Zadie Smith’s White Teeth is a novel that explores friendship, love, and war in the postmodern world from the views of three different families over three different generations. Everyday we live in a world with people of different religions and social classes and don’t even notice. White Teeth explores, in depth, the influences that religion and social class have on personal relationships. Whether they are romantic or simply friendly these two aspects actually play an extensive role in the establishing of relationships in the postmodern world.
Archie and Samad have been friends for most of the latter parts of their lives. Meeting in 1945 while there were in their final days of World War II they obviously had a very interesting start to their relationship. In fact, their whole friendship seemed to be an interesting one. Archie and Samad never let their different backgrounds affect their relationship. Archie is …show more content…
The Chalfens, Joyce and Marcus, are an atheist family who take Millat and Irie under their wings. Joyce, who is a gardener, immediately confides in Millat seeing him as one of her own sons who is just in need of a little guidance. Marcus, a scientist takes a liking to Irie’s organizational skills and gives her a job working at his office. The moms of the two children, Alsana and Clara, are not happy at all with their kid’s new living arrangement. This unhappiness rises when Marcus begins to communicate with Magid. Completely against Samad’s wishes and without his consent, Marcus pays for Magid to come back to England where he becomes a lawyer. After this occurrence Samad and Alsana become completely outraged and fed up with Marcus and Joyce’s “over-involvement” in their children’s lives and battle to get Millat back in their custody. Clara doesn’t battle to get Irie back but simply just tries to lay some ground rules for the girl. Both of these attempts backfire only broadening Millat and Irie’s attempts to
Archie and Samad have been friends for most of the latter parts of their lives. Meeting in 1945 while there were in their final days of World War II they obviously had a very interesting start to their relationship. In fact, their whole friendship seemed to be an interesting one. Archie and Samad never let their different backgrounds affect their relationship. Archie is …show more content…
The Chalfens, Joyce and Marcus, are an atheist family who take Millat and Irie under their wings. Joyce, who is a gardener, immediately confides in Millat seeing him as one of her own sons who is just in need of a little guidance. Marcus, a scientist takes a liking to Irie’s organizational skills and gives her a job working at his office. The moms of the two children, Alsana and Clara, are not happy at all with their kid’s new living arrangement. This unhappiness rises when Marcus begins to communicate with Magid. Completely against Samad’s wishes and without his consent, Marcus pays for Magid to come back to England where he becomes a lawyer. After this occurrence Samad and Alsana become completely outraged and fed up with Marcus and Joyce’s “over-involvement” in their children’s lives and battle to get Millat back in their custody. Clara doesn’t battle to get Irie back but simply just tries to lay some ground rules for the girl. Both of these attempts backfire only broadening Millat and Irie’s attempts to