THE PLOT: Purple Hibiscus is the story of a family torn asunder by religion. Not the ordinary religion, but absolute FANATICISM. The wealthy father, Bro Eugene, forbade his two children Jaja and Kambali from visiting their grandfather. He claimed that his father was a heathen.
Not only did he disown his father, he became violent, beating both his children and his wife. We see this in page 144:
"When he(Jaja) was ten, he had missed two questions on his catechism test
and was not named the best in his first holy communion class. Papa took
him upstairs and locked the door. Jaja, in tears came out supporting his
left hand with his right and papa drove him to St. Agnes hospital".
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