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There were many challenges when trying to find research on the small Caribbean island of Barbados. Due to the country being so small it doesn’t have many sites available to look at other than cruises and other vacationing websites. Although the same websites did give me many places to see and visit while in Barbados. Barbados is one of the most vacationed islands in the Caribbean. Like many Caribbean islands one of the most favorite places to visit are the beaches. Some of the more popular beaches on the island are Bridgetown Beach, Carlisle Bay, Miami Beach, and Enterprise Beach are the most visited ones. Barbados has many interesting and fun facts despite it being such a small country. It was one of the last countries to gain its independence in 1966, once a colony of England. Because of this the culture has an Afro-European affect on the people. Many slaves were brought to the country in the 1600s by the English therefore bringing an African culture to the island. One of the

Little Cogburt and Cotton Candy have similarities and differences in the authors lives and how they tell their stories. Phyllis Shand Allfrey who tells the story of Little Cogburt was a women who lived her earlier life in England before moving to Dominica. She relates the story to her life by showing how people with lighter skin who have moved to the small island interact with natives and how they think of them. Throughout the story the light skinned mother Moira talks about how she does not want to give a party for the dark skinned children implying she does not like them. The author relates to this, because her being from England has lighter skin compared to the natives of the island. Dora Alonso the author of Cotton Candy tells a story about a women in Cuba who seeks sexual pleasure from other men and admires a local prostitute. She tells the story pertaining to the corrupt society she sees in her country around here. These two authors are different from each other, because o

The story " Tetiyette and the Devil " was about a young teenage girl who was at a point in her life where she was supposed to get married. Two men come to see visit her looking to marry her are described as a "pig" and "goat", inferring their not so attractive appearances. She then brushes them both off immediately without giving either a chance. One day another man dressed in gold comes to visit her and she is very impressed by the man. This shows the reader that she is all about looks and doesn't really care much for how the person truly is. The mother warns her daughter that the man is evil but she keeps telling her that everything between them two are fine. Later on throughout the story her husband who is the "Devil" starts to eat her and while all this is happening she is screaming for help from her mother, but she refuses to saying that she warned her. Later the girls brother comes and cuts the devil open and resc

Barbados Barbados is small island eastward in Caribbean in a group of islands called the Lesser Antilles. The islands gets its name from a Portuguese beaded fig tree that is native to the island. The small island holds a little more than 280,000 people. More than half of the citizens here are of European and African descent due to the African slave migration to the Caribbean islands in the 1600 through 1700s, but the first slaves to arrive were whites from Britain were people who thought to be against the King. The small country gained its independence from the British in 1966. When the British first arrived in Barbados in 1625 the island was mostly a jungle with many wild pigs running around. English is the official language spoken there due to past British rule. Another common language spoken in Barbados is called Bajan which is a mix of English and various languages spoken in west Africa. This country has a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy with Queen Eli

Hi, my name Justin Burney and I'm a sophomore at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC)! I am from Suwanee, Georgia, which is about twenty minutes from GGC. I have one younger brother that is a junior at North Gwinnett High School. My major is biochemistry since GGC does not offer pre-dental, so I am looking to transfer to a college soon that offers this major to pursue my dreams of becoming a dentist. Some of my hobbies that I enjoy are hanging out with my friends playing and watching sports since my life pretty much revolved around them between my brother and I. I used to play football, baseball, and basketball. Some of my favorite teams are the LSU Tigers, New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans, Atlanta Hawks and the Atlanta Braves. In this class I am looking forward to learning much about the Caribbean. Some things I would love to learn about this part of the world is the culture, food, and music around there. I would like to know these types of things, because I have many fri