Antigua+Literature

Jamaica Kincaid Born 1949 Kincaid lived in Antigua til she was 16 and then she left to the U.S. After 19 years she finally returned to her birthplace.

Challenge to beliefs To start I understand why she was punished for writing in her textbook but it couldn't have been that much of a sin. Also it seems they really couldn't have a lot of fun so they found other ways to entertain themselves, although the choices they make don't seem to be appreciated by their parents. To add I have never seen a parent as a crocodile, the reason why is because I can't connect emotions to a crocodile and a mother. Although I couldn't make the same connection I still had the similar feeling of my parents being the bully and I the victim. They also have a different system to punish students at there school, it said they had to wear a dunce cap. Things seem to have been way more strict at that school than any school I have been to.