White Teeth

Main Ideas

• Multiculturalism and ethnic identity: the book explores the lives of immigrants in London and their struggle to maintain their cultural identity in a new society.
• Family relationships and heritage: the novel examines complex family ties and how the past generations influence the present and future.
• Chance and fate: the book raises the question of how much our lives are determined by random events and how much they are predestined.
• Science and religion: through its characters and their stories, the novel explores the conflict and interaction between scientific and religious views.
• Challenges of assimilation and integration: the novel highlights the difficulties immigrants face when trying to integrate into a new society and how this affects their self-identity.