Determine two major themes reflected in Purple Hibiscus and write an essay that analyzes how these themes develop over the course of the text, including how the themes interact and build on one another to produce a complex story. Consider how the setting, character development and plot elements contributed to the themes. You must use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Your essay MUST be at least three pages or 750 words, double-spaced.
Your paper of analysis should:
Incorporate academic vocabulary
Use a variety of sentence structures-simple, compound, complex, compound-complex in your story
INCLUDE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE
Here are some emerging themes discussed earlier in the novel study. Remember that these are emerging themes so to create the theme you must determine what the novel says about that emerging theme to create your thematic development. You may select two from this list or determine your own two emerging themes to develop:
Duality and Perception
Religion (Catholicism vs. Traditionalism)
Family
Freedom and Finding Your Voice
Wealth and Poverty
Love (How to show it/How to feel it)
Trauma
Domestic Violence
Politics, Colonialism, and Oppression
