Kincaid

Kincaid’s aspect of England Kincaid’s summary of England causes a conflict that is apparent through her story, however it is evident that human flaw is well capable and individuals have false generalizations. Kincaid is her own individual and with this she has a tendency of hold her own opinions. Although it may be human flaw, she uses very clever and descriptive ways to convey her hatred for England. She then uses every aspect of English culture, and displays it in her own negative way. Kincaid’s essay begins with how great England is, and how she puts her heart and soul in England. Then at the end she points out that England has just as many, if not more flaws than her homeland. That, in my opinion, is what the underlying theme of the essay is. How we, as human beings, set our standards and expectations for other people and places so high in our hearts that our hearts are broken when reality shows us the truth. Even as toddlers we cry and cry for that one toy that will make us happy, and then we get that toy play with it for an hour or so, and then it is not so great anymore. This happens to everyone, and everyone is disappointed.
Kincaid begins her essay comparing her homeland, Antigua, and how the food, clothing, manners, and standards are different. England was her “sense of myth and the source from which she got her sense of reality, her sense of what was meaningful, her sense of what was meaningless” (101). She puts England on such a high pedestal that it was destined to disappoint her. She goes on to describe her processions that were made in England, and even committed a large piece of England history to memory. She even compares the climates between her homeland and England. She was so obsessed with everything about England that she was swept into an idea of England and not the reality of it. When Kincaid actually visits England she meets her greatest disappointment. She says that she “finds England ugly, I hate England; the weather is like a jail