Wide Sargasso Sea commentary

the author's background and origin. Perhaps because we were given a clearer background about Antoinette's life. We were told about her miserable childhood. Having to grow up with no father and a mother who was almost only physically there. She was always discriminated against very few people cared for her. Given this background any abnormal behavior by her would almost be justified or excused. And I honestly think that she is to naïve to try to deceive readers by taking the role of  “the innocent one”,  or the victim.Another reason I found Antoinette's narrative more believable was because I thought that the husband was very prejudiced, He never liked Antoinette, he only married because he was offered money. He used to lie to her, “...I am distraught,' I said. But this was untrue, I was not distraught , I was calm...”. He always seemed to create a barrier between her and himself, once when she tried opening up to him he stopped her , “...If this is a sad story, don't tell it to me tonight...”. He could never get himself to like her just because she was different, not English. “ I did not love her. I was thirsty for her, but that is not love. I felt very little tenderness for her, she was a stranger who did not think or feel as I did.”Eventually the husband was completely sure that Antoinette was mad, “ They knew. Richard that fool he knew too. The girl with her blank smiling face. They all knew.” Here the husband was referring to the knowledge  of Antoinette being mad. The way she was described in some parts of the novel make us as readers want to believe that she is mad. “You frightened? She said imitating a Negro's voice singing and insolent.” Even in her narrative, the way in which the ideas were all being blurted out at once showed us how distracted and deranged she was. But I do not think that made her story seem less credible, because if I were to believe that Antoinette is mad then I am obliged to believe that the husband is mad too. In many situations his thoughts and actions would make him seem a little insane himself. Especially when his thoughts and ideas contradict each other completely, and the mixed feelings he felt towards Antoinette and the Caribbean. “ I hated the mountains and the hills , the rivers and the rain. I hated the sunsets of whatever colour, I hated its beauty and its magic and the secret I would never know. I hated its indifference and the cruelty which was part of it loveliness. Above all I hated her. For she belonged to the magic and the loveliness.”I concluded that neither of them were mad so I cannot judge their narratives according to their sanity. So I thought that Antoinette's narrative was more believable. Rund Al Dwaik-11IB