Kincaid: In Kincaid's Novel, how do Race, Class, and Gender Intersect in the life of the Novel's Protagonist?

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Kincaid: In Kincaid's Novel, How Do Race, Class, And Gender Intersect In The Life Of The Novel's Protagonist?
Jamaica Kincaid, an American novelist, wrote: "The autobiography of My mother" to demonstrate her desire to express the people, places, language, race, cultural beliefs that have molded her life and the life of African American people. In America, racial discrimination is a burning issue since forever. Though Americans claim that it is free from racial discrimination, race and color disparity are still dominating American society. In the novel, The Autobiography of my mother, Kincaid narrates the story of a seventy-year-old lady who has lost her mother at the time of her birth. Throughout the novel, the writer longs for the lost love of her mother. Her identity is shaped by the circumstances that are created due to the sudden death of her mother. The themes of race, class, and gender continuously reverberate in the story. The complete novel revolves around the life experiences of Xuela and shows that societal, racial, and gender discrepancies play a vital role in shaping her life.
Kincaid's mother has always been a source of distress and conflicting emotions for him. Jamaica Kincaid's work, the Autobiography of my mother, is a profound story of a woman's existence on the island of Dominica. It is a powerful and inspiring piece of literature and is an award-winning book. The protagonist Xuela Claudette Richardson is a Caribbean mother and a half Scottish and half African father. Xuela lost her mother at the time of her birth and is left to fend for herself. The death of her mother has a deep impact on how she chose to live. Her father left her to live with a laundress after her mother's death. Until the age of seven, Xuela saw her father after two weeks, when he came to pick up the laundry. Kincaid here narrates that Xuela wanted to see his father. When she was four years old, she utters, where is my father? (7). It means that she was always in a quest for affection and compassion.
The loss of her mother is a persistent theme throughout the novel. This irrevocable loss of her mother becomes the real cause of her upcoming life miseries and suffering. Kincaid here states that she was left alone to survive (16). She alone faced the harsh realities of life. She craves for true love of her mother, but she remains unfortunate in that matter. Her new mother could not love her the way she wanted. It develops a rebellious attitude in Xuela towards the institution of family and cultural values. The lost and vulnerable Xuela is left exposed to the brutality of colonial life on the Caribbean Island.
Kincaid's novel illustrates the experiences of black Americans living in American society. The blacks are suppressed and victimized in the American land. The Autobiography of My Mother" focuses on how race plays a key part in African literature and daily life, as well as how black people have endured for their survival. Racial discrimination and gender disparity are the main themes of the novel. The survival of women in a male chauvinistic society is critically analyzed in Kincaid's Autobiography.
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