The Haunted Tropics Martin Munro Analysis

“The Haunted Tropics” is a collection of literary work by various writers, fifteen to be exact edited by Martin Munro. This book has stories as long as twenty-three pages or as short as seven, the entire book is however a total of two hundred and fifteen pages. The cover of the book was an instant turn off for me; I judged the book by the cover, but why wouldn’t I? It was a picture of someone pulling a dead body in white sheet! I must admit that after reading the introduction I realize it was just history. History I needed to know about because slavery did not only scar humans it also scarred lands, the areas that were consider to be plantation still remains marked with the cruelty of the past; forest were cleared to make way for sugar and

It is however what I would call a one-sided tale, due to its main concern being specifically focused on the negative aspect of our culture. I guess the author was smart in deciding the route in which he chose to focus this book, because it is mostly the negative features of the Caribbean that others are sometimes interested in. Hence the visits to the Rose Hall Great House, the Obeah man in ST Thomas and the smile on tourist face when they hear the use of

You find this happening today as more and more females are becoming educated and employed outside of the home. If you should compared to the 19th century or if one should ask a centurion for advice about the role of a woman, they would tell you that she should stayed home, do house work and go to market on Saturdays. In the story Grace dictated the relationship between Don-Don and herself. She kicked him out of the house when she found out that she was pregnant, she preferred to raise their child as a single mother if Don Don wouldn’t stop planting herbs. You will find that a lot of this happened during slavery because the slaves were constantly being sold sometimes leaving the mothers alone to deal with the pregnancy all by alone. The story also made mentioned of Don Don and grace living a very simple life one similar to that of the Arawaks, they never had glass or china ware instead they drank from a empty peanut butter jar, they didn’t have telephone, television or internet, Don Don farmed for a living. Despite the fact that it was illegal to plant marijuana, Don Don had to make a living. The author was able to portray the