A Small Place Essay Response
sMorgan Serughetti
Ms. Briggs
Foundations 1
4-20-15
A Small Place Essay Response
In the book A Small Place Jamaica Kincaid uses powerful diction and specific imagery to empower the identities and culture of the native people living on Antigua. Due to the British colonists and tourists visiting their island she uses her sarcastic voice to convey that she and her fellow Antiguans are angry and have been oppressed, because the British are eliminating the native culture. With the great diction she is using the reader feels like they are the ones saying the words to the British and are actually feeling of Jamaica Kinkaid is feeling. Using the diction and imagery Jamaica Kinkaid successfully makes the people reading the book want to help those in Jamaica who are oppressed and angry. Using the power of the book Kincaid uses a multitude of words and phrases, to show how she feels, and the people about a certain sentence or topic. Mostly the anger from Kinkaid is towards the British as she blames them for everything wrong with Antigua like the government. By showing her anger throughout the book, and supporting it with reason she sets the standards high for why people shouldn’t help. For Kinkaid her “version” of Kinkaid is gone. She sarcastically states that her version doesn’t exist due to the no longer rule of English “(But the English have become such a pitiful lot these days, with hardly any idea what to do with themselves now that they no longer have one quarter of the earth’s human population bowing...)” (Kincaid 23) The use of the word ‘pitiful’, which means deserving of pity, makes it sound like she is talking with an angry and demeaning tone. By helping the reader see her anger towards the people, Kincaid makes it easier for the reader to see from her eyes. She is direct with what she thinks happened and who to blame wanting people to agree with her. She is succeeding because the reader is able to feel her anger and start to have anger of themselves toward the
Ms. Briggs
Foundations 1
4-20-15
A Small Place Essay Response
In the book A Small Place Jamaica Kincaid uses powerful diction and specific imagery to empower the identities and culture of the native people living on Antigua. Due to the British colonists and tourists visiting their island she uses her sarcastic voice to convey that she and her fellow Antiguans are angry and have been oppressed, because the British are eliminating the native culture. With the great diction she is using the reader feels like they are the ones saying the words to the British and are actually feeling of Jamaica Kinkaid is feeling. Using the diction and imagery Jamaica Kinkaid successfully makes the people reading the book want to help those in Jamaica who are oppressed and angry. Using the power of the book Kincaid uses a multitude of words and phrases, to show how she feels, and the people about a certain sentence or topic. Mostly the anger from Kinkaid is towards the British as she blames them for everything wrong with Antigua like the government. By showing her anger throughout the book, and supporting it with reason she sets the standards high for why people shouldn’t help. For Kinkaid her “version” of Kinkaid is gone. She sarcastically states that her version doesn’t exist due to the no longer rule of English “(But the English have become such a pitiful lot these days, with hardly any idea what to do with themselves now that they no longer have one quarter of the earth’s human population bowing...)” (Kincaid 23) The use of the word ‘pitiful’, which means deserving of pity, makes it sound like she is talking with an angry and demeaning tone. By helping the reader see her anger towards the people, Kincaid makes it easier for the reader to see from her eyes. She is direct with what she thinks happened and who to blame wanting people to agree with her. She is succeeding because the reader is able to feel her anger and start to have anger of themselves toward the