| This article is devoted to the issue, which has been | | | | change her future. She is greatly influenced by West |
| raised in a novel 'Soledad'. The article briefly analyses | | | | Indian, her home. Moreover, Lucy is caught between |
| the novel written by Angie Cruz. It presents | | | | two cultures, West Indian culture and American one. |
| similarities and differences of social norms and | | | | She rejects her heritage and wants to become an |
| economical status in the society described by the | | | | American. Besides, Lucy is in a conflict with her |
| author. Moreover, the article gives a deep look inside | | | | mother and her own family is so far from her. In this |
| the book, stressing the description and presentation | | | | novel, as well as in 'Breath, Eyes, Memory', |
| of mother-children relationship and gender roles in the | | | | mother-daughter relationship should be described in a |
| novels. | | | | more detailed way. Summarizing, both novels depict |
| This is a review of a novel 'Lucy' written by Jamaica | | | | great difficulties in family relationships influenced by |
| Kincaid , which analyze gender roles, mother-children | | | | cultural, economical and social climate. |
| relationship. In the article special attention is paid to | | | | The novel 'Soledad' written by Angie Cruzis her first |
| social norms and economical status in the society | | | | novel, in which the author depicts mother-children |
| described by the author. The novel 'Lucy' written by | | | | relationship and emphasizes the importance to |
| Jamaica Kincaid is a story of an individual. This is a | | | | remember one's roots and culture. Soledad is a major |
| story of a young girl who has come to America from | | | | character of the novel who grew up in the Dominican |
| West Indian. The novel is the description of two | | | | community. She does not want to accept her roots |
| cultures - West Indian culture and American culture | | | | and moves to Manhattan, America. However, her |
| represented by a family, in which the main character | | | | family needs her return as Soledad's mother falls |
| works and lives. | | | | mentally ill. Soledad is ashamed of her motherland, |
| Lucy is divided between two countries and cultures. | | | | family and especially of her mother. She wants to be |
| She is angry with her mother and does not want to | | | | far away from her home, however, she returns |
| read letters from her. She tries to wipe off all her | | | | home to help her relatives. |
| memories of her mother. She says, 'I had come to | | | | The novel 'Soledad' is a mysterious novel, which |
| feel that my mother's love for me was designed | | | | mentions Soledad's spurious paternity. Besides, it |
| solely to make me into an echo of her; and I didn't | | | | shows the belief in supernatural, when Soledad's |
| know why, but I felt that I would rather be dead | | | | relatives want her to come back as this may help her |
| than become just an echo of someone. (Kincaid, p. | | | | mother to recover. The novels describe the |
| 36) In this novel the major character moves to | | | | difficulties in mother-daughter relationship and the |
| America leaving her move in another country. This is | | | | impossibility of a mother to give everything that her |
| a completely different situation if compared to the | | | | child needs. These books show almost no social |
| novel 'Breath, Eyes, Memory' where the heroine was | | | | opportunities for the development and 'a better life', |
| abandoned by her own mother in a childhood and | | | | the absence of a father in the daughter upbringing |
| finds her much later when moving to America. | | | | and all the following consequences - anger, shame |
| In 'Lucy' the heroine rejects her past and wants to | | | | and a wish to be far away from home. |