Jamaica Kincaid

In Jamaica Kincaid’s novel, A Small Place, her ideas are centered around the negative effects of British rule on her country. Kincaid’s country, Antigua, is a small island that was a colony of Great Britain. The negative aspects of British rule can be seen in many of the faces and places of Antigua. One of the most apparent injustices done to the Antiguan society came by way of the impression left by Great …

…of Antigua that they are inferior. It tells them that they are not even capable of repairing something as simple as a library. It makes them feel as though nothing can be accomplished without the help of their oppressors. People may say that the corruption in Antigua did not start until the British left. But in reality, the corruption started when the British arrived. Kincaid, Jamaica. A Small Place. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988.