Purple Hibiscus Themes Flashcards
Speach vs Silence
Jaja and Mama and I spoke more with our spirits than with our lips
Nsukka & Aunty Ifeoma being a turning point
Nsukka started it all… Nsukka began to lift the silence. Jaja’s defiance seemed to me now like Aunty Ifeoma’s experimental
Watching them (Amaka and Papa Nnukwu) , I felt a longing for something I knew I would never have.
The tyrants continue to reign because the weak cannot resist. Do you not see that it is a cycle? Who will break that cycle?
Papa Eugene Public figure
Papa changed his accent when he spoke, sounding British, just as he did when he spoke to Father Benedict
The Standard is the only paper that dares to tell the truth these days
Violence
He poured the hot water on my feet, slowly, as if he were conducting an experiment
That is what you do to yourself when you walk into sin. You burn your feet,” he said.
