Jamaica Kincaid’s "A Small Place," is a simple memoir with enormous value. Kincaid begins her long essay, in second person perspective, by inviting the reader to visualize Antigua and describing what one might see and think as you are driving down the street. Almost immediately, Kincaid’s style of writing directly to the reader comes off as judgmental and accusing, and doesn’t fail to ruffle readers feathers with her vulgar comments and opinions. However, when looking deeper into the text, one finds that there is more meaning to these rude opinions than just insulting Americans and Europeans. When viewing the text through the Psychological, Marxist, and New criticism Lens, it is clear that Kincaid is calling on all her readers to examine their lives, and the impact that they can make on one another’s. The Psychological lens, rather than looking into the readers mind and what the reader’s response might be, focuses solely on the author. When viewing the text through this lens, Kincaid’s main purpose seems to be to allow readers a look into her life and experiences and why she reacts the way she does. Her personality varies from those of Antigua, “Kincaid found it impossible to uphold the image expected of her-well-behaved child, and loyal subject of the British Empire.”(#1). Kincaid goes against the majority and the behavior that is expected of her, a common pattern, which she also demonstrates within her family: “My family disapproved of my writing.”(#2). Kincaid often talks about her resentment towards her family and the feelings of abandonment from her mother. It is clear that her family, and specifically Kincaid’s mother, has made a large impact on her writing. She expresses a fear of becoming like her mother, “No, I am not you. I am not what you made me.”(#1) Her hatred towards her family and her family’s disapproval of her writing is a good example of how others can impact one’s life. The abandonment