5/30/2023 0 Comments Adichie purple hibiscus![]() ![]() Jaja is greatly affected by Obiora as he discovers that even though the latter is three years his junior, he is still the man of the house as is automatically assumed when the reader is rendered aware of the fact that Obiora undertook his initiation in the Igbo culture as “nwoke” of his homestead after his father passed away. “Defiance is like marijuana – it is not a bad thing when it is used right”Īdichie uses tradition as the foundation on which Obiora stands to effect change in his male counterpart, Jaja. ![]() Throughout the novel due to the freedom that is provided in Nsukka where Kambili and Jaja stay with Aunt Ifeoma and their cousins, we see how their lives change as they learn to become their own people, without Papa Eugene dictating their every move with his “schedules”. They serve as a more progressive form of familial representation, with their values revolving around love and caring. The other household consists of Aunty Ifeoma, Amaka, Obiora, and Chima, they live in an uninhibited environment, where the children are free to state their views and opinions predominantly without consequence or fear. The one family consisting of Papa Eugene, Mama, Jaja, and Kambili (the narrator), where silence is prominent and the household is ruled by Papa Eugene’s Roman Catholic beliefs. The novel ‘Purple Hibiscus’ written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Bildungsroman that focuses on two very contrasting families. ![]()
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