Reading Response to Purple Hibiscus
ideas, analysis, and response
So far, I am enjoying the book. A few aspects of the book that I like is the way the book in written and ideas that each "chapter" illustrates. The book is written out of order which is very cool because when you start to read, you are reading on Palm Sunday and the following chapters are Before Palm Sunday and After Palm Sunday, and I think the Present. Once you finish the book, you can then make connections to events that happened in the section Palm Sunday. You can look at the causes and effects, and you can look at the reasons behind the things that the people did. This makes the novel special because most books are in chronological order.
There are no "chapters" in this novel. Although, each "chapter" has its own ideas and thoughts. Each "chapter" has a lot of detail and lots of quotes or actions that I am not sure about. If I am not sure what happened or why it did, I always try to go back an re-read the section or ask a friend about it. This book has also taught me and has improved the usage of the surrounding context to figure out what words mean, especially the words that aren't in English. I like how the author uses Igbo nicknames or phrases in the conversations between characters every so often. It's a reminder that the character still maintains their culture even though Papa is trying to make the kids and the mother speaks only English and the fact that they maintain their culture despite there being so many political coups.
So far, I am enjoying the book. A few aspects of the book that I like is the way the book in written and ideas that each "chapter" illustrates. The book is written out of order which is very cool because when you start to read, you are reading on Palm Sunday and the following chapters are Before Palm Sunday and After Palm Sunday, and I think the Present. Once you finish the book, you can then make connections to events that happened in the section Palm Sunday. You can look at the causes and effects, and you can look at the reasons behind the things that the people did. This makes the novel special because most books are in chronological order.
There are no "chapters" in this novel. Although, each "chapter" has its own ideas and thoughts. Each "chapter" has a lot of detail and lots of quotes or actions that I am not sure about. If I am not sure what happened or why it did, I always try to go back an re-read the section or ask a friend about it. This book has also taught me and has improved the usage of the surrounding context to figure out what words mean, especially the words that aren't in English. I like how the author uses Igbo nicknames or phrases in the conversations between characters every so often. It's a reminder that the character still maintains their culture even though Papa is trying to make the kids and the mother speaks only English and the fact that they maintain their culture despite there being so many political coups.
I also have figured out that sometimes to be able to understand what is happening or what a word means you have to use the context. The use of Igbo words helps to remind us of the culture even if the kids aren't always allowed to say them.
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