https://padlet.com/zarapetit/bjfror6xqbn4 The use of language and how it is employed to show power, gender ideology and social relations in Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie en-us 2018-02-26 05:40:58 UTC 2025-10-02 15:41:31 UTC hello@padlet.com zarapetit https://padlet.com/zarapetit/bjfror6xqbn4/wish/235220894 Brings an overpowering silence - capable of suffocating Kambili 
Use of words such as 'flung' and 'hit' in contrast to the actions of the women 'stared', 'knelt' and 'pick' by the author. 
Papa is obsessively free to do anything he wishes
hierarchical - God, Man (Papa), Woman (Mama), Jaja then Kambili
Papa has made himself a godlike figure in his household
Brings in concepts like colonisation of African women - freedom never came for African women

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"roads eaten away by erosion" 
"ten naira note flung it out the window... the policeman gave a mock salute and smiled and waved us through"

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