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Antigu The British Colonization Of Place By Jamaica Kincaid

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What's the one place where you feel like home? For Jamaica Kincaid, that would be Antigua. Jamaica Kincaid tells us how the British colonized Antigua. When processed through Marxist, psychological and post-colonialism lenses, Jamaica Kincaid's book, a “small place”, reveals the impact of British colonization on Antigua.

Through a Marxist lens, we can see how Jamaica Kincaid would behave in a society and how coliseum shaped and changed her society. The world changes, but for Jamaica Kincaid and the people of Antigua, they have changed a lot because of the colonization by the British. In the article, Jamaica Kincaid's mother would prepare their daughter to be ready for this cruel world and this racist society. (Byeman 2). This shows how the …show more content…

The colonization also impacted Jamaica Kincaid's state of mind and feelings of the British. Kincaid tell us “for isn't it odd that the only language I have in which to speak of this crime is the language of the criminal who created this crime”. (Kincaid 31) How would you feel if you were in this position? Can you imagine getting your place, your home, your safe spot, whatever you call it? Can you imagine what Kincaid was going through? These words that Kincaid says shows her emotion, hatred and anger. Kincaid uses the word like criminal and crime, showing us she believes what they did was terrible. What do you expect? Can this even be a positive in any way? Kincaid also wants to let us know how perception is important with this quote “the perception we had of this place was wrong, the English were ill-mannered, not a racist” (Kincaid 34) This quote shows how she believes the British are overall bad people. This text establishes the tone in the book, which is harsh but also tells how strongly Kincaid feels about this. Kincaid shows a main pattern of psychological development for the British and its anger. Another quote that reveals Kincaid' personal feeling is “isn't that the last straw for not only did we have to suffer but even suffer the unspeakableness of slavery” (Kincaid 10). This quote reveals that not only was taking her home not enough for them, but they also had to enslave them? Kincaid's anger and hatred reasons are also revealed in this quote. Slavery had played a huge impact on Kincaid and would overall be one cause for her hatred personality towards the British. Kincaid also reveals in an article and mentions how tourist is a bad thing. (Byeman 2) This reveals how she feels about the colonizers but says it in English, referring to how she talks about how the only language she can speak is a criminal's. Using the Psychological lens, we can see how the colonization of the British played an important role in

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