Annie John: A Bildungsroman? Jamaica Kincaid’s story Annie John is often thought of as a “postcolonial coming-of-age novel.” To understand this‚ it must first be known what both terms‚ postcolonial and coming-of-age novel‚ mean. Postcolonial refers to the period of time after the establishment of independence in a colony. European countries‚ including England‚ France‚ Spain‚ Portugal‚ and the Netherlands‚ colonized other nations in order to benefit from things like resources or geographical locations
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but parents hold different expectations based on their child’s gender. The expectations that both mothers have are common because both of them have daughters. These differences in expectations of gender can be seen in literature such as Girl by Jamaica Kincaid where she will list everything a women is expected of doing in the house and in Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates‚ the mother argues with her daughter to be more like her sister which is portrayed to be perfect. Both
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main source of income in the family‚ while women were expected to stay home take care of the children and do the domestic housework. In the short story “Girl” Jamacia Kincaid illustrates the feminine roles her mother taught her growing up and the expectations she needs to meet as a women‚ a wife‚ and a mother. In contrast with Kincaid‚ Michael Kimmel’s essay “Bros before Hos: The Guy Code” explores the code of masculinity that young men are expected to follow. Traditional gender roles influence many
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them by foreigners has left the natives with extreme feelings of resentment towards any person that is not an original resident of the island. In Jamaica Kincaid’s book “A Small Place” the effect that tourism and colonization has had on the inhabitants of Antigua is explored. Motes 2 The first essay in “A Small Place” focuses on tourists. Kincaid starts the novel out with a description of what a visitor to Antigua might experience. The opening narrative leaves a reader with the impression that
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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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In Guillermo Verdecchia’s play‚ American Borders/Fronteras Americanas‚ he talks about the postcolonial effect on the world. Verdecchia talks about the use of lenses to see the different view points of society. For example‚ in the play he says‚ “I check into the Hotel de Don Tito‚ listed on page 302 of your Fodor’s as a moderate‚ small hotel with six suites‚ eight twins‚ eight singles‚ bar‚ homey atmosphere‚ and it’s located on one of the main streets in Santiago on Huérfanos at Huérfanos 578” (38-39)
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This material may be prOb0~ !x copyright law. (Title 17‚ US Code) JAMAICA KINCAID JAMAICA KINCAID 365 On Seeing England for the First Time of the most sinister sides of imperialism is the way it pfomotes the ruling nation S culture and rejects the colony ‘s. The effect of this on an impressionable young person is vividly a2xribed in Jamaica Kincaid’s sensitive and angry autobiographical essay about growing up in Antigua with the dark shadow of England continually looming over her
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the piece of literature "Girl" written by Jamaica Kincaid for the time‚ when women’s roles were to work in the home. By examining gender roles‚ then one may better understand how women and men interact and how better to build relationships at home and in the world of business. At the time that this work was written‚ women mainly stayed at home and did housework while few of the very poorest households required the woman to work in an industrial job. Kincaid wrote of the specific roles and
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A Walk to the Jetty by Jamaica Kincaid and Ile by Eugene O’Neill‚ both include a strong-willed main character who makes a life changing decision over the course of the story. In their respective stories‚ Annie John and Captain Keeney both channel their ambition into sacrifice; leaving themselves and their audiences to question- is it worth it? Annie aspires to improve the quality of her life by leaving her family and the island she calls home to become a nurse in England. Annie admits outright that
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infantile desires or considered elaborations of the problems of waking hours". In Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John‚ Annie’s dreams become a significant element in the way she views herself and the world around her. Annie comments about her dreams: "I had been taught by my mother to take my dreams seriously. My dreams were not unreal representations of something real; my dreams were a part of‚ and the same as‚ my real life" (Kincaid 89). Annie realizes that her dreams indicate the issues of her separation anxiety
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