Reading Response

      In Purple Hibiscus, the father has been abusing the rest of the family for a long time. We can see a progression in the harshness of this abuse as the book reaches its end. It starts with the mother having a black eye, and the kids were beaten with sticks. Now the abuse escalated to the mother having a miscarriage from the fighting, and Kambili being in the hospital from being mercilessly kicked by Papa.
      My point with recognizing this growth in abuse is that it will get even worse if nothing happens to stop it. The kids get a break from Papa's violence when they go to Aunty Ifeoma's flat, but that just leaves the mother there by herself. I'm afraid that Papa could kill somebody if he doesn't get what he deserves first. This thinking makes me want to read more to figure out how this situation gets resolved.

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