White Teeth Comparison

After beginning the reading of White Teeth, I made a couple assumptions to not just one candidate or prospective first lady, but saw many correlations to each. For example, on page eight Archie Jones states, “If it was broken, it was coming with him. All broken things were coming with him. He was going to fix every damn broken thing in the house, if only to show that he was good for something”. This can be related to how all presidential candidates try to propose to fix every thing wrong with our country. Every issue possible, they try to come up with a campaign to fix our nation’s problems; although in both Jones case and in all aspects in reality it is impossible to solve or fix every problem. I think the statement Jones was trying to make was ideal, because it seemed to be the more he could fix material things, the bigger possibility he would have on fixing his marriage. The whole fixing every broken thing was symbolic for his marriage, and is also symbolic to political issues and the candidate’s proposed solutions.

Another quote I felt was relative and obvious was on page 25 when Clara is trying to convert Ryan it is said, “Not even the Catholics would forgive them for it (and Catholics give out forgiveness at about the same rate politicians give out promises and whores give out)”. I know it already bluntly relates itself to politicians, but the point is made so well and funny.