Setting
Physical:
There are not many instances in White Teeth that demonstrate physical setting. White Teeth takes place indoors and outdoors. It also takes places it all different types of buildings at different times in the day.
Geographical: The story White Teeth takes place in London, England. Specifically, in the suburban areas of Willesden and Killburn near the northern part of London. These places are moderately populated. White Teeth also has many flashbacks to places such as Jamaica, Europe and a couple of other places.
Cultural: In the neighborhood where White Teeth takes place, it is extremely diverse. There are many people with different beliefs. Most of the people in this community are considered middle-class citizens. The …show more content…
Why had she said Captain Charlie Durham? That was a downright lie. False as her own white teeth. Clara was smarter than Captain Charlie Durham. Hortense was smarter than Captain Charlie Durham. Probably even Grandma Ambrosia was smarter than Captain Charlie Durham. Captain Charlie Durham wasn’t smart. He had thought he was, but he wasn’t. He sacrificed a thousand people because he wanted to save one woman he never really knew. Captain Charlie Durham was a no-good djam fool bwoy” (Smith 294). There are many different literary devices in this quote. There is a simile when it says “False as her own white teeth”. There is colloquialism when it says “djam” and “bwoy”. Also, there is hyperbole when it says “He sacrificed a thousand people because he wanted to save one woman he never really knew”. Lastly, there is characterization when in the quote, it is describing how smart Captain Charlie Durham is. I chose this quote because it has many different literary devices and it shows how a lot of the novel was written. This quote is important to understanding the book because it portrays how the book is written and how confusing it is at a first glimpse. The mood in the passage is how confused and angry Clara was at herself after she had said something that she should have. She was even questioning herself when it says “Why had she said Captain Charlie Durham. The tone in the passage is that the narrator is describing Clara as frustrated and angry when it literally says “As the front door closed behind her, Clara bit her own lip once more, this time in frustration and anger”. It makes the reader understand how she created a misconception for other people and how she explained the wrong thing when she wasn’t aware of what she was
Physical:
There are not many instances in White Teeth that demonstrate physical setting. White Teeth takes place indoors and outdoors. It also takes places it all different types of buildings at different times in the day.
Geographical: The story White Teeth takes place in London, England. Specifically, in the suburban areas of Willesden and Killburn near the northern part of London. These places are moderately populated. White Teeth also has many flashbacks to places such as Jamaica, Europe and a couple of other places.
Cultural: In the neighborhood where White Teeth takes place, it is extremely diverse. There are many people with different beliefs. Most of the people in this community are considered middle-class citizens. The …show more content…
Why had she said Captain Charlie Durham? That was a downright lie. False as her own white teeth. Clara was smarter than Captain Charlie Durham. Hortense was smarter than Captain Charlie Durham. Probably even Grandma Ambrosia was smarter than Captain Charlie Durham. Captain Charlie Durham wasn’t smart. He had thought he was, but he wasn’t. He sacrificed a thousand people because he wanted to save one woman he never really knew. Captain Charlie Durham was a no-good djam fool bwoy” (Smith 294). There are many different literary devices in this quote. There is a simile when it says “False as her own white teeth”. There is colloquialism when it says “djam” and “bwoy”. Also, there is hyperbole when it says “He sacrificed a thousand people because he wanted to save one woman he never really knew”. Lastly, there is characterization when in the quote, it is describing how smart Captain Charlie Durham is. I chose this quote because it has many different literary devices and it shows how a lot of the novel was written. This quote is important to understanding the book because it portrays how the book is written and how confusing it is at a first glimpse. The mood in the passage is how confused and angry Clara was at herself after she had said something that she should have. She was even questioning herself when it says “Why had she said Captain Charlie Durham. The tone in the passage is that the narrator is describing Clara as frustrated and angry when it literally says “As the front door closed behind her, Clara bit her own lip once more, this time in frustration and anger”. It makes the reader understand how she created a misconception for other people and how she explained the wrong thing when she wasn’t aware of what she was