Need help with my writing homework on Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid. Write a 1500 word paper answering; The smooth transition from childhood to puberty is essential to attain a successful personality. It is possible only through parents, teachers, and peers who surround the period. Jamaica Kincaid succeeded in creating the main characters in that way in which Annie grows with their actions and emotion.

Jamaica’s delineation of the character of Annie is impressive. Annie’s evolution to a young lady is mediated through different characters and multiple relations. The spirits of the island who taught the concept of death to Annie, the young child, her schoolmate Gwen Joseph, the red girl, her teachers, especially miss Edward, her beautiful mother who is able to teach her several things, her loving father, typical Caribbean grandmother Ma Chess, all of them contribute to Annie’s development and to a sense of alienation. Most of them are Antiguans. Mrs. John and the grandmother are from Dominica, and the headmistress and Ruth are from England.

As a young girl of ten&nbsp.years old, she is smart and inquisitive and loves to be loved by everyone. She lives in the powerful confinement of her beautiful mother and she enjoys it. In her words,” It was in such a paradise that I lived”. It is evident from the descriptions that Mrs. John is a successful mother during her early childhood. The bath scene of the mother and the child together reveals their intense relation. Annie‘s desire to live permanently with her mother is exposed here. But she grows and grows out to the society as a young lady. Annie says “I was on the verge of becoming a young lady, so there were quite a few things I would have to do differently”. She begins to experience lack of kisses and hugs

The process towards maturity is assisted knowingly or unknowingly by her near and dear. What she wants are love and consideration. She gets this from her parents at the early stages.&nbsp.