Lord of the Flies
Absolutely True Diary
Purple Hibiscus
Macbeth
Catching Fire
The Hunger Games
I believe I grew as a reader because of the attention I have given it this year. This year, I was truly intrigued by what we read as a class, and I annotated and was able to understand writing like never before. As a class, we worked on developing good ways to understand the actual text of the novels and the traits of good writing used in them.
Throughout Purple Hibiscus, Adichie depicts tension between a father named Papa and his family. Papa is a very religious man who is thought of as a caring man who gives to the community. However, his actions toward his family completely contradict the popular belief of this man. Papa is actually an extremely unstable man who claims to be religious but instead is violent and deceiving. In one scene, Kambili hears a loud thumping sound against the wall of her house. Papa was beating his pregnant wife in order to kill the baby.
Kambili immediately knew what happened to her mom, however she refused to believe it. Kambili and her brother Jaja have an odd relationship in where the deny the situation with their father. On my opinion, they do this because they don’t want to admit how bad their situation is with their father. It is some kind of a coping mechanism. It’s horrible that he two refuse to talk about it, because the two would be better able to deal with this if they did.
Purple Hibiscus up to the page 216 has a pattern of two issues, uncomfortable social situations and physical abuse. Almost all of these instances can be tracked down to an interaction with Papa. Papa is severely religious and forces his own beliefs upon his family or punishes them for their disobedience. Whenever Papa is around his family, he seems to be searching for something to call them out on. He has such strict rules that his family must follow that no normal human would consider logical. Papa’s pregnant wife was feeling sick before church, but Papa practically forced her to go inside.
As I described in the previous paragraph, Papa is willing to make his family beyond uncomfortable in the name of religion. However, Papa is also ready to take matters into his own hands when he deems it necessary. In multiple scenes, Papa is beating either his wife or his to kids because of their “sins”. Kambile returned home from her aunt’s house with a painting of her grandfather, who was not christian, and was found admiring it. Papa saw this admiration as an act of Satan himself and beats his daughter to near death. These examples I explained show how Papa is the cause of most issues in this novel.
Purple Hibiscus up to the page 216 has a pattern of two issues, uncomfortable social situations and physical abuse. Almost all of these instances can be tracked down to an interaction with Papa. Papa is severely religious and forces his own beliefs upon his family or punishes them for their disobedience. Whenever Papa is around his family, he seems to be searching for something to call them out on. He has such strict rules that his family must follow that no normal human would consider logical. Papa’s pregnant wife was feeling sick before church, but Papa practically forced her to go inside.
As I described in the previous paragraph, Papa is willing to make his family beyond uncomfortable in the name of religion. However, Papa is also ready to take matters into his own hands when he deems it necessary. In multiple scenes, Papa is beating either his wife or his to kids because of their “sins”. Kambile returned home from her aunt’s house with a painting of her grandfather, who was not christian, and was found admiring it. Papa saw this admiration as an act of Satan himself and beats his daughter to near death. These examples I explained show how Papa is the cause of most issues in this novel.
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