White teeth

In White teeth, Zadie Smith, give you an idea about a great theory of feminist criticism. We can see that Zadie Smith portrayed all the women from different religion. Alsana, who is Samad’s Wife, both are Bangladeshi and from Muslim religion. In Muslim religion, Male is the dominant one and has the power of speech. The men decide something to be done. It does not matter to men whether his wife agrees to him or not. Samad makes a decision which is that he wants to send his son Magid to Bangladesh because he wants his son to grow properly under the teachings of the Islam. Alsana is still with him but there is a loss communication between both. This helps us understand the idea of feminist criticism which is that “Our belief in our self is so potent that we decline communication with the networks of power and respectability we say we want to change” (Showalter, 332). The network of the power and respectability is Samad and I mean definitely Alsana would like to change the way Samad is. Alsana when having a conversation in the park with her friend Clara and Neena, she mentioned about her wedding incidents and all. She was telling her friends that “ [she] thought he had a good face, a sweet voice, and his backside was high and well formed for a man of his age. Very good. Now, every time I learn something new about him, I like him less” (Smith, 66). She likes Samad less now. Thus it shows that Feminine behavior varies with the cultural traditions.