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On Seeing England for the First Time Jamaica Kincaid

On Seeing England for the First Time Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid:Bio (1) ·Born Elaine Potter Richardson in St.Johns, Antigua in 1949;lived her step-father,mother,and three brothers father:a carpenter and cabinetmaker mother:a homemaker and political activist. Completed her secondary education under the British system

Jamaica Kincaid: Bio (1) • Born Elaine Potter Richardson in St. Johns, Antigua in 1949; lived her step-father, mother, and three brothers • father: a carpenter and cabinetmaker • mother: a homemaker and political activist. • Completed her secondary education under the British system

Jamaica Kincaid:Bio(2) Left Antigua(before its Independence)when she was 17. As the eldest of four,and the only girl,she was apprenticed to a seamstress,then plucked from school,where she was excelling,and sent to the US as an au pair(“really a servant'”互婢， 指以授课、协助家务等换取膳宿的姑娘) changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because her family disapproved of her writing

Jamaica Kincaid: Bio (2) • Left Antigua (before its Independence) when she was 17. • As the eldest of four, and the only girl, she was apprenticed to a seamstress, then plucked from school, where she was excelling, and sent to the US as an au pair (“really a servant”互婢， 指以授课、协助家务等换取膳宿的姑娘) • changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because her family disapproved of her writing

Antigua(拉丁美洲岛国安提瓜) ·A lot more blacks than white people; ·A British colony till 1967. Cedar Grove Saint John's Antigua WiDikies Village Bolands AL glish Harbeur Town

Antigua（拉丁美洲岛国安提瓜） • A lot more blacks than white people; • A British colony till 1967

Kincaid on Colonialism Antigua Within the structure of the British educational system imposed upon Antiguans,Kincaid grew to "detest everything about England,except the literature” rage at colonialism the failure of Antigua independence: "You distorted or erased my history and glorified your own

Kincaid on Colonialism & Antigua • Within the structure of the British educational system imposed upon Antiguans, Kincaid grew to "detest everything about England, except the literature” • rage at colonialism & the failure of Antigua independence： – “You distorted or erased my history and glorified your own

Para.1 In the first paragraph of her piece,Kincaid uses a metaphor of a "jewel"to describe England and extends this figure of speech for several sentences.What connotations does jewel have in this context?

Para. 1 • In the first paragraph of her piece, Kincaid uses a metaphor of a "jewel" to describe England and extends this figure of speech for several sentences. What connotations does jewel have in this context?

Para.1 Compare the three following descriptions of England:one with a metaphor,one with a simile,and one with a sensory detail.Identify the differences in the connotations of diction in each description.By the end of this piece,which image of England fits the rest of Kincaid's details the best:the jewel,the mutton,or the veins?Why?

Para. 1 • Compare the three following descriptions of England: one with a metaphor, one with a simile, and one with a sensory detail. Identify the differences in the connotations of diction in each description. By the end of this piece, which image of England fits the rest of Kincaid's details the best: the jewel, the mutton, or the veins? Why?

Para.1 Look up the word "Jerusalem"in an encyclopedia so that you understand its many potential connotations when a writer employs it.Then reread it in the context of Kincaid's words.What does Kincaid mean by "Jerusalem"in her piece? What associations does it carry here?

Para. 1 • Look up the word "Jerusalem" in an encyclopedia so that you understand its many potential connotations when a writer employs it. Then reread it in the context of Kincaid's words. What does Kincaid mean by "Jerusalem" in her piece? What associations does it carry here?

Para.1 Kincaid writes,"England was to be our source myth and the source from which we got our sense of reality,our sense of what was meaningful,our sense of what was meaningless."What are the connotations of the phrase "source myth"? How do examples used later show that England is both a "source"and "mythic"?

Para. 1 • Kincaid writes, "England was to be our source myth and the source from which we got our sense of reality, our sense of what was meaningful, our sense of what was meaningless." What are the connotations of the phrase "source myth"? How do examples used later show that England is both a "source" and "mythic"?

Para.2 ·What does the phrase“Made in England' come to mean in the essay?Consider Kincaid's account of her father's hat.In what ways does the "brown felt hat" represent England?How does Kincaid view the hat?

Para. 2 • What does the phrase “Made in England” come to mean in the essay? Consider Kincaid’s account of her father’s hat. In what ways does the “brown felt hat” represent England? How does Kincaid view the hat?