&= nbsp; How can one small island have so many distinct personalities? Many nations stru= ggle to find their identity, and Antigua must strive to find it’s identity amongst three personas. Antigua’s history is laced with diverse cultural backgrounds making it a highly challenging task to discover its true identity. In A Small Place, Jamaica Kincaid uses different points of view to convey her confused identi= ty.

&= nbsp; One persona shown is the childish side of Antigua. For example, Kincaid writes in this voice of Antigua= saying, “He was a shareholder in their Japanese car company. He was t= he one who had first brought them into government schemes. He died swimming in this swimming pool.” In this quote, the voice speaks as how a child w= ould speak in short, negligible sentences.

&= nbsp; Another voice Kincaid uses to describe Antigua i= s the artist that hasn’t discovered their place in the world. Speaking as t= his voice of Antigua, she says, “That = big new hotel is a haven for drug dealing. The hotel has its own port of entry,= so boats bearing their drug cargo can come and go as they please.” In sa= ying this, she is using the potential artist voice to describe the abuse of Antigua’s potential as a nation.

&= nbsp; The last voice Kincaid uses is the lunatic voice of Anti= gua. An example can be seen when she writes, “…they have made their = own degradation and humiliation of their daily lives into their own tourist attraction.” This shows how the people of Anti= gua have become so feral that their crudeness is an invitation for tourists to = come vacation.

&= nbsp; Antigua’s three personality identity problem = is addressed by Jamaica Kincaid giving each one a chance to speak their circumstances. When a nation is so corrupt that

they can’t even resolve their own identity; this is= how such a small place can have so many different personalities.