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purple Hibiscus
themes
colonisations
violence
Achike house hold
emotional
comes from papa Eguene
love sip
usually offers K + J a sip of his tea but when they disappoint his he does offer them a sip
reveals that his love is conditional
he doesn't love them after they disobeyed him
usually the tea is too hot and it burns their tongues
show papa's violent nature
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physical
physically abuses all the family members
mama
often beats her
lead her to have multiple miscarriages
the term "purple black of an overripe avocado" is used many time to describe her eyes/bruises
it is normal for K + J to see this and have to clean up the blood
implied as they react calmly and they know what to do
Kambili
papa pours boiling water on her feet
it's a punishment because she stayed in Aunty Ifeoma's house whilst Papa Nnukwu was there and papa considers him a heathen
he tells her that this this what happen we you walk Knowling into sin
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papa beats Kambili until she is sent to the hopital
she has a painting of Papa Nnukwu that Amake gave her and Papa wants to take it away because he thinks that Papa Nnukwu is a heathen
Kambili refuses to give it to him and so Papa kicks her repeatedly until she is sent to the hospital
Jaja
Papa broke his finger when his misses a question of his christian test
lead to the finger being permanently disfigured
emphasise the lasting effect abuse can have on people, physically and mentally
phycological
papa Eugene
he uses violence/abuse to control his family
could be effect of colonialism
he use oppressed using violence when he was young and now he uses violence to oppress his family
the oppressed becomes the oppressor
Adichie intentions
shows the lasting effects that colonization can have on people and their relationships with others
emphasize the violence that colonisation casues
he believes that western traditions are better than igbo ones
force his family to focus western traditions and religion
he punishes them with violence if they fail to do this
religion
freedom
independance
age
family
there is a juxtaposition between the families
the Achike family is rich but they have no freedom and aunty I family is poor but they have freedom
contradicts the common belief that money means freedom
shows the severe effect the colonisation can have on family relationships
Pape Eugene forces his family to do things the ways the church taught him whilst Aunty I allows her children to have much more freedom and express their own opinions
it can break families aparts
Papa Eugene and Papa Nnukwu
public vs private
corruption
the novel is set after a military coup
political corruption
uses fear to enforce a silence
most newspapers are too afraid to write something bad about the gove
Papa news paper The Standard is only one willing to stand up against the gov
papa does this because he knows that his money will protect him and he believes that it wrong for the government to do this
ironic
Papa believes it wrong for the gov to use violence to enforce a slience among the people but he's alright using violence to silence his family
the money can protect him by it can't protect everyone else
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characters
Kambili
Jaja
Papa Eugene
violent
he uses physical and emotional abuse to control his family
he punishes them for doing anything or saying anything he doesn't agree with
he punishes them to try and protect them
result of colonisation
he believes that to protect his family from sin he had to punish them as this is what the church taught him
the church pour boiling water on his hands when they caught him sinning
gains empathy from the reader
huminises the character
reveals the negative effects of colonialisation
ambitious vocab
zealot
philanthropic
Mama Beatrice
Aunty Ifeoma
she is the foil of mama
she isn't afraid to stand up to papa
her house
it acts as the safe heaven
K+J start to experience freedom there and
she helps K+J find there passions and gain indpependane
helps J find his passion of gardening + gives his purple hibiscus to plant back at home
she is giving him the seeds to freedom
she is helping him grow and develop like flowers
help Kambili start talking again
Papa abuse and violence cause her to have a natural slience where she only talk when necessary + never defends herself
Aunty I initially defense Kambili but them convinces her to start defending herself
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mama goes there after running away from papa after he casued another miscarriage
Amaka
Father Amadi
Papa Nnukwu
symbols
hibiscus
purple
represent freedom
red
represents
control
violence
quotes