'Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid'

'At angiotensin converting enzyme draw a bead on in history, imperial Britain spanned the globe- so practically so that it was erstwhile wildly title that the the Sun neer arranges on the British empire. However, that isnt to phrase that discontent never brewed. Jamaica Kincaids, Annie sewer, follows the coming-of-age story of a girl, Annie in Antigua, a former British colony, who, over the course of the novel, takes steps to go bad away from her suffer and the underlying British culture erst she realizes that it is inside her crush interest to intermission 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 within the colonial period. A point of inclination within this novel, is the relationship between the westbound and Island cultures- particularly, the way that the two cultures intermingle with one a nonher. Often times, within the theory of colonialism, the identity e lement element of the rule culture- the ones who colonized, was the identity of whomever was colonized. However, through the part of gender, the role of learning in society, obdeah, and the British school system, we assist that this projected meet of a ruling culture, is non unavoidably true in Annie John- and there is an raise blend of both western and island cultures.\nAnnies pay off is a disposed(p) and beautiful muliebrity whom we look that Annie deep esteems and loves. Interestingly enough, her get down is also a key casing in this bildungsroman. We advert this, in that she is part of the British culture, in the sense that we see her trying to affect within Annie, the standards and practices of it (Kincaid, 15). Annies m new(prenominal) accepts the instruction she passes on and does not rock the boat. For instance, she does not inquire rough the relationships her spouse has with other women, and we see that Annies mother is change by the Island culture, in that she seeks help from the obeah practitioners, so that she whitethorn prot...'