In the first chapter what the author explains is that people goes to Antigua for vacations and to go traveling. Because some people want to see new things, so they explore in differents area. What she critizies is that the tourist don't care about the people that lives there or what they have been throught. She also complains about the new japanese cars, because we see how the goverment cares more about the tourist that the island of Antigua. That they don't have good hospitals, the streets are in bad conditions. But the good stuff it's brandal new so they can attached the turist. The goverment doesn't care about their education, because if they would, the libraries were construct already and they wouldn't wait for years. She talks about the Queen of England came to visit Antigua in 1985, the roads were paved a new to give her false impression that riding in a car in Antigua is a pleasant experience. When the rest of Antigua was a mess. The author demosntrates or indicates the double standard of the government. She also talks about the old memories of Antiguas that were posses by colonial british and how the identity was not develop, because of their slavery pass.
viernes, 3 de octubre de 2014
"A small place" by Jamaica kincaid
The novel by Jamaica Kincaid, A Small Place in chapter 1 & 2 the narrator it's giving her opinions of the many events and difficulties that have happened to the all the people of the island of Antigua. She explains and describe about the government corruption and the deficiency of the concern that the people of one nation has for tha people of another. She tells us the effects of slavery, because all of them where never taught how to be ordinary people. Antigua is a small island that their economy depends on their tourism.
In the first chapter what the author explains is that people goes to Antigua for vacations and to go traveling. Because some people want to see new things, so they explore in differents area. What she critizies is that the tourist don't care about the people that lives there or what they have been throught. She also complains about the new japanese cars, because we see how the goverment cares more about the tourist that the island of Antigua. That they don't have good hospitals, the streets are in bad conditions. But the good stuff it's brandal new so they can attached the turist. The goverment doesn't care about their education, because if they would, the libraries were construct already and they wouldn't wait for years. She talks about the Queen of England came to visit Antigua in 1985, the roads were paved a new to give her false impression that riding in a car in Antigua is a pleasant experience. When the rest of Antigua was a mess. The author demosntrates or indicates the double standard of the government. She also talks about the old memories of Antiguas that were posses by colonial british and how the identity was not develop, because of their slavery pass.
In the first chapter what the author explains is that people goes to Antigua for vacations and to go traveling. Because some people want to see new things, so they explore in differents area. What she critizies is that the tourist don't care about the people that lives there or what they have been throught. She also complains about the new japanese cars, because we see how the goverment cares more about the tourist that the island of Antigua. That they don't have good hospitals, the streets are in bad conditions. But the good stuff it's brandal new so they can attached the turist. The goverment doesn't care about their education, because if they would, the libraries were construct already and they wouldn't wait for years. She talks about the Queen of England came to visit Antigua in 1985, the roads were paved a new to give her false impression that riding in a car in Antigua is a pleasant experience. When the rest of Antigua was a mess. The author demosntrates or indicates the double standard of the government. She also talks about the old memories of Antiguas that were posses by colonial british and how the identity was not develop, because of their slavery pass.
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This presents a great insight to Jamaica's Kincaid book. I recommend it to any reader who wants to know a little about the book's plot before reading it.
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