Analysis Of The Book White Teeth - 973 Words

This paper is mostly going to focus on the two main couples that we follow throughout the book, White Teeth. The first couple, is Archie and Clara, the second couple is Samad and Alsana. Throughout the book we get flashbacks at the lives of the characters. There are four concepts I cover in this paper, how communication, race, ethnicity, and differences between couples effects their marriages. One of the first concepts I found from the textbook that was a large part of the plot line was the interracial and interethnic marriage. Interethnic marriage is where spouses have different cultural backgrounds. (Seccombe 2012). This concept can be difficult because if one spouse comes from a different culture, then they can have different ways of communication or ideas about raising children. The interracial marriage is where the spouses are of a different race. (Seccombe 2012). This interracial and interethnic marriage, has more to do with Archie and Clara than Samad and Alsana. Archie and C lara are both interracial and interethnic: Clara has a Jamaican dialect while Archie, who is English, has a British dialect. You can tell the difference between their ethnicity in the book by the way they talk, especially Clara. Clara talks with her missing teeth and with a Jamaican accent by pronouncing the word tooth as toof, or instead of saying ‘the’ she will pronounce it ‘da. When Archie gets upset or surprised in the book he will say things like bloody hell, a colloquialShow MoreRelatedA World Of True Blood And Twilight1349 Words   |  6 Pagesscene shows Stoker’s choice to over sexualize the novel. Stoker wrote, The Thing in the coffin writhed; and a hideous, blood-curdling screech came from the opened red lips. The body shook and quivered and twisted in wild contortions; the sharp white teeth clamped together till the lips were cut and the mouth was smeared with crimson foam. Stoker uses this scene to convey his overall theme of sexuality within his vampires. 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