Purple Hibiscus

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In the book purple hibiscus, mixed relationships materialized and developed between Kambili and Papa Eugene, which caused conflicts and distrusts from Kambili to her dad throughout the story. At the beginning of the book, Kambili gave all of her respect and understanding of her dad and she wouldn’t judge his action of beating and punishing her or the family members so that they can be good human. Eugene was really strict and always enforced his family with regulations and schedules, there weren’t freedom or privacy for the family members. Conflict is being used in the book through Kambil attitude toward Eugene at the beginning and at the end, the change in her attitude, reaction and behavior with papa after being abused and injured badly. …show more content…

She has never asked or questioned her father about anything in life as her father stated that questioning wasagainst the religion. Due to the totalitarian structure of the family and strict scheduling that her father created, she was shy, quiet and an obeying person. She had little to no interactions with classmates and the society as a whole back when her father was controlling the family. In the household, Papa was always a strict man who oftentimes enforced his children into rigid and strict schedules, but in public he was an open-minded man who looked very educated. She wasn’t allowed to make friends or become a “public person” because Papa enforced her to leave school early . In Chapter 5, when Ade Coker visited her family in Abba, his jokes only got responded by “yes” or “no” because her father wanted them to be fear of god, to be different from other children. Throughout purple hibiscus, Kambili believed in the positive effects that her father gave her when her father beat her or punish for something she did that was not sinful, she thought that everytime punishment occur, she felt full of sin and a good person in the …show more content…

She fell in love with Father Amadi because he treated so nice and gentle. She lived with the average life with Aunty Ifeoma and feel that it was a better life, although Aunty Ifeoma wasn’t rich. The life was different for Kambili, from the church where there were less strict dress code to the friendly environment from the household. There were laughter and happiness in the house and there were no fear of gods or any fear from the members in the family. She was falling in love with Father Amadi, who was a gentle priest who is kind and spend his time outside more like a normal person. He played soccer with kids and had fun with Kambili. He was seen as a priest who acted “unpriestly". Father Amadi noticed Kambili action of having a crush on him. He wasn't trying to avoid or opposed to her feelings. Instead, he said that she was beautiful and approved her feelings toward him. When it’s time that Father Amadi have to leave for the missionary in Europe, Kambili was really sad and angry as her “crush” and most loved person in her life is going to leave her. She will once again live in a life full of sadness and controlled. The character of Father Amadi has became an unfaded image in Kambili’s mind. He has changed Kambili so much that she became opposed to Eugene's religious ideology at last. She finally understood how ridiculous and absurd his enforcement to

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