Annie John (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Jamaica Kincaid
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: The mid-1950’s to the mid- 1960’s
- Setting: Antigua, West Indies
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Domestic realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, African Americans, Girls, Maturation or coming of age, 1960’s, Child rearing or parenting, Children, Mothers, Parents and children, Caribbean, Adolescence, Blacks, Colonialism, Colonies or colonization, Teenagers
- Locales: Antigua, West Indies
Characters Discussed
Annie Victoria John, a smart, sensitive young black girl growing up in Antigua, in the British West Indies. Annie identifies with her mother and has a hard time separating herself, but she is a bright, imaginative, high-spirited girl who has a hard time following her mother’s instructions and orders. She leaves home at the age of seventeen.
Annie John, Annie’s mother, who married a carpenter much older than herself. She gave birth to Annie at the age of thirty. Annie’s point of view is so intently focused on how her mother deals with her that...
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