Research Paper On Purple Hibiscus

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For my project I decided to create and laser cut several objects in order to portray the answer to the essential questions I chose in relation to Purple Hibiscus. I wanted to focus on the relationship between Papa and Kambili, especially on Papa’s end because of how strict he is and the punishments he places when he is not obeyed. I started by asking a broad question on whether or not Papa’s expression of love really was love. This leads into the next object I cut out which was Papa using a whip implying he was beating someone. Papa’s way of showing love was very obscure as he rarely showed his love for his children, but rather beat and destroyed his children physically and mentally, in addition to showing glimpses of love which his children strived to have …show more content…

She studied long hours not because she wanted to succeed for herself, but instead for a brief glimpse of love shown by Papa and to avoid Papa beating her. The next piece I cut out was a hibiscus which I then broke to represent how their family in a sense was broken. From the start of the book all the relationships between characters were broken because of how dysfunctional, violent, and one-sided they were, until the end when a piece of their family actually broke off when Papa died. The last piece I cut out was a stop sign. I did this to represent how I could mend relationships within the book, especially the ones between Papa and the other family members. A stop sign represents what I could do because of how many things in their relationships need to stop. Primarily, Papa needs to stop beating and abusing his family as that creates an extremely unhealthy dynamic between him, and his family members. If he didn’t do that then Mama, Jaja, and Kambili would need to stop being accepting of how Papa treats them. They need to realize that it’s not ok and they need to do something about it. Luckily, Mama eventually realized this and was forced to kill

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