Purple Hibiscus

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 essentially imprisoned, for it is the only world she…

to ask questions because their father values only devoutness and intelligence; a world where they are afraid, forces a child to grow up and mature at a slower rate than those around them. This is exactly what happened to Kambili in the novel Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This type of upbringing causes a cognitive dissonance that breeds silence, even when Kambili is not around her father who is her greatest oppressor. Silence, in many ways, forces Kambili to grow up in her own…

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…

Throughout Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie, expectations become not only a defining feature of individuals but also a mold for character development. Society instills its expectations of how people should act from a young age, defining a person's mannerisms, values, and personality. Each generation continues to spread this cycle of societal guidelines. Society tends to ignore the individual in favor of idyllic images and responsibilities people abide by. Family is often the cause of…

However, in Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is very open about his hatred and willingness to commit violence towards Christianity while in Purple Hibiscus, Papa is more secret about his violence towards his family and tries to maintain an image of normality while in public. In Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo rages at his village’s policy of appeasement and views violence as a solution to their problems:…

against the Roman Republic. Taking their inspiration from Spartacus, others at different times fought for their rights fervently. Pressing situations push people to rebel against authority; in Sophocles’ Antigone and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus, different characters rebel against authority. Antigone and Jaja…

power of oppression 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…

The author of Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, claims “the problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be, rather than recognizing how we are” (“Why we should”). Gender issues are a burden many women face today. Social, political and economic gender issues are ingrained in societies worldwide, including the wage gap, pressure from media, and the lack of female representation in the government. These imbalances and many others become the forces that drive feminist movements…

How Businesses use Color “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.” – Pablo Picasso. Color can affect the emotions and behaviors of people due to what people associate with a color. Because of this, businesses utilize color in order to create a certain image, catch people’s attention, and evoke specific emotions and behaviors. The colors that I focused on in my visual essay are blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. Blue is associated with responsibility, trust, and also…

from gram-negative microbes. Gram-positive microbes contain a thick peptidoglycan with only one outer cell membrane, thus dying the microbes dark purple. Gram-negative microbes contain a thin peptidoglycan with an outer and inner cell membrane, dying the microbes pink when a gram stain test is done. Microbes A and C were gram- positive because of purple dye seen under the microscope. Microbe B was a gram-negative because of the light pink dye seen under the microscope. The gram stain tests can…