The friendship between Tia and Antoinette is a black and white relationship it portrays how Antoinette cannot make friends with black people because there will always be the issues of skin colour making people stay away. .
People who are close to Antoinette tend to push her away and isolate her. Antoinette's mother, Annette pushes Antoinette away when she is a child" I got used to a solitary life she pushed me away I was useless to her" this demonstrates how Antoinette is rejected by her mother. Annette is yearning for some civilisation; she has not been brought up to be a mother, therefore does not know how to act with Antoinette and as a result of this alienates Antoinette. Annette and Antoinette both being Creole, makes Annette see the resemblance in herself and Antoinette. The main reason why Annette rejects Antoinette is because she is unhappy in result of this, takes it out on Antoinette. Her stepfamily buy a husband for her to wash their hands of her because she is Creole and that it was suggested that her mother eventually went mad. The only reason why Antoinette's mother became mad was because of the alienation caused by the emancipation act. Christophine alienates Antoinette from the black community even more because of Christophine's relationship with obeah (black magic). Antoinette relies on Christophine and because people are afraid of .
Christophine they stay away. Christophine is very mercenary (in it for the money), although she is fond of Antoinette she is being paid to look after her. Christophine later admits to Antoinette's husband that she would like to use Antoinette's money to travel. People who are close to her just manipulate her to do what they want her to do.
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Antoinette is alienated from her husband because he can't handle the fact that she is Creole. The man belongs in England whilst Antoinette does not belong anywhere he wants to conquer her as England conquered the West Indies.