Physically and mentally can be the end of people. Conditions at home can really mess them up. And not opening nor expressing your feelings makes think’s worse. Purple Hibiscus , was written by Chimanda Nguzi Adiche, and the main character of this story was kambili. A family of four lived in Africa,father was seeing as a goddess to the people. But the twist was the children and mother has been getting beaten. In the middle the father only sister comes to the rescue to try to save them. Take them away from all the negative for a while. In the end he was killed slowly by the mama. The famous Roman Poet Horace once said “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant . In the Genesis of Purple Hibiscus , Kambili’s adversity do not elicit talents she never knew had which proves Horaces argument that adversity leads to …show more content…
By doing something her father wouldn’t approve of. It says “Father Amadi’s musical voice echoed in my ears until I fell asleep.” Now knowing a song that she couldn’t keep out her mind. Kept a secret from her dad, which was she sleeping under the same roof as her grandfather. ” And “ He poured water on my feet slowly, as if he were conducting an experiment and wanted to see what would happen.” Now she had blisters on feet causing her a lot of pain. Kambili is showing a new side of herself. Though not revealing everything like she should do. Acting out of her character. Doing stuff that was a sin in her house. Kambili was getting beaten for not giving the painting of papa grandfather . Saying that “ The sting was raw now,even more like bites, because the metal landed down open skin on my side, my back, my legs.” That almost took her life and ending up in the hospital for a while. She was doing something believed for papa Nnuwka. Holding on and bringing a painting of him. That was designed by her older cousin