Jamaica Kincaid grew up in Antigua. Antigua is a small island discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493. The island is nine miles wide by twelve miles long and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other. On this small island, the sun always shines and the climate is hot and dry. Therefore, the people in Antigua have to watch the amount of water they use because the island constantly suffers from drought. A lot has changed in Antigua since Kincaid was growing up there as a child.
Ms. Kincaid sees a tourist as an ugly human being.