The quotation room A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid describes the concept of being and reveals the consequences of colonialism and globalization. Colonialism and globalization mean that Westerners are unable to see the land as belonging to someone else and to consider it a source of pleasure and reconstruction. Westerners who most commonly refer to those who are of European descent see the island of Jamaica as exotic, a place of wonder and discovery, which is why they have decided to settle in hopes of exploring this unknown territory to find adventures just as described by Edward Said in Latent and Manifest Orientalism. Even today, modern Westerners, tourists, have the same mentality Said describes when they travel to Jamaica, they see it as a place of adventure, a vacation from the boredom and stress they experienced at home. What tourists don't realize is that they can experience this adventure at the expense of other people's hard work and labor, which is the daily life of the natives. These people can bask all day in what the tourist thinks they like...