This character is stung all over her body when Mineu tricks her into sitting naked on a red anthill.
This character is stung all over her body when Mineu tricks her into sitting naked on a red anthill. She imagines her unhappiness as a black ball covered in cobwebs in the chapter "Somewhere, Belgium." This character has to copy Books I and II of Paradise Lost as punishment for defacing a section of her textbook that depicts Christopher Columbus in chains. She confronts her mother for the first time after receiving three marbles from the "Red Girl." As a child, she befriends Gwen, though their relationship is eventually hurt by suggestions that she marry Gwen's brother. At the end of the novel named for her, she leaves her home country for England on a nursing scholarship. For 10 points, name this title character of a novel by Jamaica Kincaid, which describes her experiences growing up in Antigua.
This character is stung all over her body when Mineu tricks her into sitting naked on a red anthill.
Annie John [or Annie John]