Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of “We Should All Be Feminists”, defines feminism as “a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes” (47). Adichie is a Nigerian woman who writes a book advocating the equality between men and women’s human deserved rights and about the negative connotation the label feminist brings. For centuries, men have highly benefitted from living in a patriarchal society where men hold predominant roles. Generally speaking, men are paid…

literary study...”(19) due to numerous authors creating pieces that do not follow the general trend, thus his teachings should be taken as a general rule of thumb. In order to get a better grasp of his teachings, the novel Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie should be analyzed with Foster’s claims in mind. Foster begins his book by explaining the structural setup of a quest which includes the quester, destination, initial reason for going, challenges, and the “real” reason to…

of a long-time marriage. While we learn to expect this, in life there are often compromises which we are forced to make. Compromises with regards to who we are that we simply have no control over, compromises that those around us make for us. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah examines the issue of such unintended compromises. While the ending to Adichie’s…

others. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote the book We Should All Be Feminist in which she explains what it means to be a feminist, “a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes”, and the reasons for which she identifies as one (47). In the introduction to her book she also writes about the many ways in which women are treated unfairly…

Defiance In Purple Hibiscus Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie takes place in Enugu, Nigeria and is narrated by fifteen year old Kambili Achike. According to google.com, defiance is defined as “open resistance; bold disobedience.” Throughout Purple Hibiscus, defiance is reoccurring. Defiance is never simple. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether defiance is a positive or negative force. After reading Purple Hibiscus, it is apparent that Adichie believes that though defiance can lead to…

In americanah there was an overall theme of racism. With the author doing a deconstruction of racism throughout the book. Going from the big idea to smaller parts it is clear that the author wants the reader to understand that racism is on a smaller scale. On the basis of micro aggressions and not just only obvious actions that people have on a one on one basis. These ideas are builded up using blogs and personal events. The basic premise of racism is defined as “Prejudice, discrimination,…

being present in a governmental institution dwindling down to a single house hold. Analyzing this main premise using two young adult literary works that touch on both of these overarching social injustices; the books being Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Night Elie Wiesel. This essay will assume that the plots of both novels are already widely know, therefore the essay will proceed as follows: a brief introduction of each novel, a deconstruction of each novel and their connection…

member of some specified group based on some attribute or attributes that reflect an over simplified view of that group, without consideration or appreciation of individual differences.” (Kirst-Ashman, 2013, p. 61) One example of a stereotype that Chimamanda had herself used was after learning that her housekeeper Fide’s family was worse off than her own. She was surprised when she saw the gorgeous items that his family made; because of the way her mother spoke about his family she was under the…

It is inevitable that one’s environment will be a primary factor in producing who they are. However, if all they have ever known is confinement, they will fail to comprehend that they are not free. In critically acclaimed author and speaker Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Nigerian-set novel, Purple Hibiscus, protagonist Kambili Achike is the fifteen year old daughter of a wealthy radicalized Catholic father who boxes her in with extreme expectations, and it is unbeknownst to her that she is…

transgender woman are woman. Female equality has always been the center of the feminist movements, know remember that feminism is fighting for the equality of the sexes. As Adichie wrote in “We Should All Be Feminists,” “The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather that recognizing how we are” (Adichie, 2014). In this generation there is more than just male and female. Gender should be and eventually will be beyond what we were biologically born as.…