Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place is a narrative that talks about her native country, Antigua. Her narrative speaks about tourists and what they see verses what is reality. The people of Antigua are impoverished and are presented with no opportunities. At one point Kincaid says that tourists are actually lucky that they are only there for a mere vacation, the natives of Antigua are envious of the tourists; however, their hatred does not come from personal conflict, it is simply a want for what the tourists have. The Antiguans are stuck in their own impoverishment because they have no chance to escape. That in itself is a violent crime.
Jamaica Kincaid says that "Every native would like to find a way out, every native would like a rest, every native would like a tour. But some natives--most natives in the world--cannot go anywhere.... they are too poor to escape the reality of their lives; and they are too poor to live properly in the place that they live..."
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