Purple Hibiscus Questions Part 2
Purple Hibiscus Questions Part 2
Discuss the portrayal of violence or insanity in at least two literary texts that you have studied.
In the novel entitled Purple Hibiscus written by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, violence is a
recurring motif. Purple Hibiscus takes place in Nigeria in 1994 during British Colonialism. The firm form of
violence was through Colonialism. Colonialism has led to corruption and violence in Nigerian society. Through
Colonialism, English has been established as the dominant language of the country. There were also
Christian missionaries who converted a significant portion of the population, including Papa Eugene, to
Catholicism. The second form of violence is Papa Eugene. Papa uses violence to enforce oppression in his
own family such as beating them and whipping them.
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Dictators
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Conveys 2 places
Kambili is westernized
Question 5.
Papa seems to have his control of his own destiny but actually he is the product of british colonialis which
drove papa to deny his own humanity
Mama: she seems to be not in control of her own destiny, beat up, controlled, kept ounder the ist of papa,
however, that’s not how the book finished. Able to control her destiny and dispose papa.
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