![]() Tracey (whose success is also relative), Selasi (2016) remarks, can be the equivalent of a home to the narrator. ![]() Throughout the novel the only constant in the narrator’s life is Tracey’s presence, whether in her memories or in her actual life. She is always looking for a place to belong: with Tracey, with Aimee, in Gambia, or even as a goth. Another example of this is Aimee’s privilege compared to the narrator’s and the narrator’s compared to the villagers in Gambia. The Guardian also cites this fact in its review, saying that this difference in perception relates to the novel’s theme of relativity. Although she initially identifies as black, she later realizes her African peers see her as white. Quinn (2016) points out that this is a novel about the illusion of identity, that the biracial narrator does not fit into one clear category when it comes to her identity. ![]() In Swing Time, Zadie Smith shows that people are complex and might not be who they think they are. In “Men Negotiating Identity in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth” Taryn Beukema focusses on the men in White Teeth with an eye on history, aiming to explain how historical events and periods defines the construction of masculinity. ![]()
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