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Here Comes the Sun: Deconstructed Student Essays

Homosexuality and Homophobia [Dennis-Benn, 166]

In the image above, the narrator details Verdene’s attempt to clean blood off her house. Throughout the novel, Verdene due to her identity as a lesbain, is constantly subjected to homophobic violence throughout. Residents leave dead dogs in her yard, leave blood on her house, verbally accost her, — “witch” — and ostracize her. It is made clear throughout the novel that treatment Verdene endures is on the “lesser side” of the extremist practices, which often result in the murdering of gay men and gang rape of lesbians. Verdene’s relationship with Margot cannot and does not survive in this environment. Sea Island Development [Naylor, Pg6] The image above is an excerpt from Gloria Naylor’s novel, Mama Day, which features the fictional sea-Island community of Willow Springs. The novel’s narrator describes the commodification and exploitation of other Sea Islands, such as Hilton Head, Daufuskie, and St. John’s. Similar to Dennis-Benn’s narrator, this one suggests that the developers want to buy up land to create a “Paradise” [shoreline resorts and cultural attractions] for tourism at the expense of the local residents.

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This article, written by I. Jabulani Tafari, underscores the homophobic violence that takes place in Jamaica. The article documents a “Boycott Jamaica” campaign carried out by a California gay-wrongs lobby group in the city of San Francisco due to a [alleged] spike in attacks on Jamaica’s homosexual population. The purpose of the boycott was to put pressure on the Jamaican government and private-sector interests.
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1. Homosexuality and Homophobia [Dennis-Benn, 166] In the image above, the narrator details Verdene’s attempt to clean blood off her house. Throughout the novel, Verdene due to her identity as a lesbain, is constantly subjected to homophobic violence throughout. Residents leave dead dogs in her yard, leave blood on her house, verbally accost her, — “witch” — and ostracize her. It is made clear throughout the novel that treatment Verdene endures is on the “lesser side” of the extremist practices, which often result in the murdering of gay men and gang rape of lesbians. Verdene’s relationship with Margot cannot and does not survive in this environment.