Analysis On Seeing England For The First Time

Living life under oppression with no freedom under the influence of others is not living life in joy. In "On Seeing England for the First Time" by Jamaica Kincaid she uses metaphor and repetition in order to convey her oppressed and bitter attitude toward England. Kincaid uses metaphors throughout the passage to show her oppressed attitude towards England. Since Kincaid was a child she has been introduced to the map of England, the European country that took control of their small Caribbean island of Antigua. For her first time looking at England, England is a "special jewel" where only "special people" get to wear it (10-11). Kincaid is not part of the special kind of people who get to wear it. This shows the kind of discrimination in England she has been exposed to. Kincaid at an early age has been only been exposed to the greatness of how England and its people were, but Kincaid was put down as not a special person because she cannot wear the special jewel like the others. She is being taught about a special place that she hasn 't even been to, and nothing about her home country Antigua. Kincaid is being taught by the teachers "with authority, seriousness, and adoration" where the teachers are forcing their beliefs onto the …show more content…
In Kincaid 's life many items and products that she and her father have within the house is "made in England"(40). Everything Kincaid owns is made in England, and as a result many items she has is not obtained through her own will of choice from anywhere she would so desire. Any type of clothing that she has normally should be obtained how she would want, but the freedom of purchasing different types of products from different sources has been restricted to just England as the provider for everything. In Kincaid 's academic life "draw a map of England" would be on every single test she would