Purple Hibiscus Essay

My Essay
In What Way Does The Author Portray The Character Of Kambili
By Emely Yafai 9X
In the novel, Purple Hibiscus, Adichie clearly portrays the conflicting unjust treatment of Kambili’s household where her father is head of the family. Where she is ordered to follow a strict schedule. When visiting Aunty Ifeoma and her family Kambili senses independence she has never experienced before, she see’s thing she didn’t used to see, she is exposed to the different way of life, to freedom something which she is not used to!
We also witness the transformation of Kambili Achike from a quiet, overpowered and wary girl into a more confident, mature and happy young woman. This change is brought upon by significant characters in the story, who
Papa is a very important part of Kambili’s life but Jaja her brother is also one of the most precious people to her. She loves her brother and when he is in trouble it pains her and she tries to avoid it.
The author is using this quote to show Kambili is caring, has a good heart and cares about her brother! She doesn’t want him to get hurt and is desperate to avoid tricky situations ‘I was looking at him, my shocked eyes begged him to seal his mouth’
The quote demonstrates she was using her eyes to communicate with him, so when they needed to say something to one another and they needed to say it just between the two of them they would use this type of communication! He was causing her to feel shocked and upset.
She was stunned by his behaviour and was quite taken aback. She was staring at him, trying to get his attention, trying to stop him from making a big mistake! She was so desperate to do this so she begged him not to with her eyes. She was asking earnestly to spare himself from Papa’s punishment and pain that would surely
When her mother is happy, I think kambili feels happy to. So things have change for Kambili because her father’s actions and words used to affect her but now he is gone the mother has more of an effect on her but in a totally different way! Kambili does not fear her mother and is free to be herself around her.
It says she is laughing so she is happy and humouress sometimes. This shows that there is hope for Kambili and she can be happy and relaxed. During most of the book Kambili would never dare laugh at home or in school and especially never in front of her father.
But in this last chapter she is confident and she doesn’t care who’s watching because she is the happiest she has been in a long time. She reaches out to her mother, showing that they will get through it together, they will be happy together. By reaching out she is caring for her mother and she shows her mother this.
She wants to be close to her mother to feel togetherness and she knows that one day they will be a family again. And I believe at long last that Kambili finally has hope for a brighter future, and that one day they will be not just a family again, but a happy one