A Small Place is a memoir because it seems to recount specific stories from the early life of Kincaid in Antigua, the resemblance of Kincaid’s actual experience has been blurred. A Small Place has no explicit confirmation that the narrator is Kincaid. A Small Place is different from testimonia, Children of the Sean and New York Day Women because it is a piece of non-fiction about Antigua. It is different from other short stories that have a fictional narrator. A Small Place is an essay that directs the audience by saying ‘you’. It is written from a first-person perspective. However, the narrator speaks directly to ‘you’ ‘you’ being the middle class who are white European tourists and North Americans. The book describes the political and social history of the nation, using facts that are real to bolster the narrator’s argument, unlike the other fictional narrators. A Small Place is non-fiction and talks about the real major conflict that affects Antigua; it experiences corruption in government, rampant poverty, racism towards local black Antiguans and exploitative tourist industry. Is the narrator’s anger in A Small Place justified?
The similarity between the Caribbean city of Antigua and Haitian capital port is that both of them experience challenges such as racism, concerning the perception of the black. This has hindered socioeconomic progress due to the subjection of racial prejudice and discrimination against the foreign that are excluded from dominant discourses and national identity. Both the cities had blossoming tourist industry due to the serene natural resources, but, the industry was affected because of corruption in the government and rampant poverty. Both of them are bilingual and share a painful story of the slave economy and fighting for their independence. Assuming that you are a multi-billionaire how would you help Antigua?