The writing by Jamaica Kincaid, A Small Place, narrates a huge problem faced around the world. The small places or small islands suffer because of all the tourists that come only to escape their reality. It is frustrating for habitants to suffer because of this people that do not worry about the true life or circumstance they might be in. Specially the others or foreigners soon as they set foot seek for a way to take advantage of this small places. It is due to the circumstances in the past that their envy and disgust grows towards this outsiders.The main feeling this natives might feel is jealousy. This feeling grows as they see how people come and go, enjoying what is it a lockup for them. It is not that they do not like their setting, in this text the island of Antigua, but that they can't prosper because of this people. The Americans tend to exploit small places and do not let them thrive their poverty. The financial power the big continent might employ gives them an instant superiority. That superiority won't make the envy fade away, but increase by the selfishness of taking what this island might have.
You came. You
took things that were not yours, and you did not
even, for appearances' sake, ask first. You could have
said, "May I have this, please?" and even though it
would have been clear to everybody that a yes or no
from us would have been of no consequence you
might have looked so much better. - A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
