Jamaica Kincaid Research Paper

Who is Jamaica Kincaid? Jamaica Kincaid, originally known as Elaine Potter Richardson, is a writer born in 1949 in St. Johns, Antigua. She received a British education while in Antigua and was often at the top of her class. Kincaid, was an only child until her mother gave birth to 3 of her bothers when she was 9, changing her close relationship with her mother, forever. She was taken out of school once her step father fell ill and could no longer be the bread winner. Her mother sent her to America to be a maid for a family, but was not sending money back to Antigua for her family like she was ordered to do. Since she felt her needs were not as important as her brothers she quit her job, changed her name and began writing for the ‘New Yorker’,