A Lost Identity Within I Am A Martinican Woman

Essay specific features

 

Issue:

English

 

Written by:

Roy F

 

Date added:

July 3, 2012

 

Level:

University

 

Grade:

B

 

No of pages / words:

4 / 1095

 

Was viewed:

7436 times

 

Rating of current essay:

 
Essay content:

After her mother tells Mayotte the story about her grandmother, she expresses how proud she is that she had a white grandmother, yet she ventures to ask "How could a Canadian woman have loved a Martinican?"(Capecia, 63). She is amazed, it seems, that a white woman would stoop to marry a black man. Mayotte specifically states that a "grandmother was less commonplace than a white grandfather"(Capecia, 62)...
displayed 300 characters

Custom written essay

All essays are written from scratch by professional writers according to your instructions and delivered to your email on time. Prices start from $10.99/page

Order custom paper

Full essays database

You get access to all the essays and can view as many of them as you like for as little as $28.95/month

Buy database access

Order custom writing paper now!

  • Your research paper is written
    by certified writers
  • Your requirements and targets are
    always met
  • You are able to control the progress
    of your writing assignment
  • You get a chance to become an
    excellent student!

Get a price guote

 
 

She is amazed, it seems, that a white woman would stoop to marry a black man. Mayotte specifically states that a "grandmother was less commonplace than a white grandfather"(Capecia, 62).Here, it is evident, that Mayotte sees blacks as inferior. But at the same time, she is partially black. Many critics see this as an expression of the "lactification complex,"or the mind frame of idolizing whites as well as a desire to be white, that silently existed within not only Martinican society, but also throughout the Caribbean (CLA, 260)...
displayed 300 characters

General issues of this essay:

Related essays:

x
Services