The Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys developed a character for the depth of time. Antoinette's childhood history of extreme unhappiness, contrasted with her attempt at love, and ultimately reaching her concluded state, represents the only condemnation of her soul. Misguided and unloved, Antoinette is forced to grow up in a world of fear and hate. As a young man, his only happiness is found in nature, his place of peace in the world. However, when her chance to love presents itself, Antoinette challenges the very destination of her life and hopes to undo its already doomed end. However, despite all these downfalls, Antoinette is simplistically understood through her narrative voice; perhaps due to his complex view of the world and his consciously plausible condition, he forces himself to transform his life into a fragile and unreliable state. The voice of a little girl indefinitely affects the reader's perception of Antoinette. The novel opens with Antoinette's narration of her dissatisfaction with life, conveying her position without a father, a ruined last name, and a mother whose love goes beyond passivity. Life changed, as she clearly states, "our garden was as large and beautiful as the one in the Bible - the tree of life had grown there. But it had gone wild" (Rhys, 19). He begins to give us a touchstone of his new and profound way of existing without his father and his company that served them with much wealth. "Antoinette [continues to] express her longing for the West Indies of her youth; contrasting [her] lifeless and lonely presence among white Englishmen with vibrant pasts, the black... center of the card... .h the narrative voice of Antoinette. The initial symbol of fire masked her mother's mental collapse; while as a symbol of passion it did so for Antoinette, ironically enough, opposites collide in the final stages, as the fire leads to Antoinette's physical death. the passion of Annette's constant sexual abuse leads to his. Although many place the blame on the greedy and creepy English husbands, it is certain that such incapable mental conditions are a dominant trait in the entire family. The theme of fire and passion ignites this story and swallow Antoinette whole. They describe her and contrast her being with that of her mothers. Furthermore, Bertha Mason was more than simply an unstable lunatic as Mr. Rochester makes her believe Antoinette is.