England‚ lying gently on a map‚ seemed like a jewel to Jamaica Kincaid. By using rhetorical strategies and figurative language throughout her essay‚ she explains why and how she is overcome by England’s greatness. With Kincaid’s choice of details‚ figurative language‚ and creation of tone‚ she conveys an attitude of awe toward England. Kincaid uses repetition in many instances throughout her essay. In particular‚ lines 38-73 demonstrate a perfect example of the rhetorical strategy. She sets
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In literature authors sometimes tell the story of characters who face many obstacles and problems during war. In My Brother Sam is Dead by the Collier brothers‚ Tim is a boy that experiences war when it comes to his town‚ Redding‚ forcing pressure on him and his family. We learn from the story that war can destroy and divide individuals‚ families and communities. War can destroy and divide individuals. For example‚ when Tim lies to father about going fishing when he really went to deliver a letter
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A High Wind in Jamaica is set in The Caribbean during the mid-1800’s. The book is about a group of children living on a pirate ship‚ and gives insight into the world that children live in. Over the course of the book‚ the children do many bad things‚ without feeling any guilt: Emily murders a man; Rachael drops a marlin spike from the mast almost killing Emily‚ and Emily condemns the captain and crew that she had come to love to death or deportation without seeming to care at all. At the beginning
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Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” in Social Context Jamaica Kincaid short story "Girl" was the first fiction work‚ which she has written. 650 words of prose poem is a mother teaching her daughter how she should behave and to do everything that Antiguan women do. There is no introduction‚ no action‚ no character description and no composition seen‚ only two voices‚ which at the end appears to be the mother and the daughter. Antigua‚ was the place‚ were Kincaid grew up during 50’s and 60’s. When she escaped
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Beloved Brother‚ Husband‚ And Father John Diedrich Spreckels was born on August 16th‚ 1853 in Charleston‚ South Carolina to Claus Spreckels and Anna Christina Mangels. He was the oldest of five children. The family moved to New York and then to San Francisco where he grew up. He studied at Oakland College and then in Hanover‚ Germany‚ where he studied chemistry and mechanical engineering in the Polytechnic College until 1872. In 1876 he went to the Hawaiian Islands‚ where he worked for his father’s
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One saying that has been passed down from generation to generation is that war is always unjust and evil. The story‚ My Brother Sam is Dead‚ by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier‚ shows how one family was dragged into the war and ripped apart by it. The Meeker family experienced the unfairness of war by losing friends and family and their business suffering. War is unfair for a numerous number of reasons. One particular reason is how it yanks people into it. For example‚ on page 94‚ Life
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In Jamaica Kincaid’s novel‚ Lucy‚ the title character has similar traits to the pop singer and former child star‚ Miley Cyrus; both are young women fighting the pressure to conform to the societal standards for women. Lucy and Cyrus live lives that differ from the conventional views of women. Both women embrace their sexuality and do not always agree with the traditional gender roles. Cyrus expressed her feelings towards conforming in her 2010 song‚ “Can’t Be Tamed”‚ in which she pleads‚ “Don’t change
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When one hears about Jamaica or even imagines Jamaica the Sandals commercial pops in their head. Well actually more along the lines of a reggae concert‚ the artist on stage singing an oldie‚ men and women alike‚ some with a cup in their hand‚ just dancing and singing along with the music. More than likely in an open field or on the beach‚ bringing nature and music into one being. For me‚ Jamaica is more than just a place of tourism or the stereotypical ganja and Bob Marley‚ its home‚ its peace and
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“Girl” by Jamaican Kincaid‚ written 1983‚ is a short story that consists of one single sentence said by one character to another. The sequence of imperative sentences is interrupted twice by the second character to defend themselves and to ask a question‚ otherwise‚ the first character expresses advice and scolding in the sentences. The speaker lists instructions on how to behave properly‚ how to act around others and how to do household chores such as cooking‚ setting the table‚ sweeping and ironing
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Jamaica Kincaid’s amplifying‚ scrutinizing account of a nine-by-twelve mile area in A Small Place serves its purpose as a soundboard for dilemmas that expand beyond a sector of the world called Antigua. Depleted of history and filled with yachts instead of solidary culture‚ Antigua becomes a subscriber to an ideology that it has never signed up for. Kincaid’s notion of imperialism is a one-way game. Its only purpose is to identify those who cheat. There are no bishops‚ knights‚ or rooks‚ but a winning
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