A small place, Chapter 2

In the second chapter, Jamaica Kincaid explains her anger towards the British people because they were the ones that colonized Antigua and according to Kincaid, damaged Antigua. This anger is normal since the British came and took the land which was not theirs and used it for their own wellbeing. Kincaid mentions that in Antigua there are streets named after British people whom I believe should be changed because people in Antigua do not see them as good people. It is clear that Jamaica Kincaid has suffered racism and blames the British which I agree because they were the ones that brought slavery to Antigua and America. Antigua lost many of her culture when it was replaced with the culture from England. It is clear now why they hate tourist so much. They see them all as equal to the British and the hate they have toward England is understandable because they have suffered lot because of England.

Jamaica Kincaid explains that they even lost their language and now speak English which is why the book is in English. She mentions that she met the world through England, and if the world wanted to meet me it would have to do so through England, I believe that what she means is that she learned from the British English but she also learn to hate and suffer and this is why she criticizes England in the book, To hate is what she earned from the British people.

Her situation is similar to the current situation in Puerto Rico since we are a colony of U.S.A., the only difference is that the majority of puertoricans do not want to be an independent country. There has been hate by some people towards United States but most people like being a part of the United States while in Antigua they hated England. Also Puerto Rico didn’t lost his culture, Puerto Rico is more like a mixture of different culture which also makes it hard to blame someone in particular since for example, the native language is Spanish and that native language in United States is English. In conclusion, the situation is similar but there is very little hate toward United States because the lost we had was very small compared to Antigua.