Beyond the Odds of the Red Hibiscus by https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram A critical reading of Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus en-us 2018-02-26 05:41:53 UTC 2023-04-19 05:16:28 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ring.png Politics Meets Personal nikitasingh https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/235220473 - Portrayal of political issues in Nigeria due to the missionary education 

- The way Nigeria was governed was also the way Papa had 'governed' his household, 

- politics as reflection of personal life

]]> 2018-02-26 05:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/235220473 Colonisation in the Africa Women nikitasingh https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/235221509 - The mocking of women and sleeping with Father Amadi shows how women are judged for their actions 

- Shows how woman are sexually oppressed and not given equal rights as men ]]> 2018-02-26 05:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/235221509 Militarism isabellaisenberg https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/235221771 - Reflection of the violence caused by government

- Oppression by violence

-Refers back to violence in Kambilis household caused by Papa

- Papa being described as a "colonial product"

- Tyrannical trauma of the military and anarchical leaderships. This aspect is x-rayed beyond the micro setting (families) to the macro society (countries) as the inhabitants, represented by the naïve Kambili, perceive unruly torture in their experience of governance.

- The narrative of the dumb character  exposes several military oddities with the eyes of an innocent observer

- "a different kind of freedom from the one crowd the crowds waving green leaves chanted... A freedom to be, to do."

- This reveals the expected thoughts of the people about the way forward in their political trauma. ]]> 2018-02-26 05:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/235221771 Missionary Education - Role of British Missionaries in the Rejection of the Igbo Culture and Tradition nikitasingh https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/235221824 - Adichie shows Kambili's maturing throughout the book, expression of innocence and how this has developed due to the influence of missionary education and her fathers presence 

- Adichie follows the mental growth of her characters and their rejection of colonial discourse 

]]> 2018-02-26 05:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/235221824 Missionary Education: -> imprisoning Kambili, when it should be educational isabellaisenberg https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/236792716 - Papa's whole project is to condition his kids in a specific manner which can be compared with the nurturing of the hibiscus

- Both kids find a different colour, red, instead of the normal purple colour]]> 2018-03-01 07:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nikitasingh/77gw7uf27ram/wish/236792716