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By. Jamaica Kincaid
 * __A Walk to the Jetty from Annie John

A. Summary of the story__** In the chapter "A Walk to the Jetty" from the story "Annie John", its about a girl named Annie John who is seventeen and is going to go to England to study nursing. She wakes up on a Sunday, and eats a big breakfast with her family, they feel sad, and she fakes it, but really she's relieved she's getting out. Annie says her goodbyes to everyone, and quickly remembers all the good times she has had in her hometown. Her parents take her to the jetty, and Annie leaves, feeling an emotion she wasn't feeling before, panic.

Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 as Elaine Potter Richardson on the island of Antigua. She lived with her stepfather, and her mother until 1965 when she was sent to Westchester, New York to work as an au pair. She completed her secondary education in Antigua under the British system due to Antigua's being a British colony until 1967. She studied photography at the New York School for Social Research when she left the family she worked for, and also attended Franconia College in New Hampshire for a year. Her first writing project involved some articles for Ingenue magazine. In 1973, she changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because her family didnt like her writing. Through her writing, she became friends with George W.S. Trow, a writer for the New Yorker, as a result, Kincaid met the editor of the magazine, William Shawn, who then offered her a job. Kincaid later married Shawn's son, Allen, a composer and Bennington College professor, and they now have two children.
 * __B. A paragraph about the author__**

I personally didn't like it, i felt it rather boring, and there was not much point in writing it. I wish there were more going on in the story and it wasn't so dull. I would not recommend this book to anyone, i think that they would probably find it boring as well.
 * __My Opinion on the Story__**

In the story “A Walk to the Jetty” it was a chapter from the book “Annie John”, I think the author Jamaica Kincaid showed a lot of imagery, point of view, and setting. I think that Kincaid showed that in many ways. I really didn’t like the story much but I noticed those three things about it. The story was short with no ending which I didn’t like much. First, imagery was a big one, I felt like I was actually in Antigua, that’s one thing I thought she really used well. I felt like I was walking through her island town with her, it felt like I was in paradise. That was the one part I liked about the book. I also felt like I was in her house, the way the book described it. Next, point of view was another key thing, you got to see things through Annie’s point of view. You get to watch as her feelings change, and the way she see’s things around her. It almost felt like I was going through what she was going through, I felt really involved in the story like I was a part of it. Finally, setting was another big part, I think the best part is that it took place on an island, and Kincaid really made it seem like you were on it. I think the setting made it interesting because not many people know what its like to actually live on an island, its not as easy as sounds. That’s my favorite part. In conclusion, “A Walk to the Jetty” by Jamaica Kincaid was not a bad book. She used three things very well imagery, point of view, and setting. I think the author was a very good author, I just think I should of read “Annie John” to know the whole story and I think I would of liked it more. That’s my literary analysis on my story