“A Walk to the Jetty” and “The Ile” are two stories known for their show of ambition, dreams, and prices that they are willing to pay.These two stories show how some times things are worth it and how some are not.It shows that it takes a risk to achieve what you want, even if it means hurting the people around them. “The Walk to the Jetty” and “The Ile” hold different ways of telling their stories but also hold many similarities of what they face along the way to achieve there dreams and goals.
The characters ambitions and dreams. In “A Walk to the Jetty” Annie's ambition take place in Antigua.Anni is a young girl who wants to take her ambitions much higher than most people. She wants to move to England to obtain a better life for herself …show more content…
She is also afraid of leaving the Island and moving far away.Annie says,“My mother and my father-I was leaving them forever.My home on the Island-I was leaving it forever. I felt a familiar hollow space inside”(Kincaid,330).This line shows that Annie doesn't want to leave her parents and is afraid to leave home.Captain Keeney as well has a price to pay.The price that Keeney is willing to pay is dealing with the courts when he gets back home. This is because the crews two year contract is up. His willing to risk his life and Mutiny.Also willing to lose his wife, because his wife desperately needs to go back home so she can get help.Keeney says, “To hell with your law courts! Were at sea now and I'm the law on this ship”(O’Neill,59).This line shows that keeney does not care for his crew and for anything but his pride and that the journey is beyond just getting …show more content…
In the story “A walk to the Jetty” the price is worth it because there are so many people that wish they can go to England and study to become a nurse. And she can always go back to see her friends and family. As in the story “The Ile” Keeney's price to pay is not worth it. I think this because he is seeing his wife suffer out at seas and she is not happy.But he still doesn't want to go back home for her even though he doesn't like seeing her that way.Keeney acts on,“he turns his back on his wife and strides to the doorway, where he stands for a moment and looks back at her in anguish, fighting to control his feelings”(O’Neill,593).This shows that Keeney price is losing his wife instead of his
The characters ambitions and dreams. In “A Walk to the Jetty” Annie's ambition take place in Antigua.Anni is a young girl who wants to take her ambitions much higher than most people. She wants to move to England to obtain a better life for herself …show more content…
She is also afraid of leaving the Island and moving far away.Annie says,“My mother and my father-I was leaving them forever.My home on the Island-I was leaving it forever. I felt a familiar hollow space inside”(Kincaid,330).This line shows that Annie doesn't want to leave her parents and is afraid to leave home.Captain Keeney as well has a price to pay.The price that Keeney is willing to pay is dealing with the courts when he gets back home. This is because the crews two year contract is up. His willing to risk his life and Mutiny.Also willing to lose his wife, because his wife desperately needs to go back home so she can get help.Keeney says, “To hell with your law courts! Were at sea now and I'm the law on this ship”(O’Neill,59).This line shows that keeney does not care for his crew and for anything but his pride and that the journey is beyond just getting …show more content…
In the story “A walk to the Jetty” the price is worth it because there are so many people that wish they can go to England and study to become a nurse. And she can always go back to see her friends and family. As in the story “The Ile” Keeney's price to pay is not worth it. I think this because he is seeing his wife suffer out at seas and she is not happy.But he still doesn't want to go back home for her even though he doesn't like seeing her that way.Keeney acts on,“he turns his back on his wife and strides to the doorway, where he stands for a moment and looks back at her in anguish, fighting to control his feelings”(O’Neill,593).This shows that Keeney price is losing his wife instead of his