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"Lord make no distinction between Black and White, Black and White the same for Him" - Zacky3.14

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"Lord make no distinction between Black and White, Black and White the same for Him" - Zacky3.14

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So clearly you can see from the quote that the whole point is to shed light saying 'We're all the same, There's no distinction between Black and White', which is the exact opposite of the point of alienation, if anything should help escape the feeling of estrangement. However, I'm gonna read into this anyway.

I'm gonna push the quote, though with good intention from Godfrey, he may actually be pushing Antoinette to more self-loathing and estrangement from the ones around her. I'm supporting this with the part mentioning "Black and White", 'God will love you whether or not you are black or whether or not you are white', none of these would apply to lil Anti. She'll see herself as a product of both Black and White, the 'monster' in the middle, God's unlovable, impure child, the 'White Nigger'. It should be mentioned that the idea of being something apart from everyone does play a huge role in the book and this is one of the more subtle entries into the idea of Antoinette not fitting in, especially in the ironic sense of it's actually "uplifting" purpose"

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'let me be' she would say 'let me be' // Cizu

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'let me be' she would say 'let me be' // Cizu

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Alienation is a huge part that contributes to the creation of the novel, throughout the whole story, it is shown over and over and over again. As an example, in page 7, a quote from Anette to Antoinette, 'let me be' she would say 'let me be', clearly expressed Antoinette's mother's disinterested towards having any interactions with her daughter, which meant that she disassociated herself from her. This could have led to Antoinette isolating her own self from society because even her mother, the women who gave her life raised her up since birth, and took care of her every need does not want to be near her.

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'Let me be' she would say 'let me be' // Cizu

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'Let me be' she would say 'let me be' // Cizu

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Nathalie “Once I would have gone back quietly to watch her asleep on the blue sofa- once I made excuses to be near her when she brushed her hair, a soft black cloak to cover me, hide me, keep me safe.” 

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Nathalie “Once I would have gone back quietly to watch her asleep on the blue sofa- once I made excuses to be near her when she brushed her hair, a soft black cloak to cover me, hide me, keep me safe.” 

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Being both alienated from the Jamaican community should have brought Antoinette and her mother closer however, it has only brought them further apart. Here, we can see Anette is unwilling to spend time with her daughter so Antoinette’s only company at times is her sleeping mother and when she wakes, she sends Antoinette away. There is not only a sense of isolation coming from outside Coulibri Estate but also from within. Antoinette still feels more secure with Anette though, “cover me, hide me,  keep me safe”. This shows that she still finds refuge when she is with her mother despite the fact that she is often left alone.

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Antoinette shows alienation from her own family from the quote "Once I would have gone back quietly to watch her asleep on the blue sofa- Once I made excuse to be near her when she brushed her hair, a soft black cloak to cover me, hide me, keep me safe.". In this quote, Antoinette is referring to her mother. The phrase "Once I would have" shows their relationship has deteriorated, that intimacy is a thing of the past. The asyndeton "to cover me, hide me, keep me safe" put emphasis on the safety she felt and used with "I would have' tells the reader that she doesn't feel safe anymore giving the reader a more clearer sense of her being disconnected with her mother.

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Emily - "All that evening my mother didn't speak to me or look at me."

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Emily - "All that evening my mother didn't speak to me or look at me."

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Antoinette's whole life is dominated by the sense of alienation. Not only is she excluded unjustly by the Jamaican society and culture, doomed by the fate of her birthright, she is also painfully alienated within her own family, by her own mother. "All that evening my mother didn't speak to me or look at me." The usage of the word "all" highlights great emphasis on the extensive amount of time Antoinette was ignored and excluded by her own mother, and the fact that Antoinette had spent the whole evening waiting to be acknowledged by her own mother, invokes not simply pain in the reader but also a more solidified understanding of the actual extent of Antoinette's alienation and isolation within her own household. The sentence "didn't speak to me or look at me" simply provides the reader with knowledge that Annette has closed off herself to her own daughter, illustrating the isolation Antoinette is surrounded by not even being recognised by her own mother. Antoinette is suffers from alienation by her own mother, due to the obvious dismissal of her existence and lack of care to offer Antoinette any of her attention.

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Antoinette’s alienation is not only presented by the society she lives in but also by her very own mother, Annette. It’s specifically shown in page 7 where she says, “oh let me alone she would say let me alone.” This indicates how Antoinette is being neglected by her mother and all her mother want is for herself to be left alone “without being pestered.” She is constantly shutting off the surroundings and existence of everyone and everything which she only wishes to be in “peace and quiet.” Going back to the topic, an absence of a mother clearly shows how Antoinette is fully isolated by her mother. She constantly tries to seek love and guidance from her mother, but her mother is unwilling to give Antoinette that, due to her isolation from everyone else as well. Perhaps, in some ways mother and daughter could relate to each other, in this case both Antoinette and Annette has encountered alienation.

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Libby - "I am safe. I am safe from strangers."

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Libby - "I am safe. I am safe from strangers."

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Antoinette has proven throughout the novel that her alienation from the outside world, has led her to feel a sense of loneliness and cruel isolation. Being a child of the 'creole kind' has contributed greatly to this feeling, as she is rather looked down upon and is viewed as being remotely different to the other kids in Coulibri Estate.

Antoinette's lack of awareness to the society can be seen expressively in the quote "I am safe. I am safe from strangers." The repetition of the word "safe" makes me, as a reader feel as if Antoinette has a real urge to live her own life within her very own 'safe zone'. This quote also portrays the fact that being safe and secure within her personal 'bubble', and keeping a distance to her surroundings is a key focus in her childhood life.
To add to this, the word "strangers" also gives off the idea that Antoinette does not only think of herself as a stranger, but also the people that she may interact with on a daily basis.

As a result, Antoinette's feelings of isolation have been created and continued throughout the novel, due to the fact that she is seen as an outcast and an 'alien' in her own environment.

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Moira - "But their eyes slid away from my hating face."

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Moira - "But their eyes slid away from my hating face."

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Rhys presents Antoinette as an alienated child in Coulibri Estate in page 13 by showing how unaccepting the Jamaican ladies are of her and her mother. For instance, she writes, "But their eyes slid away from my hating face." Rhys expresses Antoinette's alienation by using deep and impactful words like "hating" and using their "eyes" as an image, which is the part of the human face that is evocative of emotion and has a personal connection. Thus, Rhys clearly conveys Antoinette as an alienated child in a society where she is left out.

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Moira "But their eyes slid away from my hating face.:

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Moira "But their eyes slid away from my hating face.:

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Esther "I was there at that time too but they had forgotten me and soon I wasn't thinking of them."

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Esther "I was there at that time too but they had forgotten me and soon I wasn't thinking of them."

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Antoinette feels alienation from her mother and perhaps even her physical surroundings wth this quote. Even as she is there at the moment, looking towards her mother and soon to be new father,  they don't take notice of her and have even forgotten about her. She is isolated from the entire situation that seems to be her mother's wedding.
From the second part of the quote, it's expressed that "soon I (she) wasn't thinking of them". That she is present physically but neither acknowledged nor approached by others represents her isolation from the her surroundings. This is the situation in which I believe she loses her mental connection to Annette and even the world around her as she no longer has thoughts. Therefore representing Antoinette's alienation from those 'unlike' her- a detachment from the physical world.

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Hope "Keep them then you cheating nigger."

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Hope "Keep them then you cheating nigger."

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During this part of the novel, it's a flashback of Antoinette and Tia when they were nine. Tia dared Antoinette to do a somersault under water. Although she claimed she did just that, Tia didn't see it that way, thus she took the coins from her. This doesn't only mark the end of their friendship but the end of Antoinette trying to be a part of the Jamaican community. She disassociated herself with everyone else, which leads to her feeling isolated. The use of money being involved in the end of their friendship reflects on the poor state most people are in Jamaica.                                                                  (I added that last bit about money to extend my paragraph.)

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Kate "I will not stay at Coulibri any longer"."It is not safe."

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Kate "I will not stay at Coulibri any longer"."It is not safe."

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Antoinette's mother does not feel safe and she does not feel a sense of belonging for Perrier. She is quite aware regarding the fact that not only is her safety at risk but so is her children and this causes problems that by leaving the island is the only solution to fix the situation. She is also quite aware of how people perceive her and how her family does not quite fit in with the people and the culture. The people are unfriendly and unwelcoming thus pushes her decision to disconnect and leave the island. She has come to realization that she might not ever be apart of the community that is on the island and she will almost always be treated like an outsider on the island.

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Maurice Scholtes actually did his work. Page 12. 

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Maurice Scholtes actually did his work. Page 12. 

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Antoinette feels alienated and isolated from both the black and white communities in Wide Sargasso Sea. She doesn't feel that she fits in at all, and makes a conscious effort to avoid people, spending a lot of time alone. This can be seen where she talks about how the "razor grass" cuts her "legs and arms", and how she goes on to say that she thinks that it's still "better than people." This quotation demonstrates the extent of Antoinette's isolation from all people, by showing how she would rather experience physical pain, in the form of cuts, as well as encountering "nests swarming with ants", along with being soaked "to the skin" by rain, than be confronted by people. Antoinette makes these trips exploring and being alone frequently. These trips seem to be a sort of escape for Antoinette, as she runs from the communities that have rejected her, allowing her to escape from the pressures and feelings of being rejected and alienated. Antoinette makes a effort to distance herself from people, both as a result of and cause of her feelings of isolation and alienation, building towards the general sense of empathy and
the reader's feelings of sorrow for Antoinette and her situation.

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Kavita Rajbhandari    "To cover me, hide me, keep me safe."

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Kavita Rajbhandari    "To cover me, hide me, keep me safe."

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Throughout the novel, we see Antoinette experiencing alienation in many different forms. However, the topic I feel has a much deeper impact on Antoinette's emotions is the alienation between Antoinette and her mother.
"To cover me, hide me, keep me safe." This is a quote from page 8 of the book, when Antoinette is talking about her mother. In this particular moment,
Antoinette feels as if she needs her mother to keep her safe from the cruel, harsh outside world.
Annette, being a native of Martinique, is constantly discriminated against for being a creole woman, which doesn't help her already vulnerable state of mind, so when the people of Coulibri put Antoinette down and make fun her for not looking like them, Antoinette runs home to seek refuge in her mother's words, but her mother is never there to comfort her, care for her or make her feel wanted. Antoinette feels as if she has nobody to confide in. She's longing for a sense of security and protection, which her mother, Annette, is unable to provide.
The bitterness of being an outcast mixed with the absence of maternal love and guidance makes Antoinette feel as if she's not only isolated from the Black Jamaican Community, but from the whole world.
The bond between a child and a mother is something so strong and powerful that cannot be replaced and because of her mother's detachment from reality, it's left a hole in Antoinette's heart that can never truly be filled.

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The black Jamaicans' final verdict on Antoinette and her family is unequivocal, violent expulsion. While prepared to offer the Cosways a mocking semi-tolerance, they are outraged by Mr Mason's attempts to restore the family to privilege and power. In the aftermath of the Coulibri estate arson, one black Jamaican articulates this with painful clarity; " you mash centipede ... leave one little piece and it grow again". The animal epithet "centipede" makes clear the black Jamaicans' contempt for the liminal social status of "white niggers" like Antoinette and her mother.  For the second time, Antoinette is likened to an insect, a "cockroach" before,  a "centipede" now, an inhuman pest far beneath the former slaves who at least have the decency to know their place. But contempt gives way to paranoia - the centipede analogy also voices the fear that white supremacy will "grow again" - the regenerative qualities of the centipede perhaps the root of why the former slaves so hate Antoinette. And so the attack on Coulibri estate takes on the significance of a potent and conclusive alienation- extinguishing forever Antoinette's hope of acceptance from her black countrymen, derailing her step-father's attempts to reposition her within a ruling white elite, and divorcing her from Coulibri, the only home Antoinette has ever known.