A Small Place Study Guide

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid is an opinionated essay cleverly disguised as a novel. There are no acting characters nor is there a plot. The narrator's voice gives her opinions of the many events and difficulties that have happened to the natives of the island of Antigua. A Small Place is a subjective description of the of government corruption and the lack of concern that the people of one nation has for the people of another. A Small Place also investigates the effects of slavery when the emancipated slaves are not taught how to be ordinary people. (read more)