Intertextuality

Question 1

Intertextuality

Answer 1

• Echoes Chinua Achebe’s ‘Things Fall Apart’ (e.g. first line of PH: ‘things started to fall apart’)
• The similarities between the character of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart and Papa in Purple Hibiscus, such as their hypermasculinity, excessive control, and desire to defy their fathers, forebode Papa’s ultimate tragic downfall and death, as this is also Okonkwo’s fate.
• Adichie pays homage to this novel and author that inspired her