Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith’s use of the conditional tense allows the reader to establish a mindset that the two men explore and take advantage of multiple villages. The main focus of the conditional tense is to provide the reader with the thought that the two men do this in more than one village. The word ‘if’ allows the reader to fully interpret the multitude of villages, rather than one. This is seen when the narrator starts to talk about the men going to villages where “alcohol is permitted” (Smith 5). The…

White Teeth by Zadie Smith is a satirical glimpse chock-full of characters grappling with their identity. Samad Iqbal and his twin sons, Millat and Magid, are just three of the characters to convey the theme of identity within Smith’s Novel. However, Samad, Millat, and Magid are three obvious characters who’s cultural and familial expectations are major obstacles as they each struggled to establish their identity. Samad Iqbal is an example of a man who struggled with his identity his entire…

Moving to a new country comes with a choice, a choice to embrace a foreign culture or alienate oneself with their own culture. In a world that encourages multiculturalism, it is difficult to believe that immigrants face social alienation. In Zadie Smith’s novel White Teeth, the consequences of multiculturalism and assimilation among immigrant communities gives her readers the opportunity to empathize the feelings of social alienation felt amongst immigrants in the world today. Many immigrants…

This summer, I was meeting my family in Brazil for the first time. All the expectations and stories were soon to be lived up to or shattered. We were cooking dinner at my aunt’s house. Well, at least she was because she didn’t want me to help. I was the guest. The tiny one person kitchen was filling up as every one of my cousins came over to talk, to help out, and to get to know me. My aunt was stirring the stew in the huge metal pot, which held all the food for the family. Directly behind the…

within him or herself. In the story Girl with Bangs, the author Zadie Smith uses the theme of love and the question of what are the factors of falling in love to explore the human nature and condition of need and romanticism. By the use of the characters’ relationships and desires, the story explores human nature of topics of sexuality, sexual orientation, relationships, the way humans interact, and the nature of human instinct. In Zadie Smith’s Girl with Bangs, the narrator…

such as the backlash against Muslims, as well as violence to outcast people’s sexual preference. To live in a country that prides itself on freedom, yet still continue the stronghold of inequality and discrimination, is paralyzing this country. As Zadie Smith once stated, “You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.” We live in a cultural melting pot, but yet we cannot tolerate or accept one another. It seems we are in fear of what isn’t…

during her time in the late 1800s . Especially not by female authors. Similarly, the roles also switch in Zadie Smith’s The Girl With The Bangs. In a “Queer Theory” reading of the story, it is said that the narrator begins her first lesbian relationship. Rather than describing herself as a woman in a relationship with another woman, she notes that she is “the boy in her relationship” (Smith 1715). The boy, of course, is usually considered to be the dominant hand in every relationship. The fact…

Childhood Trauma to a Problematic Adulthood Zadie Smith portrays Samad Iqbal as troubled man. With all the life changing events that could put Samad’s life on hold, Samad chooses to let the little things dominate him. Samad has the idea that he is the head of the family, but with all of his decisions there comes big consequences. In White Teeth, Samad Iqbal distracts his family’s “destiny” by his selfish actions impact Magid and Millat’s psychological behavior into different paths following into…

The Girl with Bangs", the short story by Zadie Smith, was entrancing to peruse in light of the fact that her voice in composing sounded as a male, not even once showing that a female author made this story. This man ended up plainly captivated with tis lady named Charlotte as a result of her blasts. Be that as it may, the young lady was bad, not canny, and laid down with whoever would have her. The storyteller knew every last bit of her terrible qualities, however Charlotte's dark hits had a fix…

In particular Smith uses the character, Clara Bowden Jones, to show a notion of spiraling from her identity to become someone she sought to be in order to please society, or rather in the beginning, Ryan Topps. In doing so Clara abandons her cultural roots, being an immigrant…