Antigua

tells how a once beautiful island in the Caribbean has been transformed into a disgusting holiday resort that is there to only accommodate American and European tourists. Kincaid seeks to inform the readers about the situation and the history of Antigua, and also to remind them of the role they played in the downfall of the small island. Although her tone is full of anger, she does not forget that her first responsibility is to educate. She educates the reader by making the issues personal to them

Jamaica Kincaid, an essayist, explains the idea that history of the Caribbean (specifically Antigua), helps shape identity through her book, “A Small Place”. In regards the history, Kincaid also discloses how capitalism and colonialism are used as a foundation in shaping our epistemological ways of knowing the self and the world around us. In this essay, Kincaid uses tourism as a way of viewing the effects of capitalism and colonialism. She disliked tourist and through her accounts, there is tension

of several examples, that knowledge, which is a necessary precursor to power, is severely lacking in Antigua, which in turn limits the power Antiguans hold over their own society. Kincaid begins by pointing out to

Antigua is a possibly one of the most beautiful places to visit in the world, let alone the Caribbean. In “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid, she describes Antigua as place of prioritizing the foreigners and the “white” people. Regrettably, the country has been designed to become a tourist attraction over the years, causing the author’s sense of Antigua to dissipate over time (p.23). Kincaid’s perception of Antigua can be summed up by the unrepaired library, the past social and cultural interaction

Jamaica Kincaid’s novel “A Small Place” is a novel made up of a series essays that dives into the daily life of the island of Antigua. Antigua is a small beautiful, nine miles wide by 12 miles long, island. Tourism is an industry that makes huge amounts of money. Hotels, beaches, and fun in the sun all come at a price, but where is the money really going? Antigua with its many resort hotels and tourist attractions, seems rich in wealth but what about the native descendants of the island. Are the

A Small Place Analytical Essay Jamaica Kincaid’s text A Small Place, is structured in four untitled sections. In the first section, we hear Kincaid’s narration of how the reader would feel going to Antigua, as a hypothetical tourist. She tells us what we she, how we witness the beautiful natural island. She then; proceeds through the text to give us some ‘inside’ information, like how the majority of the cars are imported from Japan, and are expensive and poorly running. She also tells or gives

relating to the small country of Antigua and its dilemmas from Jamaica Kincaid’s point of view. In this novel Kincaid is trying to inform her audience that Antigua is in a poor state due to British imperial, government corruption, and tourism. Kincaid exposes her audience to the effect of these very problems in Antigua by using persuasive visual language. In the third part of Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place, Kincaid does an exceptional job in arguing that, her country Antigua has corrupt government officials

Antigua is a possibly one of the most beautiful places to visit in the world, let alone the Caribbean. In “A Small Place” by Jamaica Kincaid, she describes Antigua as a place of prioritizing the foreigners and the “white” people. Regrettably, the country has been designed to become a tourist attraction over the years, causing the author’s sense of Antigua to dissipate over time (pp.23). Kincaid’s perception of Antigua can be summed up by the unrepaired library, the past social and cultural interaction

perspective and how postcolonialism is a period where men make the decisions this is a great example of where the readers can take time and analize her writings of Antigua through a feminists point of view and can help us to better understand what Jamaica Kincaid is trying to say. Jamaica Kincaid also talks about how here home country Antigua is a old, poor, rundown country that used to be farms that slaves maned for the English, she also says that the english do not want

Caribbean. The book mostly focuses on the personal history of her home located on the island of Antigua. She maintains a bitter and a sarcastic tone throughout the book. In the introductory section of her work, she compares the Island with its former outlook before the bad English men took over the region. She presents the differences between the natives of Antigua and the tourist. It appears that Antigua is a small place surrounded by a big world. The first section of A Small Place details the destruction