Archie’s character development throughout the book has been a roller coaster. He is randomly dominant, then submissive, witty, then stupid. He has become a lot calmer, I find, and think it is due to his marriage to Clara. Not just the marriage, but the different aspects of Jamaican culture, specifically smoking marijuana. There have been many references to their tokage: Archie’s arthritis being significantly better, Clara whistling “Buffalo Soldier” by Bob Marley, cooking food. Weed is definitely more an Archie drug because it is not one that intensifies thought like Samad’s old drug of choice: morphine/ (white powder?). His speech is now more relaxed, and in his conversations with Samad he has more confidence and ease. He has gained more confidence from his new marriage and gained a better attitude through smoking ganja.
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I could think of many reasons behind why Archie is more confident, but because he is smoking weed....
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