Essays about: "Purple Hibiscus"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Purple Hibiscus.

1. 1. Kambili’s Journey to Dignity, and Self-empowerment : A Womanist Approach to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Nicky Nahida Lindecrantz; [2022]
   Keywords : change; Christianity; dignity; identity; Igbo tradition; interaction; liberal- and radical feminism; mimicry; Nigeria; patriarchal violence; postcolonialism; self-empowerment; womanism;

   Abstract : Using womanist theory as a theoretical framework, this study has analyzed identity formation and self-empowerment. Adichie is considered a feminist writer, but her ideals and ideas are very different from Western ideals and aim to survive and challenge patriarchal culture. READ MORE

3. 2. Speaking With Our Spirits : A Character Analysis of Eugene Achike in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Chelsea Foreman; [2017]
   Keywords : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Chinua Achebe; African Literature; Postcolonialism; Purple Hibiscus; Colonial Nigeria; Religion; Christianity; Language; Behaviour; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Chinua Achebe; Afrikansk Litteratur; Postkolonialism; Purple Hibiscus; Koloniala Nigeria; Religion; Kristendom; Språk; Beteende;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to conduct a character analysis on Eugene Achike from Chimamana Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus, to see whether or not the character is used by Adichie as a portrayal of colonial Nigeria and its values. I have done this by looking at the themes of violence and hypocrisy in relation to Eugene’s language usage, religious attitude, and behaviour towards others, and comparing these aspects of his personality with the attitudes shown by colonialists in colonial Nigeria. READ MORE

4. 3. The Wish for Stability : From Alienation to Femininity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Purple Hibiscus

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Paulina Fischer; [2016]
   Keywords : submission; emotional dependency; father figure; gender; alienation; bell hooks; traditional gender roles; violence; male dominance; postcolonial; trauma;

   Abstract : This essay concerns Purple Hibiscus and Kambili's emotional development, and explores how violence, submission and emotional dependence along with a traditional feminine gender role can hinder acknowledgement of trauma. I propose that Kambili is encouraged to take on a culturally expected feminine gender role, and her submissive disposition is discussed and connected to her constant search for a father figure. READ MORE

5. 4. Behaviorism versus Intercultural Education in the Novel Purple Hibiscus : A Literature Study of Education in Purple Hibiscus from a Swedish EFL Perspective

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Seidi Tuomaala; [2013]
   Keywords : EFL; literature; intercultural education; imitation; behaviorism; learning; identity; personal development; communicative competence;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to analyze two different educational paradigms, which I refer to broadly as the behavioristic way of learning through imitation versus intercultural education, as these are depicted in the novel Purple Hibiscus by the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The analysis focuses on how the narrator Kambili´s learning, identity and personal development are differently affected by these two contrastive approaches to education. READ MORE

6. 5. Surveillance and Rebellion : A Foucauldian Reading of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

   University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

   Author : Charlotte Larsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Purple Hibiscus; Surveillance; Discipline; Punishment; Torture; Rebellion; Internalization;

   Abstract : In Purple Hibiscus, Adichie describes what happens in a family when one person, Papa Eugene, takes control and completely subjugates other family members to his wishes and demands. The author shows the dire consequences his actions have on his family but also how those actions ultimately lead to his own destruction. READ MORE