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Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
wow, where do i even start.
this is probably one of the top 3 books i have ever read.
As an Igbo Catholic, this book was eye-opening and really touched me. However, I didn’t really share these experiences. Papa uses his religious tendencies to defend his abusive character. Throwing items and destroying things in the home because your son didn’t take communion that Sunday. Who are you to control him like that. Then when he beat Kambili for eating before church, when she needed to eat to take the medicine her mother offered to heal her cramps?? He even used the belt on his wife and son for aiding her. He’s truly wicked.
Getting away from Enugu and going to Nsukka was truly what Kambili and Jaja needed. They needed to realize that how their father was treating them was not a normal thing. For Kambili, it was a tough transition but I loved how she eventually allowed herself to enjoy. It’s such a shame (to me) that she was constantly seeking her father’s approval and never really questioned her father’s actions. He didn’t allow his own father in his house because he didn’t follow the Catholic religious practices, so he deemed him a pagan. Kambili brought a painting that her cousin drew of their grandfather and the dad ripped it up then beat her so bad that she was hospitalized. That’s soooo extreme.
I cried twice reading this book. My feelings were all over while reading.
Honestly, I could go on but this a book you have to read for yourself.
this is probably one of the top 3 books i have ever read.
As an Igbo Catholic, this book was eye-opening and really touched me. However, I didn’t really share these experiences. Papa uses his religious tendencies to defend his abusive character. Throwing items and destroying things in the home because your son didn’t take communion that Sunday. Who are you to control him like that. Then when he beat Kambili for eating before church, when she needed to eat to take the medicine her mother offered to heal her cramps?? He even used the belt on his wife and son for aiding her. He’s truly wicked.
Getting away from Enugu and going to Nsukka was truly what Kambili and Jaja needed. They needed to realize that how their father was treating them was not a normal thing. For Kambili, it was a tough transition but I loved how she eventually allowed herself to enjoy. It’s such a shame (to me) that she was constantly seeking her father’s approval and never really questioned her father’s actions. He didn’t allow his own father in his house because he didn’t follow the Catholic religious practices, so he deemed him a pagan. Kambili brought a painting that her cousin drew of their grandfather and the dad ripped it up then beat her so bad that she was hospitalized. That’s soooo extreme.
I cried twice reading this book. My feelings were all over while reading.
Honestly, I could go on but this a book you have to read for yourself.