The Sun

The description of the sun as a force ripe orange, by both Moses and the narrator, symbolizes the dilution of Caribbean culture within the immigrant community in London. In the same way that the sun still exists in London, but looks like a synthetic version of itself, the culture within the Caribbean community in London is not a mirror of that in Trinidad or Jamaica. The influence of racial prejudice, social inequity, and poverty warps the immigrants’ interactions with one another and shifts how they approach their work, family life, and leisure time.

The Newspaper Reporter

The newspaper reporter, at Waterloo Station serves as a symbol for media bias. While the young man is asking to interview immigrants, and asking why they chose to move to London, he sneers at Tanty and Moses. His journalism is slanted by racism and xenophobia and he uses the...