I'm torn. I do think Rowan is right, in general, that Ginty doesn't want to lose again. However, I am not sure it is fear of failure which has made her decide not to enter at all (even though I think later in canon this is there), at least, I can't get it from the text. There her decision is clearly Unity-inspired (and maintained by her determination not to be bossed by Rowan).
The question for me is: where does Unity end and Ginty begin? Ginty is consciously continuing to behave in the way expected from the persona she has developed in response to Unity's expectations of her, even though "part of her rather wanted to enter" and she knows her reluctance to is not genuine. She says to herself that she won't be bossed by Rowan, but is more than happy to be manipulated by Unity.
I wondered if this is just a more extreme version of the home / school selves which runs through the series? Or does the fact that Ginty is consciously choosing to do this give it a different meaning?
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Ginty
Date: 2014-07-27 03:27 pm (UTC)The question for me is: where does Unity end and Ginty begin? Ginty is consciously continuing to behave in the way expected from the persona she has developed in response to Unity's expectations of her, even though "part of her rather wanted to enter" and she knows her reluctance to is not genuine. She says to herself that she won't be bossed by Rowan, but is more than happy to be manipulated by Unity.
I wondered if this is just a more extreme version of the home / school selves which runs through the series? Or does the fact that Ginty is consciously choosing to do this give it a different meaning?