The New Rains of Hope in Purple Hibiscus
Words: 1233 Pages: 4 5304The New Rains of Hope: Analyzing Family, Politics, and Religion in Purple Hibiscus In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus (2004), Adichie depicts the hypocritical nature of religious zealotry. It is in this depiction that she aligns religious zealots with oppressive despots in post-colonial Nigeria. And it is through family relationships, particularly parent-child relationships, that Adichie shows how the traditional Igbo religion clashes, usually tragically and violently, with the imported religion of colonizers: Christianity. However, even with the violence depicted […]