Ultimately, her father wants to be an Englishman wearing a fancy hat that is the “the last thing” that he will take off. Pointing out the weather, which is a “hot climate,” but her father insists to wear a hat that is ‘’not proper material’’ to provide shade from the sun. She presents her father as one of the men who have sacrificed their ability to think for themselves. She desires Antiguans to realize how ridiculous they are by conforming to the British. Kincaid depicts her people she grew up with through caricatures to inspire them to rebel against British assimilation and return to their roots. This message is to inspire the Antiguan residents who have been “Made in England” that they need to embrace their own culture.
She exaggerates in order to show how England treats the people versus how they should be treated. She illuminates the effects colonialism by using sarcastic language to distinguish between the brainwashing of her people and her thoughts on the matter, caricatures to display her loved ones’ actions from the British, and also symbolism and metaphors to exemplify her attacking Britain. In the satirical essay, “On Seeing England for the First Time” (1991), Jamaica Kincaid describes her spiteful attitude towards Britain by displaying the effects of colonialism on her island and family.
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