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 Villain
12024-05-09T03:18:08+00:00Kasha Salia7f90ed33d9889544c9d4fec77933be51da30924312plain2024-05-09T03:21:10+00:00Kasha Salia7f90ed33d9889544c9d4fec77933be51da309243The 'protagonist' of the novel is Margot: a hotel staff member by day, and a sex worker by night. Margot works her way up the ladder and becomes the manager of a new resort on the island. But at what cost? Throughout the book, Margot does everything in her power to expand the resort and make as much money as possible for her family. She frames another staff member for having an affair with an underage girl; she starts recruiting young girls to work at the resort for sex, and she tries to persuade her lover to sell her land despite knowing her plans for demolishment. Margot does not do all of this for nothing. She has a sister to support and a future empire to build. All of these actions, no matter Margot's intentions are a result of imperial consumption. Margot loses sight of the fact that her actions cause more harm than good to herself and her community. It can be argued that Margot's frequent and intense proximity to whiteness enveloped her. The book concludes with Margot alone on the new resort with no knowledge of her lover and her family's well-being. Margot was sucked into the colonial cycle of greed. She achieved her material goals, but at what cost?
When people, especially Black women buy into colonial falsehoods like the 'American Dream', who is at fault? Is Margot a traitor or a victim?
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1media/maliche.jpgmedia/sunrise.webp2024-04-11T15:56:55+00:00Randi Gill-Sadler4a914792fbfb2078ef84e08319c412098bd9b469Kasha's UnessayKasha Salia29The tropes and figures that disrupt colonial histories and geographies.image_header2024-05-09T03:52:08+00:00Kasha Salia7f90ed33d9889544c9d4fec77933be51da309243