Walcott Vs Kincaid Views On Colonialism - 1443 Words

Walcott vs Kincaid: Views on Colonialism Aspects of both Kincaid’s and Walcott’s literature pieces show great comparison with each other along with a few contrasting ideas. â€Å"A Far Cry from Africa† and A Small Place both demonstrate the movement from colonialism to post-colonialism and describe how the characters feel and are reacting to the major change. Walcott’s poem â€Å"The Sea is History† compares to A Small Place in the way that both pieces of literature deal with history being bias towards the person who is reflecting on it. Colonial corruption and oppression become significant throughout Kincaid’s A Small Place and Walcott’s poem â€Å"Ruins of a Great House†. Kincaid’s A Small Place and Walcott’s poems â€Å"A Far Cry from Africa†, â€Å"The Sea is History† and â€Å"Ruins of a Great House† all are centered around the main idea of colonialism and allows the reader to compare the similarity and differences of each author ’s views. Kincaid’s A Small Place and Walcott’s â€Å"A Far Cry from Africa† both demonstrate how the characters and countries are reacting to and dealing with being colonialized. Kincaid is very against the idea of tourists and foreigners coming into Antigua and trying to colonialize the island. She in turn sees the English as people who are coming into her country and trying to overrun it instead of trying to help. She blames the tourists for all of Antigua’s problems and describes the tourists as â€Å"ugly human being[s]† (Kincaid 14). Since the repairs of Antigua â€Å"the island