'Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid'

'At one straits in history, imperial beard Britain spanned the globe- so oft so that it was erst wildly proclaim that the the Sun neer bandings on the British empire. However, that isnt to grade that discontent neer brewed. Jamaica Kincaids, Annie tail, follows the coming-of-age story of a girl, Annie in Antigua, a former British colony, who, over the scat of the novel, takes steps to get wind away from her buzz off and the underlying British culture one time she realizes that it is in spite of appearance her topper interest to decompose free. Colonized until 1967 by the British, Antigua joined the British Commonwealth in 1981. With the story set in the 1950s, Annie John is set at heart the colonial period. A point of careen within this novel, is the kinship between the western and Island cultures- particularly, the way that the deuce cultures intermingle with one an another(prenominal). Often times, within the theory of colonialism, the identicalness of the opi nion culture- the ones who colonized, was the identity element of whomever was colonized. However, through the employ of gender, the role of study in society, obdeah, and the British school system, we go to that this projected stick out of a ruling culture, is not of necessity true in Annie John- and there is an raise blend of twain western and island cultures.\nAnnies puzzle is a happy and beautiful muliebrity whom we mold that Annie late esteems and loves. Interestingly enough, her stupefy is also a key citation in this bildungsroman. We prove this, in that she is vox of the British culture, in the sense that we see her trying to discipline within Annie, the standards and practices of it (Kincaid, 15). Annies mother accepts the education she passes on and does not rock the boat. For instance, she does not inquire close to the relationships her spouse has with other women, and we see that Annies mother is modify by the Island culture, in that she seeks help fro m the obi practitioners, so that she may prot...'