A Small Place Foreignness and 'The Other' Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)

Quote #4

Their ancestors were not as clever in the way yours were and not ruthless in the way yours were, for then would it not be you who would be in harmony with nature and backwards in that charming way? (1.5)

This attitude is surprisingly common in wealthy countries like the U.S. This belief—though patently false—is a way for people to make themselves feel less guilty that they have so much, while others have so little.

Quote #5

A ugly thing, that us what you are when you become a tourist, an ugly, empty thing [...] and it will never occur to you that the people who inhabit the place in which you have paused cannot stand you. (1.5)

Nobody likes a tourist—it doesn't matter if they're visiting Florida, New York City, or a small island like Antigua. Why would you like someone who takes over your hometown with little regard for you as a person?

Quote #6

That the native does not like the tourist is not hard to explain. For every native of every place is a potential tourist, and every tourist is a native of somewhere. (1.6)

Let's put it like this: Would it be right for a rich person to come into the house of a poor person and watch them all day just because? That would be pretty rude, if you ask us, and we're thinking Kincaid agrees.