According to Childhelp.com, “Every year more than 3.6 million referrals are made to child protection agencies involving 6.6 million children. The United States has one of the worst records among industrialized nations-losing on average between four and seven children every day due to child abuse and neglect.”This quote relates to Purple Hibiscus. This is because Kambili, the main character, is being abused and it 's going unnoticed till she ended up in the hospital. Purple Hibiscus is a novel authored by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This novel is about a family that 's high in society in Nigeria, Africa. This family is being abused by their father, Eugene, who is big on religion, and society is blinded by it because Eugene showers them with food and money. At the beginning of the story, Kambili is very soft and passive. She let her Papa and cousin Amaka talk to her disrespectfully: although itś her father, he is still supposed to respect her. In the middle of the story, Kambili is spending time with her aunt and cousins in Nsukka; which causes her to start to become deceptive and understanding. At the end of the story, Kambili became sentimental because she had a lot going on in her life that causes her to be very emotional.

In the beginning and Kambili’s adversities did not cause her to elicit new talents to come out. Mother Lucy called on Kambili to say the pledge, and Kambili was surprised, which caused her not to say anything . the other girls felt that Kambili