Purple Hibiscus Quotes

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According to www.childhelp.org/child-abuse-statistics/ and http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs239/en/, over 3 million kids worldwide are experiencing child abuse, and 1 in 3 women are experiencing domestic violence. These statistics perfectly represents Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s perfectly told story ,Purple Hibiscus. Purple Hibiscus is a story told about a girl named Kambili who faced struggles all her life from struggles within herself to her father ,Eugene, abusing her. Kambili’s struggles made her a better and stronger person overall. Like the Roman poet ,Horace, stated once “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant”. During Purple Hibiscus Kambili’s adversities elicit …show more content…

During page 102 it says “ As I put the spoonful of cornflakes in my mouth Papa walked in and saw me.” Kambili faces adversity during this period in the story but there isn't a specific talents or skill that is shown. Therefore in the beginning of Purple Hibiscus Kambili's adversity does not elicit talents she never knew she had which disproves Horace’s argument that adversity leads to positive change. During pages 19-109 also faced adversity during the trip to Aunty Ifeoma’s house, where their cousins steadily called them names and said sly remarks because they weren't used to their lifestyle because Aunty Ifeoma was poor and they were wealthy. On page 126 it says “ But Amaka laughed and said you have weak bones you can't handle it.” Another example is on page 129 it says “They're weird” Amaka said. Kambili faces many uncomfortable situations during the trip to Aunty Ifeoma’s house and based on being in those situations she persevered through it all. Although she didn't find a skill she didn't know she had.Therefore in the beginning of Purple Hibiscus Kambili's adversity does not elicit talents she never knew she had which disproves …show more content…

During the ending part of Purple Hibiscus Kambili and Father Amadi, her crush at the time, told her that she was changing into a nice young women, but he told her that he was taking missionary jobs in Germany. As he said this Kambili’s soul was taken out her body.On page 198 Kambili says “ He rubbed my arm and said Kambili , Im taking the missionary job in Germany . At that moment I started not to care.” After this quote Kambili started to not care about anything because she loved Father Amadi and he shot her down. Another example is when Papa Eugene died. When Papa died she was very sad even though Papa abused her and put her and her family in lots of trouble and harm. On page 296 it says “when I arrived home Mama gave me the news that they found Papa died laid out on his desk.”. Kambili throughout the story changed from a very quiet and shy person to a person who emotes and opens up to people more. The traits that Kambili are showing perfectly represents the famous ,roman poet, Horace’s quote that through Kambili’s adversities she shows talents she never knew she had

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