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 no trespassing sign is an example of neo-colonialism. Just as the colonists took the land of the Caribbean centuries prior, the hotel developers are taking land from the natives to construct a new hotel that is not even for them.
1media/Liam Colonial View 2.1 (HCTS)_thumb.jpg2024-04-23T17:35:45+00:00Liam Maurillo35d4807d872a32d0acd1978d90c786506b31bb24Alphonso's Hotel Development8The severity of hotel development becomes evident in this passage as it becomes clear that land across the island of Jamaica is being dispossessed from those who call it home. Just as the neighborhood of Little Bay was lost to tourism development years prior, the same occurrences are becoming present in River Bank. The sole goal of colonialism was strategic economic gain at the expense of others, and the same trends are occurring in neocolonialism on the island of Jamaica through hotel development. The residents are not taken into account during any decision regarding future changes to the landscape of their home despite being the ones impacted the most. (Dennis-Benn 120)media/Liam Colonial View 2.1 (HCTS).jpgplain2024-05-02T02:17:34+00:00Liam Maurillo35d4807d872a32d0acd1978d90c786506b31bb24