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             attended Franconia College in New Hampshire. Kincaid changed her name because it
             was her way of disguising herself so that she wouldn't have to be "the same person who
             had all these weights." What are these weights that Kincaid is referring to? It could very
             well be that Kincaid feels hindered by where she originates from as well as her past and
             her race. Therefore, in an attempt to try and lose her past, she adopts a different name.
             However, Kincaid realizes that she could never lose her true identity as Elaine Potter
             Richardson, but she wanted to write about Antigua and in order to do so she had to
             Can geography, or the region from which a person originates from hinder them or
             help them in succeeding in the type of lifestyle in which they have? This is a very
             thought provoking question considering the fact that one ma
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