Starter quiz
- In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Enid tells Del: "I work ______ jobs seven days a week."
- 'two' ✓
- In 'Leave Taking', what is true of both Brod and Enid?
- They both migrated from Jamaica. ✓
- They both have children. ✓
- They both suppress their memories of Jamaica.
- They both dream about Jamaica.
- They both work two jobs in England.
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- In Scene Four of 'Leave Taking', Enid tells Viv, "I come from the ______ family in the whole a Jamaica."
- 'poorest' ✓
- In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Brod talks about Jamaica's poverty. He says, "And why they [Jamaicans] poor? Because a ______. Imperialism."
- 'colonialism' ✓
- Pinnock's parents migrated from Jamaica to England. They faced hostility. In her introduction to 'Leave Taking', Pinnock says her parents "didn't ______ and rarely discussed hardship."
- 'complain' ✓
- In her introduction to 'Leave Taking', Pinnock says her parents and their generation "had been indoctrinated by a colonialist ______ that lionised (celebrated) all things British."
- 'education' ✓
Exit quiz
- In Scene Eight of 'Leave Taking', what do we find out about Viv's future plans?
- She is going to study English Literature at university.
- She is going to study Black Studies at university. ✓
- She is going to take a gap year before university.
- She has decided against university.
- She wants to become an obeah woman, like Del.
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- In Scene Four of 'Leave Taking', Enid tells Viv that, when she was growing up in Jamaica, people used to make fun of her family. Why did they make fun of them?
- because Enid wanted to migrate
- because they were proud
- because they enjoyed talking in tongues
- because of their poverty ✓
- because they trusted obeah men and women
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- In Scene Two of 'Leave Taking', Enid says to Brod, "I proud a my ______ girls."
- 'English' ✓
- In Scene Eight of 'Leave Taking', Enid compares the rural poverty she faced in Jamaica to the poverty she faces in England. She says, "In a way, we poorer than them. Them all in it ______."
- 'together' ✓
- In Scene Three of 'Leave Taking', Enid recalls a church service in Jamaica. She says, "That service was ______."
- 'sweet' ✓
- In 'Leave Taking', how does Pinnock present Enid's life in England, compared to her life in Jamaica?
- Enid feels more isolated in England. ✓
- Enid was unemployed in Jamaica, unlike in England.
- Enid faces destitution in England, like she did in Jamaica.
- Enid feels her children have better opportunities in England. ✓
- Enid faces hardships in both Jamaica and England. ✓
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Key learning points
- Enid faced hardship growing up in Jamaica.
- Enid experienced a strong sense of community growing up in Jamaica.
- Enid’s life in England is still characterised by hardship.
- Arguably, Enid is more isolated in Britain than in Jamaica.
Common misconception
Enid's life in Jamaica was terrible. It wasn't hard for her to leave.
Enid faced limited opportunities in Jamaica, but leaving also meant she forever altered her relationships with her family and community.
Keywords
Hardship - A synonym for difficulty or suffering.
Destitute - A synonym for extreme poverty
Isolated - Being alone, without friends, help or support.
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