Chapter Summary: The Final Passage

The Final Passage explores the anxieties of entering the colonial motherland and the departure from ‘home’. ‘The Passage’ chapter outlines a description of the entrance into England where ‘Leila looked at England and everything seemed bleak. She quickly realized she would have to learn a new word; overcast.’ The apprehension of entering a new and unfamiliar space causes Leila to feel uneasy. The departure from the Caribbean was signalled by ‘the Empire Windrush Ship, which brought the first batch of immigrants, beginning the flow of Post-war immigration from the colonies.’ Leila experiences a solitude passage to Britain, despite being among other migrants: Unable to share her distress with anyone, she had therefore lived out this passage