White Teeth Summary

The book White teeth touched on a lot of issues that are somewhat common nowadays but are approached in a very universal way so that anyone from any background could understand it like myself. The book talks about what it’s like for families of different cultures to come together and live somewhere completely different from where they are from and try to teach their children to keep up with their family traditions. This can be very hard for immigrant families of every culture. Being from Cape Verdean decent, my grandparents as well as my parents still try to instill our Cape Verdean traditions. One being “Bandera” which is “The flag Feast, that’s when Cape Verdeans have a festival to worship the saints, it ranges from April to July. There is also another tradition we carry, it’s “Independencia de Cabo Verde" which is the Independence of Cape Verde. It’s always celebrated on July 5th and that includes Cape Verdean food, drinks, music etc... Another tradition that is carried to the US is a Cape Verdean
I think everyone has their own set of stories and events that have impacted them in some way and that have help shaped them. But I think that everyone has one of those stories. Everyone has something that’s happened to them that’s changed them in one way or another and only them and it’s something unique that can’t really be replicated. I also think that is something that is somewhat new to our societies, that is becoming more and more evident with the current generations. In the generation of the immigrant they came from places that were not so open to new things and where tradition and routine were foundations of their lives. But now with everyone moving to places like America, France, England etc. in search of better lives the younger generations are getting exposed to much more information and diversity in their lives that it becomes hard to stick to set of rules and traditions because there is so much around you that you soak up and