Cruelty In Kincaid's Memory

Decent Essays
Kincaid's words
The cruelty that has been made is still in Kincaid’s memory.
She feels as if the experience is still very recent.
Kincaid blames the English people that her country, “no longer exist.”
Because of England they distorted or erased her and history and glorified their own.
The Antiguans cannot bring themselves.
They should just stay where they are and worry about their own businesses.
England is now miserable
They hate each other and do not have any place to go.
Sad that speeches against the wrongness have been declared.

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