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Themes
oppression
Religious
family violence
coming of age
religious fanatiscism
Effects of post-colonialism
Papa's beatings
Kambili breaks the eucharistic fast
Papa hits Jaja, Mama, & Kambili with belt
Mama 'disrespects' papa
papa beats mama until she has a miscarriage
Kambili & Jaja stay with Papa-Nnukwu
Papa pours boiling water on their feet
Papa beats Kambili until she has to go to hospital
Settings
Enugu
Kambili's home
oppression
many rules
family violence
church of st Agnes
polished altar that shone like ice
Abba
more freedom
holidays
Papa loved by community
omelora
Nsukka
Freedom
symbolism
purple hibiscuses
freedom
Aunty Ifeoma's home
progress over tradition
Mama's figurines
family violence/oppression
polishes every time she is beaten
Painting of Papa-Nnukwu
gaining own opinions
Kambili
comes of age
gaining own opinions
coming out of shell
begins introverted
oppressed
family violence
Papa
boiling water on feet
kicked
Techniques
Narrative point of view
Written from kambili's perspective
Flashbacks
shows how broken family life is
characters
kambili
immediate family
Papa
power and control
religious fanaticism
effected by colonialism
dislikes igbo traditions and religion
Mama
Family violence - Abused by Papa
miscarriages
speaking vs silence
Jaja
gaining a voice
stops talking with eyes
stops listening to Papa
characters
kambili
extended Family
Aunty Ifeoma
symbol of freedom
feminism
religion/life balance
Papa-Nnukwu
"heathen"
divide with Papa
Amaka
has own sense of self
independence
judgement to understanding
Characters
unrelated
Father amaudi
first love
coming out of shell
seeing religion in a different light