Annie John

Annie John; A Troubled Young Girl

Jamaica Kincaid tells the story of a young girl named Annie John, whom I believe to be very a troubled child from the moment we are introduced to her. At the innocent age of ten, we see Annie John as she attends funerals of people that she does not even know out of her simple curiosity for death (or so she says). Unlike other children her age, Annie chooses to attend these mournful gatherings instead of engaging in the everyday childlike play of her peers. If this isn’t bad enough, Annie also admits to us (the audience) that she lies to her mother concerning her whereabouts when asked where it is that she has been. From this point forward we learn that the narrator cannot be trusted.
One of the most interesting relationships that we see in Annie John is that between Annie and her mother. The relationship unfolds as more of a love story or a deep passion, rather than “typical” mother- daughter relationship. ...