General Vision and Viewpoint (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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What is GVV (General Vision & Viewpoint)?
What is GVV (General Vision & Viewpoint)?
Author's overall perspective on life, relationships & world
Overall GVV in Educated
Overall GVV in Educated
Balances hope with harsh realities; transformation is possible
Education's role in memoir
Education's role in memoir
Transformative & empowering; breaks cycles of oppression
What education provides Tara
What education provides Tara
Tools for independent life & critical thinking over blind obedience
How family loyalty operates
How family loyalty operates
Conditionally - dependent on silence & submission, not truth
Belonging & truth relationship
Belonging & truth relationship
Cannot always coexist; painful recognition in memoir
What survival sometimes requires
What survival sometimes requires
Abandoning family to prevent harm & enable growth
Redemptive power in memoir
Redemptive power in memoir
Self-discovery & voice reclamation
Individual agency theme
Individual agency theme
Possibility of redefining oneself despite years of control
Double-edged nature of separation
Double-edged nature of separation
Both harmful & necessary; a wound & a window
How memory is portrayed
How memory is portrayed
Subjective & fallible, but personal truth remains valid
Memory & storytelling serve as
Memory & storytelling serve as
Acts of resistance & recovery; form of empowerment
Cost of transformation
Cost of transformation
Great personal cost; requires tremendous courage & sacrifice