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Purple Hibiscus

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Adichie’s book, Purple Hibiscus conveys a certain message about old and new traditions, and the tensions that build between them. There is evidence of this everywhere in her novel. For instance, the way Kambili treats Papa-Nnukwu compared to the way Amaka treats him. They have different views on Papa-Nnukwu’s religion, which affects how they treat him. Amaka is very compassionate towards her grandfather because she has grown up with him in her life and has accepted his religion as a part of him. Kambili, however, has never known her grandfather very well so she does not respect him or his religion. Her opinion has been so heavily influenced by her father’s teachings that she does not even see him as human, calling him a ‘heathen’, until later
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