The short story “What I Have Been Doing Lately” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ is told from within the dream of a young girl. She encounters many conflicts throughout her dream stemming from personal problems. The story is written in a circular structure that continues without resolution since her troubles are never resolved. The story makes use of small‚ choppy sentences which help the reader follow the quick‚ fast-paced actions happening during the dream. The non-traditional circular structure helps show
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Analyzing “Lucy” In Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy‚ we enter a novel that is narrated by the protagonist Lucy Josephine Potter. In this fictional work of art I think that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s ideas in “The Danger of a Single Story” comes through very clearly. I think both of these works are parallel to one another because this novel develops in the same way that Adichie tells her autobiography. Throughout this story we get supporting material of direct acknowledgement of the danger of the single story
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Age Childhood is a time where children learn about the world around themselves. They see and experience many factors that influence their everyday lives‚ which help them grow stronger when they become adults. In “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid and “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara the characters within the stories learn valuable lesson with help them grow to become better individuals. In “The Lesson” the character of Sugar undergoes a realization that society
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John by Jamaica Kincaid Annie John was‚ in my opinion‚ as poignant and universal a book dealing with adolescence as I have ever come across. The fact that it was the story of an adolescent girl‚ and that it took place in Antigua‚ in a vastly different racial‚ social‚ and economic climate than in which I personally grew up in‚ did nothing to lessen my ability to relate to the universal themes of adolescent growth and conflict. This alone speaks volumes of its author‚ Jamaica Kincaid‚ and her
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A SMALL PLACE: A HUGE UNSOLVED PROBLEM In A Small Place‚ Jamaica Kincaid brings us into the realm of Antigua- a small country in the British West Indies‚ having its hard time dealing with reality after being ruled by European for a very long time. From a native’s perspective‚ Kincaid shows us the hatred Antiguans feel for white people since the colonization is based on racism and envy for their life conditions. The huge difference between natives and tourists is the main reason why Antiguans
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The poems‚ “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid‚ and “If” by Rudyard Kipling‚ are very similar. The texts are also very different in many ways. Here are some details that show why these texts are similar and different. First off‚ “Girl” and “If” have a few similarities. Furthermore‚ “Girl” and “If” have a parent telling them what to do and how to do it. They both also have a parent trying to help their son or daughter. For instance‚ both poems show that the parents saying “This is how…” or “Try to…” which is
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score.) The passage below (on this page and on the following page) is from the opening of an essay‚ "On Seeing England for the First Time‚" by Jamaica Kincaid. Kincaid grew up on the Caribbean island of Antigua before it became independent from England in 1981. Read the entire passage carefully. Then write an essay analyzing the rhetorical strategies Kincaid employs to convey her attitude toward England. When I saw England for the first time‚ I was a child in school sitting at a desk. The England
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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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Annie John In the book Annie john‚ by Jamaica Kincaid‚ Annie John lives in a childhood paradise with her mother and herself until one moment causes it to come crashing to an end. When Annie’s mother no longer allows Annie and herself to buy matching dresses because of Annie’s coming of age‚ Annie’s world of paradise is lost. Annie’s mother and Annie begin to grow apart causing Annie to lose her strong reliance on her mother and realize her coming of age. Throughout the book‚ Annie struggles to let
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vacation” (Kincaid 10). In A Small Place‚ Jamaica Kincaid wrote about the repercussions of British rule in her country‚ Antigua. Antigua was controlled by the British until 1981 when they gained their independence. Due to Jamaica Kincaid’s experience in Antigua during its period of being under British colonial rule‚ she was able to explain Antigua and the effects of colonialism from the perspective of an Antiguan. When viewed through the Biographical‚ Postcolonial‚ and New Criticism Lenses‚ Jamaica Kincaid’s
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