Main Characters In Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus is a novel written by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In 2003, Purple Hibiscus was published to soon be short listed the Orange Prize and later be awarded the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book.

Fifteen-year-old Kambili Achike lives in Enugu, a city of Nigeria with her older brother Chukwuku (Jaja), mother Beatrice (Mama) and father Eugene (Papa).

The novel begins on Palm Sunday: "Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papa flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on the étagére."

Behind the high walls of her family compound, lives Kambili and her family in a big luxury house. Kambili 's father Papa, is a rich and

The narrator of the novel and also the central main character in Purple Hibiscus is Kambili. At first, Kambili is very shy and quiet. She do not speak that much, although she describes many times that she wants to say so much, but it is like the words is stucked in her throat. Kambili changes much during the time, especially when she leave Enugu to visist Aunty Ifeoma in Nsukka and her three cousins. Her cousin Amaka, who is the opposite to Kambili, originally does not like her because she believing her to be a snob. By the time they get to know each other better and they become close friends. Father Amadi is one person in the novel that changes Kambili too. He is a young priest that Aunty Ifeoma and her children knows who Kambili will fall

Aunty Ifeoma is Eugene 's also Catholic sister. She works as a lecturer at the University of Nigeria. She is intelligent, kind and loving woman. She is a widow and takes care of her three children by her own.

Her three children Amaka, Oboria and Chima is seen in the novel but are not that memorable.

I think Purple Hibiscus is a well-written book. Sometimes I found it a little bit hard to understand, but I think Chimamanda is a great author. She describes the surrondings in details. When you read the novel, you understand that she is born and raised in Nigeria because of the good explanations she has.

I thought the first 100 pages was a little bit boring. It was like I waited for something to happend so it would catch my attention. But later in the novel, when a little bit happened and she described more specific the different kinds of abuses I liked it.

I like that everything in the novel is realistic, and the fact that Chimamanda is is born and raised in the country and the cities she describes.

This is not a book I would choose by myself but I definitely think it is worth to