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The beginning of A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid opens in second-person and talks about the tourism in a post-independent Antigua, in the British West Indies. Written in the 1980's the book is a natives view on how Antigua operates today, and how it differs from the past. The opening section keenly addresses the reader as "you" and describes how beautiful Antigua used to be. She addresses topics in the first section such as the natives of the island, and how much you will never actually truly get to know them because to the average white European, American, or Britan tourist, the natives are nothing but the scenery. The innocent natives are a combination of races that have been repeatedly wiped out, mostly by African slaves. But to the reader, they are nothing but the scenery, and it is overlooked how important the natives are to the upkeep of the island. Kincaid quotes that you the reader should be "wearing sackcloth and ashes in token penance of the wrongs [you've]......

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