In “A Small Place”, by Jamaica Kincaid published in 1988, she explains the meaning behind what the real Antigua should be; How it has been taken over by foreigners and completely changed in ways she never thought possible. Kincaid wants the reader to understand what the native’s outlook is on this matter when people who don’t belong, come to their country. She wants you, the reader, to see the island of Antigua in an Antiguan’s perspective. Throughout the book, Kincaid presents a passionate and angry tone in her writing and her feelings towards these ‘tourists’ or her feelings throughout the changes that they have created. Kincaid wants the reader to understand that not everything you see is perfect and there are always two sides to a story.
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In one scene, Molly, her Sister, and cousin are taken by one of Neville's officers, from an order of the state. These girls were taken away from their family and home with no explanation and sent to Moore River Native Settlement. Here the girls and many others were treated with disrespect and dishonored of their race. Neville wanted to remove the “half-caste” race. “On seeing England for the First time” by Jamaica Kincaid appeared in Transition in 1991, she explains the time she first really learned about England and the pride that came along with being English, “They wore it well and they wore it everywhere: in jungle, in deserts, on plains, on top of the highest mountains, all the oceans, on all the seas, in places they were not welcomed, in places they should not have been.”(280) Kincaid illustrates the importance of being from England and what desire she had as a kid to visit and see what it was like. She saw England everywhere she went which was why she saw England as a beautiful country with great meaning. As a child, Kincaid was blinded of what she thought of England until she saw it and realized not everything is exactly how you see it in your head. Now, these people she once looked up to as proud individuals with power, she sees them in a different light because the way they have treated her and her …show more content…
The English wanted the Antiguans to be more like the white settlers here; They had to speak English and respect the queen. Another comparison, In ‘A Rabbit-proof Fence’, the girls were kidnapped to ‘better their future’, they were taken to these settlements to get rid of their ‘native tongue’ and learn English, get an education, and become slaves to white families and learn from them. The tourist, according to the Antiguans, “are revolting creatures who bring a bad atmosphere everywhere they go”(Tourism, gradesaver.com). They are taking over the country of Antigua and corrupting what Antigua truly is to the Antiguan people. The tourist of Antigua was looked at as “ugly” and the Antiguans “felt superior” because they were "better
In one scene, Molly, her Sister, and cousin are taken by one of Neville's officers, from an order of the state. These girls were taken away from their family and home with no explanation and sent to Moore River Native Settlement. Here the girls and many others were treated with disrespect and dishonored of their race. Neville wanted to remove the “half-caste” race. “On seeing England for the First time” by Jamaica Kincaid appeared in Transition in 1991, she explains the time she first really learned about England and the pride that came along with being English, “They wore it well and they wore it everywhere: in jungle, in deserts, on plains, on top of the highest mountains, all the oceans, on all the seas, in places they were not welcomed, in places they should not have been.”(280) Kincaid illustrates the importance of being from England and what desire she had as a kid to visit and see what it was like. She saw England everywhere she went which was why she saw England as a beautiful country with great meaning. As a child, Kincaid was blinded of what she thought of England until she saw it and realized not everything is exactly how you see it in your head. Now, these people she once looked up to as proud individuals with power, she sees them in a different light because the way they have treated her and her …show more content…
The English wanted the Antiguans to be more like the white settlers here; They had to speak English and respect the queen. Another comparison, In ‘A Rabbit-proof Fence’, the girls were kidnapped to ‘better their future’, they were taken to these settlements to get rid of their ‘native tongue’ and learn English, get an education, and become slaves to white families and learn from them. The tourist, according to the Antiguans, “are revolting creatures who bring a bad atmosphere everywhere they go”(Tourism, gradesaver.com). They are taking over the country of Antigua and corrupting what Antigua truly is to the Antiguan people. The tourist of Antigua was looked at as “ugly” and the Antiguans “felt superior” because they were "better