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haveyoureadthisbook-poll · 2 months

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#purple hibiscus #Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls #i dont like the way that quote is worded

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belle-keys · 1 year

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Litfic by Women of Colour for starters: 10 Recommendations

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Yellowface by RF Kuang

A Burning by Megha Majumdar

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Violeta by Isabel Allende

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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americanacowgirl · 8 months

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The educated ones leave, the ones with the potential to right the wrongs. They leave the weak behind. The tyrants continue to reign because the weak cannot resist.

#Purple Hibiscus #Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie #Nigeria

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myartmuseumm · 10 months

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#nature art #nature #flowers #art #artists on tumblr #my art #blue aesthetic #purple #hibiscus #purple hibiscus #illustration

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meganspoetry · 1 year

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'Jaja’s defiance seemed to me now like Aunty Ifeoma’s experimental purple hibiscus: rare and fragrant with the undertones of freedom.'

Aunty Ifeoma's Garden, from the novel 'Purple Hibiscus'

Those modified purple petals were made in a human's image. What does that mean— at night, do they admire the stars?

The gloss of lipstick, a winning goal, an experimental purple flower— are these things what it means to be free? The birds and I were sculpted by the same hand, but they understand this question better than me.

There is love that warms but does not burn— what wonderful wisdom is this! But where do such embraces lead— in what direction should I turn? The path beneath my feet is patterned with purple, and I fear that there are no thorns.

I think I know— we can, perhaps, instinctively discern— what freedom is. But how do we draw the line between freedom and sin?

I wonder if the flowers wonder about this.

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#🏡#purple hibiscus #poetry #poem #spilled ink #spilled poetry #spilled words #spilled thoughts #spilled prose #life quotes #spilled ideas #spilled heart #spilled love #spilled everything #spilled tears #spilled truth #spilled feelings #spilled pages

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out-of-context-annotations · 1 year

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PAPA IS THE REFRIGERATOR -Purple Hibiscus, Spring 2021

#purple hibiscus #chimamanda ngozi adichie #refrigerator #english #literature #annotations #art of annotating #out of context

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idontnap · 2 years

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Purple Hibiscus

At first when I was reading I was revolted by the Kambili and Father Amadi relationship. I can understand the relationship quite well from Kambili's perspective, I don't think it is all that odd for a teenage girl to have a crush on an adult. BUT HIM! A man in his 20s liking a young impressionable girl made me so uncomfortable while reading. Especially because several people were like, "you two are cute together and I def see smth there."

But when I thought more about the relationship in context of the book I came to realize that the relationship they had was actually one of the most important parts of the narrative when it came to Kambili's growth.

This was the first time that she had loved a man other than her father, and (even if it was with a priest) this was such a good thing because it allowed her some distance from her father.

He let her question religion and find her own views on religion, far from her father's strict religious views.

Her crush definitely pushed her from more of a childish outlook on life to a more adult world view and more of an emotional freedom. Some of the strongest moments of emotion from Kambili came from being with or thinking about Father Amadi.

And he was there for her which was such a good thing for her to have in a relationship. It was good for Kambili to have someone outside of her family care about her like that.

Also one of my classmates who's Nigerian (while we were talking about how we didn't like the age gap) said that culturally things are very different and in the context of the book (other than the priest thing) it would have been an acceptable relationship.

So in conclusion, I do think that relationships between minors (especially emotionally abused minors) and adult priests bad, but the relationship thing between Kambili and Father Amadi good because of how it helped her to grow and develop as a character throughout the book.

#purple hibiscus #kambili #father amadi #do i think that a relationship between the two of them would've worked?#yes yes I do #when she's an adult ofc #also i think that he seriously considered leaving the priesthood for her

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goldrushreads · 2 months

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A book-ish round up, Part 1

Here's what I've been reading lately, part 1.

Persuasion, by Jane Austen. It's become a ritual for me to start the year by reading Jane Austen. This year it was Persuasion.

This Winter, by Alice Oseman. I'm obsessed with Heartstopper, so of course, I loved it.

Our Colors, by Gengoroh Tagame, t. by Anne Ishii (Translator) Apart from something that happens towards the end, I think this book is a love letter to young queer people everywhere, especially those who are now older.

Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie It's always interesting to me how we all (at a personal level and also at a country level in some ways) react to colonization differently!

Evil Eye, by Etaf Rum. Not to be too pedantic, but some of the resolutions seemed a bit too neat. Otherwise, this is a great book about a Palestinian American woman, that I think we (some of us more than others) should all read.

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rosereign · 11 months

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#purple hibiscus #flowers #nature #personal

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samantabrzozowska · 1 year

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“All of creation of God dreams of His paradise.”

~ Sam

#hibiscus flower #summertime #good vibes only #nature photography #hawaiian dreams #holidayvibes #purple hibiscus #spirituality of the eternal child of paradise

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ethicalpoet · 1 year

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I feel like it took me forever to get myself a book to sit back and enjoy!!! Finally found this amazing book Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 💖

#readingtime #bookaholic #booklover #lovereading #chimamanda ngozi adichie #purple hibiscus #bookhoarder #bookish

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goffjames · 2 years

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Spotlight Photography - Purple Hibiscus - A Photo by Paul Militaru @ photopaulm.com

Spotlight Photography – Purple Hibiscus – A Photo by Paul Militaru @ photopaulm.com

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