Jamaica Kincaid

Annie John and Kincaid relate by they both was from the same island, both had mothers who had similar ways, both was smart in school and even a character like ‘Gwen’ was a part of Kincaid’s life when she was in…

that I really enjoyed reading short stories. Every story that I read in this book feels more like poetry than an actual story. However, I enjoyed reading most of them because they feed my mind. Reading the story “Boys by Ricky Moody” and “Girls by Jamaica Kinkaid” really caught my attention, they are very short, but great pieces to cut right within to the heart of the primer. Nevertheless, what makes them similar is how they were created using similar literary techniques such as iconism, the…

construction indicates that they have no real intention to internalise the culture or the story itself and, as a result, only engage in the country 's traditions to fulfil a superficial desire of being culturally connected and globally aware (Kincaid 4). Kincaid juxtaposes the reader 's frivolity against the archness of the narrator, who maintains the role of a "traditional passenger" (Iyer 19), struggling with their identity as a colonised person. This regression to the conventional…

Small Place Essay Jamaica Kincaid’s memoir, A Small Place, offers an instructive example for understanding how a reality can differ greatly between people relative to their point of observation. Kincaid explains her experience of Antigua as both a “paradise” and a “prison.” It is because of this dual reality that Kincaid expresses a conflicted sense of life. She also mentions how one’s landscape is a reflection of oneself. This idea influences the divided experience of self Kincaid feels from…

important relationships for a daughter is the one between her and her mother. In the past this relationship was more so to prime and prep the daughter to grow up and become a proper woman and mother. This can be seen in the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid’s where the mother is literally teaching and molding the girl the way the mother thinks a women should be, and the daughter listens obediently. But in the short story, “Saving Sourdi” by May-Lee Chai you see a mother-daughter relationship…

Jamaica Kincaid is a novelist who was born in St. Johns, Antigua, in 1949. Her original name was Elaine Potter Richardson. The reason for her name change was because her family did not like the career path she chose for herself, so she no longer wanted ties with her family. She is known for writing stories that relate to the Caribbean culture. After moving to the United States at 17, she began writing for the New Yorker. One of her first pieces of fiction that she wrote was the short story,…

life under oppression with no freedom under the influence of others is not living life in joy. In "On Seeing England for the First Time" by Jamaica Kincaid she uses metaphor and repetition in order to convey her oppressed and bitter attitude toward England. Kincaid uses metaphors throughout the passage to show her oppressed attitude towards England. Since Kincaid was a child she has been introduced to the map of England, the European country that took control of their small Caribbean island of…

Jamaica Kincaid’s story “Girl” tells of a conversation between a mother and her young daughter. The mother tells her of the proper ways to perform simple tasks such as “cook pumpkin fritters in vert hot sweet oil” (page 1725). However, the mother also tells her things such as “try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming” (page 1725). At first the reader is struck by the carelessness the mother presents this information to her daughter and the underlying tone of…

“good”. The preceding proposal is directly correlative to both Amy Tan’s “Rules Of The Game” and Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” in that both mothers in the stories are faced with an issue regarding the raising of their daughters. Nowadays however, the issue of parents becoming too active…

“Girl” written by Jamaica Kincaid is an unconventional text that portrays a mother’s list of rules that her daughter must obey in order to be accepted in society. When I first read this narrative I read it as a resistant reader, having little to no knowledge about what culture, time period or what the real meaning of this list was. I did know however that it has some link to womanhood and how a woman must portray herself to the outside world. When I first read “girl” I initially interpreted it…