There are so much different feelings in this novel! It is really extraordinary how the author goes from the beginning of the novel until the end describing Antigua with infinite details. First she stars describing how Antigua is seen from a tourist eyes and how much he tourist does not know about the place, then she describes a little about Antigua's history and how it had been an England possession, then she critiques every aspect and gives her opinion about the political status that Antigua has gone through and how this has affect this place. Finally she states that although Antigua had gone through all these things and worked so hard for a self-government which is not even good, says the author, this small place is still remarkably beautiful and incredible in every aspect.
You can definitely feel the passion the author has for Antigua. She describes the place as unreal because of all its beauty. You know that even though the author critics the government and some aspects of this place, she only those this because she truly loves Antigua and wishes this place could have only the best. She wants the library to be restored because it was one her favorite places in Antigua, she describes how much she loved that place and she wishes she could do something to make it better. In my opinion the author shows us that she wishes she could fix every aspect that is wrong or damaged about Antigua.
She is also very sad about all the things Antigua had to go through and she refers to slavery a lot. I love the ending of the novel because we can notice that she is angry because of this and because of these people that had considered themselves superior to Antiguans . The last line in the novel she says that everyone the masters or the slaves they were all equals they were all just human beings. I liked this phrase a lot, it made me think a lot and it the most powerful phrase in the novel.
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