In literature, authors usually depict flat characters by using indirect or direct characterizations and don’t give them conflict. Rather depict the characters as uncomplex or simply uninteresting. However, flat characters can often be glimpsed over, but serves as a “magic casement” which reveals their true purpose in the main conflict of the story. These magic casements are revealed, specifically in Chinua Achebe’s contemporary novel, Things Fall Apart, follows the story of a headstrong clan leader, Okonkwo, and his difficult journey to find prominence after a group of Christian missionaries attempts to destroy his culture. The heartbreaking scene where Okonkwo murders Ikemefuna represents a struggle to find his true identity and foreshadows
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Contradictory to, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's coming of age novel Purple Hibiscus, follows Kambili’s life as she deals with conflicts surrounding the events of living with her authoritative father and visiting her liberal …show more content…
In Purple Hibiscus, the purple hibiscus reveals Jaja’s identity as an individualistic young man. However, Things Fall Apart, Ikemefuna’s death reflects Okonkwo’s struggle to find his identity and when he can’t find his prominence in society, which leads to his tragic downfall. The magic casements embedded in the scenes of both novels conveys Okonkwo’s and Jaja’s prominence in their society. Parallel to, the scenes where Ikemefuna death reveals Okonkwo’s struggle to find his prominence in his society, but in the scene where Jaja confesses to the murder of Papa reveals his true purpose in his family. Jaja and Okonkwo are similar because they overlook how they view themselves in their society and look at what roles they play in their village or their family. Both characters glimpse over their own perspectives rather to follow what society’s rules are, but both characters realize that they must follow their paths towards their eminences and find their true selves in their
Contradictory to, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's coming of age novel Purple Hibiscus, follows Kambili’s life as she deals with conflicts surrounding the events of living with her authoritative father and visiting her liberal …show more content…
In Purple Hibiscus, the purple hibiscus reveals Jaja’s identity as an individualistic young man. However, Things Fall Apart, Ikemefuna’s death reflects Okonkwo’s struggle to find his identity and when he can’t find his prominence in society, which leads to his tragic downfall. The magic casements embedded in the scenes of both novels conveys Okonkwo’s and Jaja’s prominence in their society. Parallel to, the scenes where Ikemefuna death reveals Okonkwo’s struggle to find his prominence in his society, but in the scene where Jaja confesses to the murder of Papa reveals his true purpose in his family. Jaja and Okonkwo are similar because they overlook how they view themselves in their society and look at what roles they play in their village or their family. Both characters glimpse over their own perspectives rather to follow what society’s rules are, but both characters realize that they must follow their paths towards their eminences and find their true selves in their