Relationships In Purple Hibiscus

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In society there are lots of families that deal with having an abusive parent in the house. Most likely it’s the father but sometimes the mother also. There is about a 25% chance that there will be an abusive parent in the household. The novel called Purple Hibiscus connects to what is happening in society, because the whole family was being abused by papa. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie created the book Purple Hibiscus it talks about Kambili a girl that explains her life. A African girl that explains her life with growing up with an abusive father in her home. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie created the book Purple Hibiscus it speaks on the life of having an abusive father in the house. In the beginning papa beats mama for having symptoms from her pregnancy which cause her to miss church. He also hit Jaja,Kambili,and Mama for letting Kambili eat while suppose to be fasting but ate because of cramps. Then beat Kambili for having a heathens painting in the house; which caused her to go into a minor comma. In Purple Hibiscus, Adichie utilizes the character Kambili to prove this idea to be tough and respectful, but only when she’s being pushed to that limit. In the beginning of Purple Hibiscus, Kambili’s adversities do not elicits talents she never knew she had, which disproves Horaces’ argument that adversity leads to positive change. Papa beats mama because she was too sick to go to church which cause her to lose the baby. “Counting made it seem not that long, made is seem not

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