Exoticism‚ Extirpation‚ Ambivalence‚ and Identity: Flora in Kincaid’s “My Brother” Jamaica Kincaid’s “My Brother” is a mini-epic about disjointed family‚ loss of identity and absolution‚ all of which are represented quite distinctly in the story through setting—more specifically‚ by the plant life in the story. Symbolism‚ I feel‚ should not be part of a universal lexicon; artistically superior symbols are only tied to specific works (while less talented authors use symbols from the extensive canon
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argue that the reason her people so heavily rely on western culture and economics influence in their everyday life is because of the colonial past Antigua has faced. The first key theme I see in A Small Place is‚ Thief. Jamaica talks about how the Antiguans Ancestors weren’t as clever as their ancestors were (their being‚ the white tourist) in all of the horrific things the westerners did to slaves and how they manipulated them in to thinking their way is better than the people they enslaved. Jamaica
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History of Language‚ on how the world’s languages arise‚ change‚ and mix. He has also written a book on dialects and Black English‚ The Word on the Street. His books on creoles include Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles‚ The Missing Spanish Creoles‚ and an anthology of his creole articles called Defining Creole. Beyond his work in linguistics‚ Dr. McWhorter is the author of Losing the Race and an anthology of race writings‚ Authentically Black. He has written on race and
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Short story analysis of Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Have you ever wished that someone had given you a guide on how live the right way? Jamaica Kincaid does just that in her short story‚ Girl. The narrative is presented as a set of life instructions to a girl by her mother to live properly in Antigua in the 1980’s. While the setting of the story is not expressly stated by the author in the narrative‚ the reader is able to understand the culture for which Girl was written. Jamaica Kincaid seems to be
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Bienna is part of the Antiguans culture which identifies spreading rumors and gossiping under the uncomprehending British people’s noses. Singing bienna is sinful so her mother advises her not to sing. Even though there is a lack of information about the daughter not having any
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Compare and contrast the presentation of relationships and marriage in ‘A Doll’s House’‚ ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ and ‘The World’s Wife’‚ saying how far these text show that ‘in literature‚ marriage is overwhelming and shown to be an unequal relationship. The presentation of relationships and marriage is a significant concept within literature and society. The writers of the three texts; ‘A Doll’s House’‚ ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ and ‘The Worlds Wife’‚ explore the patriarchal ideal that was supported and reinforced
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Economic History of Sierra Leone People of African descent were fewer in numbers in England in the days before the American Revolution and generally better treated. Most of the Black people of England at that time had been brought there as personal servant-slaves from the North American colonies or the British Caribbean possessions. A court ruled in 1772 that slavery in England was illegal and immediately there was a substantial number of free Black men in the cities of England. The story of the
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Olive Marjorie Senior is regarded as a distinctive voice in West Indian Literature and many critics have praised her reproduction of authentic Jamaican Creole in her written work‚ as well as her insightful exploration of such issues as identity‚ cultural nationalism‚ class stratification ant the oppressive impact of religion on women and the poor. In the poems ‘Anatto and Guinep‚ Guava/2 and Paw Paw’‚ by Olive Senior portrays different themes and styles through Nature. Senior uses nature in these
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1. Introduction: A person is said to be multilingual if he or she is competent in more than one language.Multilingualism is usually the result of many factors‚ such as colonisation‚ intercultural marriage‚cultural interaction‚ education‚ and many other reasons. The applied linguist Del Hymes definescommunicative linguistic competence as‚ ’[a person] acquires competence as to when to speak‚when not‚ and as to what to talk about with whom‚ when‚ where‚ in what manner’ (Hymes‚ 1979).In this way‚ a person
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Cultural Identity and Diaspora STUART HALL A new cinema of the Caribbean is emerging‚ joining the company of the other ’Third Cinemas’. It is related to‚ but different from the vibrant film and other forms of visual representation of the Afro-Caribbean (and Asian) ’blacks’ of the diasporas of the West the new post-colonial subjects. All these cultural practices and forms of representation have the black subject at their centre‚ putting the issue of cultural identity in question. Who is this emergent
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