Fall of the “Man” Purple Hibiscus
The writer of the book, “Purple Hibiscus,” wants people to understand the danger of a single story and the outcome and problems that arise of seeing a people as one thing. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie published Purple Hibiscus, in 2003 but the setting that the book portray are of the 1990s. Adichie grew up in a home full of education and writing as her father, Chinua Achebe, was the deputy vice chancellor at the University of Nigeria, and the writer of Things Fall Apart. A few things to note are that Adichie drew some inspiration from her father’s book and the state in which Nigeria is in during this time. “Chimamanda grew up in Nsukka, in the house formerly occupied by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.”(Tunca) …show more content…
r, another "a little to the left." Neither challenged government effectively.”(Gale) With this in mind the book falls somewhat into the Historical category as it has real world events going on but the actual …show more content…
The first scene to take note of is after the new military takeover is set in place and they start to eliminate any threats to their rule. This leads to the arrest of Ade Coker who is Papa’s editor.”When he came back up, he told me soldiers had arrested Ade Coker as he drove out of the editorial offices of the Standard”(Adichie 38) This is going on just after Papa beat mother so badly that her newborn child was killed.”There was an accident, the baby is gone,”(Adichie 34) This goes to show the power and hate that fills the “Antagonists.” The next scene that really shows the point to which the government and papa are willing to go to comes when the government decides it is too dangerous to keep Ade Coker alive and kill him with a hidden bomb.”Ade Coker was blown up when opened the package…”(Adichie 207) This happens right after papa burns Jaja’s and Kambili’s feet with boiling water and right before he nearly kills Kambili with the beating he gave her.”It has never happened like this before. He has never punished her like this before,”(Adichie 214) This shows how bad things have really become and to state that it is all going to get to a boiling point, and the people will fight back. In the end, the head of state is found dead on top of a slut foaming out of the mouth which was simultaneous with finding out that mama had been poisoning
The writer of the book, “Purple Hibiscus,” wants people to understand the danger of a single story and the outcome and problems that arise of seeing a people as one thing. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie published Purple Hibiscus, in 2003 but the setting that the book portray are of the 1990s. Adichie grew up in a home full of education and writing as her father, Chinua Achebe, was the deputy vice chancellor at the University of Nigeria, and the writer of Things Fall Apart. A few things to note are that Adichie drew some inspiration from her father’s book and the state in which Nigeria is in during this time. “Chimamanda grew up in Nsukka, in the house formerly occupied by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.”(Tunca) …show more content…
r, another "a little to the left." Neither challenged government effectively.”(Gale) With this in mind the book falls somewhat into the Historical category as it has real world events going on but the actual …show more content…
The first scene to take note of is after the new military takeover is set in place and they start to eliminate any threats to their rule. This leads to the arrest of Ade Coker who is Papa’s editor.”When he came back up, he told me soldiers had arrested Ade Coker as he drove out of the editorial offices of the Standard”(Adichie 38) This is going on just after Papa beat mother so badly that her newborn child was killed.”There was an accident, the baby is gone,”(Adichie 34) This goes to show the power and hate that fills the “Antagonists.” The next scene that really shows the point to which the government and papa are willing to go to comes when the government decides it is too dangerous to keep Ade Coker alive and kill him with a hidden bomb.”Ade Coker was blown up when opened the package…”(Adichie 207) This happens right after papa burns Jaja’s and Kambili’s feet with boiling water and right before he nearly kills Kambili with the beating he gave her.”It has never happened like this before. He has never punished her like this before,”(Adichie 214) This shows how bad things have really become and to state that it is all going to get to a boiling point, and the people will fight back. In the end, the head of state is found dead on top of a slut foaming out of the mouth which was simultaneous with finding out that mama had been poisoning