The show that said it's okay to be different

Pinnock presents generation as a key factor shaping immigrant experiences. Enid and Broderick, as first-generation immigrants, retain an irrepressible connection with Jamaica, the country of their birth. Del and Viv, as second-generation immigrants, also feel connected to Jamaica, but often in ways that they find confusing and difficult to combine with their "British" identities, having been born in London. One way in which Pinnock symbolises this is by contrasting Enid and Broderick's use of Jamaican accents and slang with Del and Viv's London accents. Furthermore, Enid and Broderick have concrete family connections in Jamaica - Enid has left behind her sister and her mother, who never accepted her decision to leave - whereas Del and Viv, as second-generation immigrants, have a more indirect, spiritual relationship with the country that they must negotiate over the course of this play. Pinnock therefore seeks to remind the audience that there is no single "immigrant experience".

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Pinnock reveals the difficulties that immigrants face combining their personal cultural heritage with that of their adopted homeland. Enid shows affection when reminiscing with Broderick about Jamaica, such as by dancing to reggae music and laughing about memories of eccentricUnconventional or erratic. pastors. She also takes her daughters to Mai, an Obeah (spiritual) woman in London, to get traditional Caribbean hand readings, symbolising her desire that the family remain connected to its roots. On the other hand, she is often critical of social and economic conditions in Jamaica, where she was impoverished growing up, and proclaims her pride at her new "British" cultural identity. Pinnock presents this as a self-defence mechanism that Enid deploys to "belong" in her adopted cultural setting. Broderick is represented as a cautionary tale. Although he accuses Enid of not teaching her children more about their Jamaican roots, he himself relies on alcohol to resolve his tensions with the place that he occupies in British society.

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Pinnock depicts the societal expectation that immigrants assimilate as a deeply alienating experience that attempts to disconnect them from their cultural heritage. Del, for example, is initially embarrassed to admit to the connection she feels with her cultural heritage. For example, when the family visits Mai, the Obeah woman, in Act I, Del mocks the ritual practices in which they participate as "mumbo jumbo nonsense". However, on the same visit, she secretly tries to steal a charm from Mai, showing that she is deeply curious about her heritage but has been made to feel ashamed for admitting it. Ultimately, Mai and Del form a very close relationship: Del moves in with Mai after an argument with her mother, and Mai is the only person to recognise Del as living with dyslexiaA common learning difficulty involving reading, writing and spelling. . This symbolises the importance of rejecting societal pressures that demand immigrants disconnect from their roots and instead fold into their new cultural context.

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Pinnock showcases the many different forms of discrimination faced by immigrants and their families. Immigrants face discrimination from the government - for example, Broderick complains that he is being made to reapply for citizenship after thirty years living in the country, costing him £50, and resents being treated as an "alien". Enid refers to a traumatising experience of workplace discrimination, when a colleague mocked her appearance at a staff party. Broderick also refers to a friend, Gullyman, who faced racist harassment so severe that he fell into depressionLow mood that affects someone's daily life, and can last for weeks or months. and became homeless. Viv must grapple with a school curriculumThe subjects studied at school or during a course. that does not reflect her experience or identity. Pinnock thus demonstrates that immigrants face various forms of discrimination across multiple aspects of their lives.

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The societal pressures placed on immigrants are presented as a threat even to intimate family bonds. Enid's imposed disassociation from her homeland is symbolised by her failure to trust her sister when she is informed about their mother's illness, leading her not to send money until it is too late. Despite their love for each other, Enid and her daughters are often dishonest with each other. For example, Viv lies to her mother by covering for Del's mysterious night time activities and by trying to give her the money that Enid had saved up specifically for her university education. Nonetheless, the family is also an irreplaceable form of support in the context of a hostile society. Del, for example, helps bring Viv back to reality after Viv risks her future by walking out of an English literature exam. The Matthews family are ultimately able to resolve their tensions; Pinnock therefore implies that the family is the strongest of all human relationships.

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