PARAGRAPH 1 - HER ATTITUDE

1) Identify five words or phrases which seem to celebrate England and make it

something wonderful.

2) Identify three clearly negative statements (she is using contrasts - that is one

method – usually it sets up irony)

3) Identify the symbols and allusions and what each represents I can find three.

(the tone of these symbols should also contrast which usually means irony or

sarcasm)

PARAGRAPH 2 – SHE CONTINUES HER CONTRASTS

4) What is repeated and what is the impact of the repetitions?

5) There are two other symbols – her dad’s hat and breakfast – what does each one

symbolize?

6) And a tonal question – What feelings are conveyed in the last sentence – lines 74-

77.

PARAGRAPH 3 – THE SYMBOLS CONTINUE BUT THE CONTRASTS ARE

DISAPPEARING. HER OBVIOUS HOSTILITY IS BECOMING MORE

BLATANT.

7) What does “Draw a map of England” represent for her–?

8) Why is the map symbol repeated at the conclusion of the essay?

PARAGRAPH 4 – THE LANGUAGE BECOMES HARSH AND THE MEANING

FAR MORE DIRECT. 9) What does she mean when she says each of the following:

a. “I had long ago been conquered.”

b. “…would result in my erasure…”

c. “Awe at its existence, small because I was not from it…”

d. “…certainly not what a blessing it was that I was unable to draw a map of

England correctly.”

10) List 8-10 key words, phrases or sentences which would or should make it into an

essay analyzing the Jamaica Kincaid passage.