The Effects of Caribbean Colonization on the Family: Through the Eyes o

The effects of colonization on the family of Caribbean people, as described by various twentieth century Caribbean woman writers, argon as complicated as they are vast. These authors show that families continue to contend with separation, poverty, and cultural identity issues that create extraordinary difficulties for the families who live on these post-colonial islands. It can be argued that all families have struggles, both internal and external, and plot of land this is undoubtedly true, the struggles thatthe families described in these novels endure have a handle connection to their colonised past and the influences of the colonizer, still felt by the countries colonized and their people. The abolition of slavery in these islands did not eliminate the special problems that the cause slaves, now inhabitants, would inherit, nor did it eliminate the effects or consequences that these issues would create for the family.One of the nearly prevalent concerns for these families is that of separation, both factually and emotionally, due to differences in the family members interpretation and espousal of their owncultural identity. We can see literal family separation in Jamaica Kincaids Annie John, through both the emigration of Annies mother, from the Dominican to Antigua, to Annies eventual immigration to England. These literal separations of family are derived from economical and educational reasons.Annie John leaves Antigua, and her family, at the age of cardinal to pursue a continued education that she can not queue in her own country. We can see the emotional toll this has on Annie as she describes her conflicted feelings on her departure My mother and my father... ...mer colonizer. The authors of these novels show us a glimpse of what it was and is like growing up and living in a post-colonial country. Their mouths have been the mouth of misfortunes which have no mouth.Works CitedCesaire, Aime. Xcesaire. Instructional web Server -. Web. 20 Nov. 2010. Danticat, Edwidge. Krik? Krak New York Vintage, 1996. Print. Edgell, Zee. Beka Lamb. London Heinemann, 1982. Print. Estimates, By Some. Haiti Earthquake sextuplet Months Later Where Do Things Stand? - ABC News. ABCNews.com - ABCNews.com Breaking News, Vote 2010 Elections, Politics, human News,Good Morning America, Exclusive Interviews - ABC News. Web. 24 Nov. 2010. Kincaid, Jamaica. Annie John. New York Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1985. Print. Marshall, Paule. Praisesong for the Widow. New York Plume, 1983. Print.