The definition of cultural diversity is “the cultural variety and cultural differences that exist in the world, a society, or an institution,” and in this novel cultural diversity is one of the main elements discussed. Diversity affected all the characters in this novel in some way. There are so many different way cultural diversity affects each character when it comes to race, religion, national origin, and disability. Samad Iqbal a Bengali Muslim, from Bangladesh, who has a disabled hand (43), and is married to Alsana, who is also a Bengali Muslim (10). Samad and Alsana have an arranged marriage by their parents, which is why Samad is much older than Alsana (83). Together they have two twin boys, Magid and Millat. Samad carries his Muslim
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Samad had high expectations of Magid, he thought he was doing the right thing doing so, but in the end he was the worst possible outcome for Samad. Samad pushed him to become the “perfect Muslim”, he became the exact opposite: a wanna-be Englishman. Magid becomes more English than English because Samad could not calculate the imperialism in Bangladesh. He is not willing to choose his true Indian culture over the English culture. Magid has devoted himself to science and law, as he studies under Marcus Chalfen …show more content…
Hortense raised Clara to be a Jehovah’s Witness, but Clara wanted nothing to do with it, so she rebels and leaves her mother to be with Archie. Clara wants nothing to do with her ancestry. Archie and Clara are in a bi-racial marriage, Archie being an Englishman and Clara being Jamaican. Although Archie was her ticket out, she does not love him, she just settled for him. Hortense strictly opposes their marriage because she feels that bi-racial marriages are doomed for failure. Bi-racial marriages were not a popular thing way back when, so when Archie married Clara, them being together made Archies co-workers feel uncomfortable, so his boss finds a nice way to tell him not to come to the company dinners (62). Archie and Samad are the most unlikey of friends in this novel. They have nothing in common and come from very different backgrounds. Despite their dissimilar backgrounds, their dependency on each other during the war brought them together. They are really each other’s only friend, a friendship bound by a secret that only one of them knows to be true.
In conclusion, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth deals with the ends and outs of cultural diversity. Individual and combined cultural diversity is explained in this novel, when it comes to the friendship and relationships of Archie and Samad, and the marriage of Archie and Clara. There are so many different way cultural diversity
Samad had high expectations of Magid, he thought he was doing the right thing doing so, but in the end he was the worst possible outcome for Samad. Samad pushed him to become the “perfect Muslim”, he became the exact opposite: a wanna-be Englishman. Magid becomes more English than English because Samad could not calculate the imperialism in Bangladesh. He is not willing to choose his true Indian culture over the English culture. Magid has devoted himself to science and law, as he studies under Marcus Chalfen …show more content…
Hortense raised Clara to be a Jehovah’s Witness, but Clara wanted nothing to do with it, so she rebels and leaves her mother to be with Archie. Clara wants nothing to do with her ancestry. Archie and Clara are in a bi-racial marriage, Archie being an Englishman and Clara being Jamaican. Although Archie was her ticket out, she does not love him, she just settled for him. Hortense strictly opposes their marriage because she feels that bi-racial marriages are doomed for failure. Bi-racial marriages were not a popular thing way back when, so when Archie married Clara, them being together made Archies co-workers feel uncomfortable, so his boss finds a nice way to tell him not to come to the company dinners (62). Archie and Samad are the most unlikey of friends in this novel. They have nothing in common and come from very different backgrounds. Despite their dissimilar backgrounds, their dependency on each other during the war brought them together. They are really each other’s only friend, a friendship bound by a secret that only one of them knows to be true.
In conclusion, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth deals with the ends and outs of cultural diversity. Individual and combined cultural diversity is explained in this novel, when it comes to the friendship and relationships of Archie and Samad, and the marriage of Archie and Clara. There are so many different way cultural diversity