Martha's Emotional Turmoil In 'White Teeth'

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Martha, Martha is a story written by British author zadie smith, it is a good example of the feeling of emotional turmoil. Zadie smith, born in Willesden, London, in 1975, is an english novellist known best for her novel “White teeth”, Along with many others, including the story Martha, Martha. Martha, Martha stars two characters with contrasting personalities, Pam is generally a slacker, listening to music and wearing slippers at her job, contrasting with the younger Martha, who is much quieter and more respectful and professional. Despite her outward appearance, Martha has secret emotional turmoil, a character trait that will be broken down and examined. First, Martha expresses different forms of emotional turmoil, from the anxiety of moving, to family, to even her own education. Martha is shown to …show more content…

Her desire to move is expressed in her saying “How long would it be before I could move in somewhere?” She was slightly rushing pam to find her a place to live, not only due to the price of the hotel. But also because she seemingly wants to start a new life away from britain, for reasons that will be expressed later. She is clearly trying hard to find a place to live, showing the (obvious) fact that she wants to permanently live in the U.S. Next are her family issues, there is a relatively large amount of evidence, though it is contained in two separate places. First, In part one, she gets quiet when talking about her parents, demonstrating that she may have not had the best relationship with her parents during her childhood, along with that is her reaction to the photograph she takes out. “My parents … No.” “It took five minutes to recover herself” The first quote demonstrates that she suddenly got quiet and serious, only expressing herself with short responses. And the second quote directly demonstrates her emotional turmoil, stating a somewhat brief