How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Since you are a tourist, the thought of what it might be like for someone who had to live […] in a place that suffers constantly from drought […] must never cross your mind. (1.1)
When it comes to Antigua, the things that tourists love are the same things that make it difficult to live there. This disregard for the harsh realities of Antiguan life "others," or dismisses, the Antiguan people.
Quote #2
You are feeling wonderful, so you say, "Oh, what a marvelous change these bad roads are from the splendid highways I am used to in North America." (1.2)
These impoverished conditions are seen as quaint and charming by tourists… But why? Don't they realize that Antiguans would much prefer to have a state-of-the-art highway system, like the U.S.?
Quote #3
The thing you have always suspected about yourself the minute you become a tourist is true: A tourist is an ugly human being. (1.5)
The tourist is not bad until s/he becomes a tourist—that is, it's only the actions of the tourist that are immoral. Later, Kincaid makes it clearer when she explains that the only good British people are the ones that stayed home.