Central conflict and title
Central conflict and title
Winsome Pinnock's Leave Taking centres on Enid, a Jamaican-born mother raising Del and Viv in Britain. Enid takes Del to Mai, an obeah woman, because she fears that migration has disconnected the family from its heritage.
Step-by-step lessons on Eduqas GCSE English Literature 1.3.7 Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century prose text, the post-1914 text, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since Component 2's unseen poetry section is usually the most time-pressured on exam day.