kids, we are told to not “judge a book by its cover”. However, some say you can judge by their physical appearance. But on the other hand, people say,” you have to see what's inside, rather than the outside.” In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel, Purple Hibiscus, he illustrates a character through laughter by showing, not telling. This character is recognized as Aunty Ifeoma. Aunty Ifeoma is Papa’s sister, and Kambili’s aunty. Through laughter, Adichie reveals Aunty Ifeoma's personality by showing that
I am going to write an essay on the novel Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and discuss the events that take places as well as the depiction of violence in the novel and the various entanglements which are suggested between the private world of the family and the public world of the church and state. The novel is based on post colony in Nigeria and it looks at how the characters’ lives are affected by the current situations and how they manage to uphold their positions in society as well