White Teeth | Characters & Character Analysis

White Teeth Characters

Archibald Jones

Archie begins the novel by attempting to commit suicide in his car. However, Archie has parked his car in front of the loading dock for a butcher's and is asked to move. Archie sees this as a second chance at life and immediately sets out to find someone to share his second chance with. Archie happens on the remnants of a New Year's Eve party and meets Clara Bowden, a young Jamaican woman also looking for a new life. They marry quickly and settle into a comfortable life.

Archie is a man who does not make decisions easily, often forced to take advice from other people or to resort to flipping a coin in order to make important decisions, such as how to advise his friend on which child to send away or whether or not to kill a man. Archie has never made a difficult decision without some sort...
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