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Elizabeth George SpeareA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Kit Tyler finds herself torn between the laid-back, warm environment of Barbados where she grew up and the rigid, cold Puritan community of Connecticut where she now resides. This tension forms a key part of Kit’s experience and development throughout the novel. How does Kit manage her conflicting identities from Barbados and Connecticut? What strategies does she use to navigate these two worlds? Consider these points as you reflect on the text to answer the question.
Teaching Suggestion: It may be beneficial to introduce this activity by having students think about Kit’s background as a British colonist living in Barbados. The author briefly touches upon the fact that Kit benefitted from the labor of enslaved people (Chapter 2). Students can contrast this with Puritan society, where slavery was less common.
By Elizabeth George Speare