The author of the novel Lucy is a women named Jamaica Kincaid. Her bibliography contents generally autobiographical, but she had also written novels, short fiction and essays. Her literary works is very popular and she had been awarded a large number of times. Her writing explores inter alia the relationship between mother and daughter, colonialism, cultural imperialism, racism and colonial legacy. Despite that her literature has been honoured, it has also been criticized especially for its anger
large American city. Then at the age of nineteen, Lucy who is older than Kincaid’s previous heroines, causes the book to take on a more mature and cynical perspective than any of her previous work. However, Lucy is suffering from homesickness and unresolved feelings about her mother. Which comes as a surprise because she believes that she is destined to get away from that lifestyle that she once knew. In my opinion, the cause for the mixed emotions is due solely on the fact that she has never lived