Wide Sargasso Sea 1

Comments:
1. Antoniette is the main character and the daughter of ex-slave owners who went broke after
the Emanicipation act of 1833
2. They used to be rich but after the slaves were freed their plantation is no longer
full of life ; and has been run down
3. Black people are mean to Antoniette for being white
4. Antoneittes mom is Annette and her dad was Alexander Cosway but he died soon after the slaves were freed
5.She had a bad feeling something bad would occur
Questions:
1. Why do they live in Jamaica if they are a white family isnt that weird?
2. Did the dad really drink himself to death?
3. What's going to happen to the family?
4. Are they going to be able to survive without the dad?
Vocabulary:
1. Marooned: a deep purplish red color tinged with brown pg. 18
2. Sieve: a utensil consisting of a round frame surrounding a mesh and used to separate solids from liquids or large particles from small particles, or to purée foods pg. 29
3. Vexed: provoked to slight annoyance, anxiety or distress pg. 34
Literary Terms:
1. simile
2.simile
Overview Sentence:
1. Anntoinette and her family have just went into ruins and her dad just currently died so her family isnt doing well at all economically or in any other way. The people from Jamaica are beginning to treat them really badly becuase they used to be a fimly of slave owners befrore the emanicipation act of 1833.