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
"a little boy almost drowned when a wave reached for his leg and pulled him under"
12024-05-07T02:21:14+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd512plain2024-05-07T14:12:08+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd5The personification of the water which reaches and pulls the boy’s leg imbues the ecosystem with a sense of life. Although developers would render the natural environment as lifeless resources to be extracted and exploited, this portrayal of the water as something living, with personhood, asserts the vitality of Jamaica, despite the violence of neocolonialism.