White teeth chapter 1-7

The story white teeth follows two war buddies, Archie and Samad, after their lives after the war. These chapters focus in on the importance of cultural differences. The school meeting shows that there is difference between Samad and the majority of the other parents. There is a tying theme for all the cultures which is their teeth. Mr Hamilton mentions during the war the only thing he could see in the dark was the white teeth of his enemy. I think this part is ironic because you usually see all the differences in your enemy but in this situation the only thing a person could see was something that made them similar.