Jamaica Kincaid’s novel, Lucy, is a first-person narrative of a young woman coming to America from Antigua and does not latch onto anything in its path. Lucy herself absorbs only small details of her new home, never trying to take in the place as a whole, not looking beyond what is in front of her and truly tries to forget her past. Her first day in America she reacts only to a few new …showed first 75 words of 1623 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1623 total…how the reader obtains a sense that Lucy does not latch or allow herself to become someone’s possession. Arriving in America gave her the opportunity to be able to look at her past and realize that if she would have gone to England she would have been possessed and remained a servant. But here in America, she is not possessed and is free to write and allow her thoughts to flow freely. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**