John Barton who is the main character in the novel "Looking for Alibrandi". However Muriel still lies to her best friend-Rhonda, because she has no sense of her own identity and that is why she still can not grow up because identity in a very important part of growing up. After her mother died, she tells her husband the truth that she does not love her husband and she will leave her husband. Each of the texts, "Muriel's Wedding" the excerpt from novel "Looking for Alibiandi" and the song "Why Do I Lie" all show that there are many factors that affect growing up. Also Muriel learns how to lie from his father to cover her feeling of being useless and get more confidence. These different influences can affect people's lives deeply and lead to very different journeys towards becoming an adult. Bill is a negative example to Muriel and affects how she grows up. Unfortunately Muriel has no good friend to help her but has some bad friends who always make fun of her.
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