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Viv's relationship with the education system in Winsome Pinnock's 'Leave Taking'

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I can describe Viv’s character arc in ‘Leave Taking’, with a specific focus on the importance of Scene Two in terms of Viv’s rejection of the education system.

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Viv’s relationship with the formal education system changes over the course of the play. Arguably, Brod acts as a catalyst for Viv’s questioning of what she is being taught in school. Viv quotes from Shakespeare and Rupert Brooke in Scene Two. Arguably, through Viv’s quotations, Pinnock is asking us to consider the Eurocentric nature of Viv’s schooling. Viv’s studying Black Studies at uni could suggest she will find the next step of her formal education more fulfilling.

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