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Purple Hibiscus (Plot (During Christmas, the family returns to Papa's…
Purple Hibiscus
Plot
During Christmas, the family returns to Papa's hometown, Abba. The family has a feast that feeds the extended family. Papa calls his father a heathen because he still follows the religious traditions of the Igbo.
Kambili and Jaja learn to be more accepting in Nsukka. When Papa becomes ill, Aunt Ifeoma bring Papa to her flat. Kambili and Jaja don't tell Papa that they are sharing a home with a heathen.
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Soldiers arrest Ade Coker and have him killed. After Ade Coker is killed, tensions rise in Kambili's household.
When Ade Coker is arrested, Papa's bravery and position in the community help free him.
Papa is part of the newspaper, the Standard. The newspaper is under pressure by the Head of State, the leader who takes up the presidency following a coup.
Papa has beat up Mama causing her to have another miscarriage. Aunt Ifeoma urges Mama not to return back to Enugu. Mama takes Kambili and Jaja with her.
The book begins on Palm Sunday. Jaja has refused to go to church and recieve communion. Since Jaja didn't go to communion, Papa threw his missal at him. The book goes past Jaja and hits mama's figurines.
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After a few days of being with their cousins they get a phone call from Mama saying that Papa died. Mama poisoned Papa's tea. Jaja takes the blame and goes to jail.
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Setting
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The historical context is the book relates back to after Nigeria gained independence from Brittian in the 1960's but faced the civial war continuing for 7 years after. Military leader, Ibrahim Babangida, was used as a base line for the book's Military commander who's dictatoriship was one of Nigeria's worst in all time. This timeline plays out in a very familiar way to "The Purple Hibiscus" timeline as well.
Enugu, a city in post-colonial Nigeria
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is connected to the setting of "The Purple Hibiscus" by his hometown being just over an hour away from the setting of the book. He was one of the first children to grow up in his hometown, expirencing and understanding the struggles and strengths displayed in his books.
Point of View
The point of view in Purple Hibiscus is first person via Kambili's voice. The point of view in our group play was third person. The point of view impacts understanding of the story because if the story was told from another point of view, say Papa's point of view, the story would have a different tone and with different opinions on events throughout the novel.
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Theme
Theme is described that personal voice and development of how its important to learned to speak out about the unnoticeable violence that started to show through more with time and if there's nothing done about it things might get so much worse and tragic
Figurines
Fragile and silent when papa breaks them it makes mama realize she needs to stand up for herself and her children
Purple Hibiscus
rebelion, help to discovering new opportunities after being blinded by others, freedom, being an individual
Papa's Tea
Physical abuse mistaken for love, everyone got used to burning because they got used to and they grew up being abused which because a regular for them
Red Hibiscus
violence, similarity, equality,