Jamaica

mood of others. A dictatorial country deceiving its people to adore them tampers with their trust and feelings. Jamaica Kincaid, the author of “On Seeing England for the First Time”, has grown up in the Caribbean Island, Antigua, while under English rule. Kincaid recounts her childhood experiences being under England colonization before Antigua’s independence in the year 1981. Jamaica Kincaid uses tone and repetition to reveal that she felt manipulated by England. Kincaid uses tone to…

The story of Xmas Jamaica Plain for the author Melanie Thon, holds a very strong and rich languages, and also contains a unique words of choice; by using a different elements of fictions, like symbolism, irony, and imagery, the author presents us too many themes that we could distract from the “Xmas Jamaica Plain” story. The writer was very diligent in her words of choice, each word in the story carried an additional meaning with it that. For example: The symbolism that the author used to show…

The title “Annie John” is just the main character’s name. The whole story is told through her and her different stages of life. Throughout the entire book, she doesn’t say her name until later on in the book because even she herself doesn’t know who she is, she’s just a shadow trying to find her inner self. The narrator is Annie John. Annie John is also the main character and the protagonist, Annie’s mother Mrs. John is the antagonist. They interrelate because when Annie is the…

convey the same message while covering different issues? In this paper I will argue that “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes are both addressing the same issue but in different ways. I will look at the similarities of characters, symbolism, and structure in the stories. Even though the texts are different, they both reveal social issues found in society. “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid is a short story that consists of two characters, a mother and daughter that…

IS A TOURIST AN UGLY THING? [Document subtitle] prefess Is a Tourist an Ugly Thing? A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid is an essay that begins with Kincaid lashing at the tourists that come from Europe and North America for their stay in Antigua. In the book she implies how the tourists are blinded by Antigua’s beauty and paradise that they don’t realize the flaws that lie beneath it all. Kincaid reveals her bitterness towards them and how she believes in that many of these tourists take their…

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…

When interviewing community health nurse Stephanie Dimock regarding interventions for Jamaica Plain, three major questions were asked: What do you believe Jamaica Plain needs in regards to hospice? How can Caregroup better impact our community? What is cultural competency to you? (Dimock, n.d.). She stated that regarding hospice “Jamaica Plain needs understanding, care, and cultural competent nurses. It needs more specific outreach programs for hospice, on the same level programs for blood…

to express oneself to withhold it as a little girl I was allowed to play with boys once reaching the age of thirteen I was not able to no more . Did not understand why I was not able to no longer ,mother never explained .In excerpt “ Girl” from Jamaica Kincaid makes a statement “Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming 329 ..”As a girl I was expected to cross my legs not sit with open. In my childhood…

In the children’s book, Jamaica and Brianna, Jamaica’s parents give her a pair of boots that used to be her brother’s. Jamaica does not like the boots because they are “boy boots”, and although her parents try to explain to her that they are “unisex boots, for boys or girls”, Jamaica still dislikes them and tries to destroy them so that she can get a different pair of boots. With this exchange, this story highlights how young children perceive gender early on and ascribe it to clothing just as…

using bathrooms and even cooking. Trying to prepare children to adapt to life and its problems, mothers have been giving their children a lot of instructions. Instructions can be orders when the issue is the child’s own benefit. As a normal mother, Jamaica Kincaid in the article of “Girl” has pictured a mother giving her child some instructions seeking the benefit of the child. The writer was born in the city of St. Johns, Antigua in 1949.…