British Control of the Caribbean and Its Allusion in Caribbean Literature The British have influenced the perspective of the Caribbean people in many ways. The people's self awareness, religion, language, and culture has coped with the influx of British ideals and in coping, the people have changed to appease the islands' highly influential British population. Three excepts highly influenced by the British ideals are "Crick Crack Monkey" by Merle Hodge, "My Aunt Gold Teeth" by V. S. Naipaul, and "If I could Write This in Fire, I Would Write This in Fire" by Michelle Cliff. All three excepts show the among the people of the island