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Retributive Justice in the Character of Eugene Achike in Adichie's Purple Hibiscus
We shall attempt the exploration of the concept of retributivism in the dispositions of the chief character in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. In the course of our assessment, we shall prove that this character named Eugene Achike in the novel exhibits some despicable qualities which qualify him for the kind of moral judgement, whether in self-purgatory, or in his physical suffering which culminates in his eventual justificatory downfall at the end of the novel.
Textual Analysis of Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus as a novel is dressed with all the constitutive elements inherent in the novel genre, namely, plot, characterization, theme, and style, all of which are relevant in understanding its literary essence.
Purple Hibiscus: A Synopsis
Purple Hibiscus is the story of a 15-year-old Kambili. Kambili alongside her brother, Jaja, and her mother, Beatrice, is forced to live a life of another by her religiously fanatic father. Being a Catholic family, every member of the household must obey God through the callous and autocratic headship of Papa, the father and dictator of the house. The children: Kambili and Jaja, must abide by a time schedule every day, denied access to the television, visiting friends; a situation which has turned them into stereotypes. Even at school, the children are not themselves: they cannot express themselves; they can hardly do anything on their own without being watchdogged by the fear of their robotic father.
A Short Biography of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Born in Nsukka, Nigeria in 1977, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is among the first generation Nigerian female writers. Her debut novel titled Purple Hibiscus (2004) is a classic about which several criticisms have been written, both locally and internationally. Regarded as one of the best debut novels so far by a Nigerian writer after Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, the novel has been translated into several world languages including Hebrew, Dutch and Finish. (Anyokwu, 251.) Apart from Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda has also published other works of fiction, namely, Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and The Thing Around Your Neck (2009). She has won several literary awards including the 2004 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, the 2005 Commonwealth Writers’ Best First Book Prize and the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. Also, Adichie’s literary talent has equally been deposited in other literary outlets such as The Iowa Review and Granta. Again in 2013, Adichie came out with her blockbuster novel titled Americanah.
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