Beautiful white sand beaches, all year sunshine, deep blue sea, beautiful mountains, great plains, rafting down the Rio Grande, climbing Dunns River Falls, great Reggae music, and an abundance of Red Stripe Beer; its paradise. Does this place sound familiar? These are a few of the clichés used to describe the beautiful Island of Jamaica and attract pleasure-seeking tourists. What though, is the reality of that Paradise? Is it all hay and sunshine?.
Jamaica is indeed a beautiful Island. It's large array of indigenous flora and beautiful fauna as well as its diverse population have made it a major tourist attraction. Infact, it was the tourists who dubbed it Paradise. A treck to the Blue Mountain peak is invigorating, a cold Red Stripe on a hot day is refreshing, ackee and saltfish is sumptuous, jerk pork, fried fish and bammy, manish water and Reggae Music is the life'. It's a perfect picture painted for Tourists and it's the life lived in the resort areas.
Jamaicans don't live in the resort areas. They are not even allowed to use the beaches and attraction sites reserved for precious tourists who are bringing in foreign currency. With a beautiful island like Jamaica what do the Islanders do? Some till the soil from morning until night but find no market for their supplies because of the influx of imported goods. According to The World Factbook in 1997, 2.8 billion dollars worth of goods was imported while in that same year export amounted to only 1.7 billion dollars. Others work for a measly $800 per week while the inflation rate is at 9.9 percent and climbing. Still others can't find employment. In 1997 the unemployment rate was 16.5 percent and I am sure this has increased with the many financial problems faced by companies and financial institutions.
Education, food, clothing and cost of living are expensive. The average High School Education costs approximately $12,000 per annum, counting fees, uniforms and books.
Paradise A: A Summary "Paradise" is about a man called Neville Ewan. ... For them the village is full of poverty, hunger and unhappiness. ... This is also the case in the short story "Paradise" The title, "Paradise", actually gives a great picture of the differences of the culture. ... For the old man the paradise is the western world. ... Living in poverty they have probably only heard about the west and its benefits. ...
This topic is brought up for discussion by the award-winning author Matthew Kneale in the short story "Paradise", which first appeared in New Writing 4 in 1995. ... As he is preparing to leave he notices once more the white, mysterious mountain peaks, Drughat is for him "A paradise. A doomed paradise"(line 105). ... To the villagers of Drughat, paradise is the western world; paradise is a place where children can get a decent education and a place where people can get medical treatment. ... Poverty, violence and decaying buildings are actually the traditional problems of the old town-ce...
Of the Wingfield family members, none of them want to live there; Poverty is what traps them in their humble abode. ... Across the street from the Wingfield apartment is the Paradise Dance Hall. ... Life with the Wingfields is as far from paradise as it could possibly be. ... Often in the play the music from the Paradise Dance Hall is the background music for the scenes. ... With war ever present in the background, such as the fact that Amanda is in the Daughters of the Revolution, the dance hall is the last chance for paradise. ...
There are many causes of child poverty and hunger. ... Many of us do not realize what "poverty" actually is; Poverty is hunger, Poverty is the lack of shelter, being sick and not being able to see a doctor, not able to attend school, illiterate, jobless, and lack of freedom. ... Young children and adults are born into poverty, and poverty kills the innocent ones and is just as bad as murder if not acted on. ... Every payday we look at our paychecks, some with relief of a source of income and others just another day in paradise. ... Education is very important to children who are in ...
In Melville's story " The Paradise of Bachelors, The Taratus of Maids- he writes about a time when industrialization was prevalent in the United States. ... Europe had been plagued with poverty and pollution, both thought to be the effect of this new industry. ... In the first part of the tale called "The Paradise of Bachelors-, he demonstrates the contradictory and spoiled life of the owner. ... This is ultimately the goal most people strive for, this so called paradise. ... The narrator of the tales begins to rethink his views on the bachelors' paradise once he sees what it costs...
A traditionalist's view of early Australia was that of the "workingman's paradise" and this view was pushed by many to encourage migrants to Australia. ... In the 1880`s Australia was seen as the "workingman's paradise". ... The image of the "workingman's paradise" was often used "deceptively to attract labour and ignore poverty" Eventually men often sought to distinguish themselves from their British fathers and to know their country well. ... The traditionalist view of early Australia of the workingman's (not women's) paradise can be referred to as the wa...
Its clear to see the degree of poverty in The Harder They Come. The percentage of the Jamaican population below the poverty line was 34% in 1997. ... I am learning that, although Jamaica may have a landscape that looks like paradise, inside the people and the land are suffering. ...
Its clear to see the degree of poverty in The Harder They Come. The percentage of the Jamaican population below the poverty line was 34% in 1997. ... I am learning that, although Jamaica may have a landscape that looks like paradise, inside the people and the land are suffering. ...
Its clear to see the degree of poverty in The Harder They Come. The percentage of the Jamaican population below the poverty line was 34% in 1997. ... I am learning that, although Jamaica may have a landscape that looks like paradise, inside the people and the land are suffering. ...