Here Comes the Sun: Deconstructed Student EssaysMain MenuAFR 283: Islands, Archipelagoes and Black Women's Literature“The islands provide me, from a technical point of view, a microcosm in which can be seen in sharp relief many of the basic problems and conflicts which beset oppressed peoples everywhere.” -Paule Marshall, “Shaping the World of My Art”Critical VocabularyLanding page for Critical Vocab TermsUnessaysThis is the launchpad for deconstructed essaysRandi Gill-Sadler4a914792fbfb2078ef84e08319c412098bd9b469
"the hotel opened last October"
12024-05-07T02:20:55+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd513plain2024-05-07T14:13:11+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd5As the development of a new tourist facility displaces the River Bank community and Margot succumbs to the illusion of escape promised by Alphonso, Pregnant Heidi continues to actively resist the tourist industry through hydrofeminist violence. Even as neocolonialist development seems to win at the novel’s conclusion, the waves of Pregnant Heidi continue to consume tourists. This violent resistance upholds Dennis-Benn’s unromanticized portrayal of the island as active and resistant, rather than passive and silent.