How Is Kambili Portrayed In The Purple Hibiscus

I believe the large group one belongs to have a lot of influence on your choices, and

actions because it's in the human nature to be accepted and belong to something that

makes us feel complete. In the Purple Hibiscus we can see that because Kambili comes

from a Catholic household and her father who is an extreme religious Catholic man

influences her thoughts, emotions, and actions in and out of her house. In the War

Dance documentary these kids took so much pride in their Acholi tribe. They exceeded

in trying to do their best and bring honor to their tribe by bringing a trophy.

In the Purple Hibiscus we see Kambili always thinks about her father being proud of her

when she did or said holy things like “God deliver us”, we can also see in this

(Page 26) She always makes scenarios of her father approving saying I

wish I had said that Papa would be proud of me. She still has the mentality of her father

approving and the habit of doing everything the traditional Catholic way.

In the War dance we hear three stories of three kids Nancy, Rose and Dominic they tell

us their traumatizing sad stories about where they are coming from, and how these

musical programs change their lives. We learn about their pride in being an Acholi.

Wining is very important to them now and more than ever. They speak about trying to

avoid messing up because they don't want to be remembered as the one that messes

up and don’t want to deal with the shame of letting the tribe down. We can see that

because there are so many connections in this school that every single student wants to

bring pride and honor to their tribe by doing their best when performing. In the

documentary we see that these kids practiced everyday to do their best and bring honor

to their Acholi people.

Besides the novel and the documentary we can see in others scenarios on how