Wide Sargasso Sea Part 1

     The story begins with Antoinette and her mother basically. It is told from first person so we see and comprehend events as she does. However, she is but a child, so it might not be that good to completely believe everything she says. She has lived most of her child hood in fear, and in silence. After the death of her father, everything kind of went down hill. The setting and the time period just turned out to be against her. Since she was a *CREOLE*, and former slave owners, she and her family were hated by the West-Indians. Antoinette grew up with few people in her life, and didn't know anyone else, as they would not associate with her, besides the people that lived in her manor. Most of them her mother disliked. Christophine usually took care of her.
     I believe her story is fairly close to that of Jane Eyre. They both lived crappy lives. They both were over looked for their brothers. Antoinette was overlooked for her little brother Pierre by her mother. Jane was overlooked by her aunt because of her cousin John. The stories begin to merge once Antoinette's mother starts dancing again and finds Mr. Mason. He eventually married Annette, her mother, and thus Antoinette became Antoinette Cosway Mason. Mr Mason had a son in his first marriage who became Antoinette's brother. He plays a significant role in Jane Eyre.
     There was a major event that occurred in Antoinette life. One night, a whole bunch of the West Indians attacked their home. They set the house on fire. Pierre burned to death in his crib. They were soon able to get away but her mother could not handle it. She broke down at the death of her son. She blamed Mason for not heeding her warnings to move elsewhere. That it wasn't safe for them in that town. She went psycho slowly and slowly. The house set on fire here may be connected to the fire at Thornfield Manor in Jane Eyre. As it was a fire that took her mother's last bits of sanity, a fire took the life of Bertha (Antoinette) in Jane Eyre. Fire seems to be a big part if this book as well.
     Afterwards she went to live with her Aunt Cora. When she went to visit her mother, her mother attacked her crazily. Soon thereafter Antoinette was sent to a Nun-school. There she learned about God and how to live the life of a Nun basically. While she was there her mother passed away, but her step-father continued to visit and bring her gifts. He tells her that a couple of his English friends might be visiting the next summer, and one might even stay. I think this foreshadows Michael Fassbender's ent.....I mean Rochester's entry into the story. Her life seemed to be getting better. Oh yeah, except for those crazy dreams she keeps having.

I'm just wondering when she goes from being Antoinette to "Big scary Bertha the Big Bad Wolf!!!!!"

Wikipedia Definitions:
1.) Marginalization: exclusion from meaningful participation in society. Being condemned by fate to live in 2 societies and in two, not merely different but antagonistic cultures.

2.) Post-Colonialism: A specifically post-modern intellectual discourse that consists of reactions to, and analysis of, the cultural legacy of colonialism. (Oppressor- Subject relationships)