In Kincaid, "A Small Place" the author talks about how tourists do not want it to rain, because it will ruin their vacation. This is mostly true in real life, because when you go on vacation you expect for everything to be perfect, the sun to shine, not for it to rain. The thing is though is that tourists, even myself, do not understand that maybe the natives who live there need that water supply to survive. So, as explained, Antigua is surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, so the natives watch carefully for every drop of fresh water is used. Which tourist do not think of it in that manner.
When a tourist comes to Antigua they move through customs easily. Their bags are not checked, unlike the natives who if returning to Antigua, they have cardboard boxes for their family with cheap clothes and food get searched.
What causes these differences is the fact that everyone wants to get away. Everyone is a native from somewhere and they all want to get away from banality, boredom, desperation and depression, but some natives can not get away from this. So therefore, when a native see's a tourist they envy them for turning their banality, boredom, desperation and depression into their own pleasure, because they can not do the same. They can not escape from reality like others do.
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