西印度群岛女作家简·里斯在《藻海无边》中用一个克里奥尔人的视角，对《简·爱》中的帝国主义和殖民主义观点进行了无情的揭露和批判。里斯认为《简·爱》的故事只是“英国人的一面之词”，因而，她在作品中对生活在英殖民地的克里奥尔人赋予了极大的同情。她决心通过《藻》的创作写出一个真实的西印度群岛。因此，《藻》不仅是一个克里奥尔女子生命历程的真实写照，也是一部１９世纪西印度群岛的殖民史，是作者对殖民主义和父权制社会的有力控诉 Jane Rees, a West Indies woman writer, ruthlessly exposed and criticized the views of imperialism and colonialism in Jane Eyre from the perspective of a Creole in The Edge of the Sea and the Sea. Reese considers Jane’s Love’s story to be “the British side of the story,” in which she gives her great sympathy to the Creole living in the British colony. She is determined to write a true West Indies through the creation of “Algae.” Therefore, “Algae” is not only a true portrayal of the life course of Creole Woman, but also a 19th century colonial history of the West Indies. It is a strong argument by the author for a colonialist and patriarchal society