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A 3 page paper which examines the position of religion in Zadie Smith's novel "White Teeth." No additional sources cited.
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It is powerful story of relationships, religion, social problems, and identity. The following paper examines elements of religion in the novel, focusing on how religion is connected with colonialism and
resistance to modern cultural imperialism. Religion in White Teeth In the beginning of this book we are presented with a man who is attempting to kill himself. His
life, in particular, is not necessarily one that possesses any religious beliefs, unlike most of the other characters in the story. It is a story that takes place in London,
a land ruled by English who have done little but truly attempt to colonize the world. As such there are many nationalities and many faiths throughout this novel. We are
first introduced to this when Archie is attempting to commit suicide in the front of a shop owned by a Muslim who screams at Archie: "This place halal, kosher, understand?
If youre going to die around here, my friend, Im afraid youve got to be thoroughly bled first" (Smith 6). There is another Muslim character in the book, a
good friend of Archies, who claims to be a devout Muslim, but eats bacon and seems lost in the world of the English, in the world of change where religion
and ones heritage is not what it once was. This character is Samad. He is an intelligent and educated man but a man who has had to resort to working
for his cousin. He tries to instill religious and cultural heritage in his sons but this does not work for he himself is lost in this transitional world where he
is attempting to resist the modern imperialism, lost in relationship to his own heritage, and struggling with the residue of colonialism. This is perhaps best illustrated when he attempts to
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