Similarities Between Scotland And Zanzibar

Africa was perceived during the 18th century as an exotic continent, which had not yet been explored by anyone and therefore it held an element of mystery to it. Everything changed when the Europeans invaded the continent and started to exploit it for everything it had, whatever that was its people or resources. This heavily affected Africa since it resulted in poverty and political discord in certain countries and regions. However things are improving with the opening of trade and tourism, which can be seen in Zanzibar where things are changing rapidly. It is important however to consider all the difficulties and challenges the country had to go through in order to reach its current state, something that is forgotten by visitors.

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Kate goes to great lengths in the start to describe the beach as ‘‘but here, with the cool surf nosing ay her feet and the sky yawning blue, she felt dreamy and liquid, her imagination uncurling from the trap Glasgow had made for it’’ . She feels unchained and free in Zanzibar, while the faint reminder of Scotland makes her feel caged and trapped. At another point of the story she also describes Scotland as being ’’you don’t know when it was that money just took over. But God, Mustapha, things feel so desperate back home. Everyone’s depressed. Everyone’s empty.’’ Zanzibar and Scotland stand in contrast to against each other, and it makes Zanzibar seem like a heavenly place to be while Scotland is grey and depressed. Kate is not blind to the fact that there are still people who live in different circumstances than her, but she cannot comprehend the 2 images of Zanzibar, since she struggles with it in ‘’Not even the lowest-paid people in Europe live like this. But she wondered if he might find it insulting and held her tongue’ ’ even though she does not realize that tourism is helping the economy in Zanzibar and therefore not something she should feel sad