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Characters
Timeline
Pregnancy
Jaja doesn't go to communion
Miscarriage
Studied in England 60s'
The figurines broke
Civil War
6 months pregnant
Coup in the 60s'
Other miscarriage
Ade Coker kidnapping
Asks to not go into Father Benedict's house
Papa doesn't punish Kambili
Ade Coker is freed but was tortured
Kambili eats before mass
Papa allows Kambili and Jaja to go to Nsukka
Papa breaks Jaja's finger
Ade Coker goes back in custody
The standard's offices got trashed
Papa Nnukwu dies
Amaka gives Kambili a portrait of Papa Nnukwu
Papa makes Kambili stand in a tub of boiling water
Jaja takes some Purple Hibiscuses from Aunty Ifeoma's garden
Papa sends a lot of money for Papa Nnukwu's funeral
The leaders of the coalition warn Papa and Ade Coker to be careful
Ade Coker gets assassinated (boom boom)
Kambili gets sent to the hospital due to a beating
Jaja and Kambili go to Nsukka after the beating
Kambili tells Amaka that it is Papa which hurts them
Student riots
Jaja and Kambili go back to Nsukka
Mama goes to Nsukka after Papa beat her and sent her to the hospital
Papa goes to get everyone and bring them back to Enugu
Papa dies
Aunty Ifeoma goes to live in America
We find out that Mama poisoned Papa
Jaja takes the blame for the murder and goes to prison for 3 y
Jaja will be freed after the coup ended
Eugene / Papa
Abusive
Sick
Scary
Moral
Rich
Entrepreneur
Fundamentalist
Sees English as civilised and only speaks Igbo when he's angry
Contradictory
Innuendo
"The Standard" is the newspaper that papa owns
Beatrice / Mama
Gets beat
Cleans her figurines after each beating
Might rebel because her figurines broke
Submissive to papa
She doesn't stand up for herself
Shy
Is afraid
Pregnant
Knows her destiny is to be beat daily
Kambili
Not very mature
Starting to understand her situation
Shy
Observant
Idolises her father
Attends Daughters of Immaculate Hearts
Doesn't want to admit her father is abusive
Jaja
Stood up for himself
Rebelled to his father
Isn't scared of Papa
He's almost an adult
Knows papa's behaviour isn't usual
Attends St Nicholas Christian school
Smart
Sisi
Obedient
Isn't respected by papa
Maid
Is respected by mama
Scared
Father Amadi
Black priest
Casual
Progressive
Igbo
Handsome
Father Benedict
White priest
Conservative
Punitive
Ade Coker
Arrested by soldiers because of his words about the new government
Editor for The Standard
Speaks the truth
Note
The house is a microcosm of the oppressive military coup in Nigeria