Critical Review of Race of the Book Small Island
Introduction
Small Island is a prize winning fictional book authored by Andrea Levy. Levy uses four main characters namely Gilbert, Bernard, Hortense and Queenie. The author successfully employs the narration technique where by each character narrates their story. The novel is written to mimic Jamaican immigrants who had moved to England in the mid-90s in search for greener pastures. In this novel, the author illuminates the theme of race, as the Jamaican immigrants adapt to life in England. For that matter, this paper critics the theme of race as embodied in the novel and marries this depiction with literal
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