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Purple Hibiscus before this section had been a book that looked into an abusive family life with that being the only action and little to no character development. In this last section, that has changed as we see a ton of character development, especially in the case of Kambili. We have never seen any rebellion out of Kambili towards her father until this section and it was huge for her character development. She also starts to talk more to Amaka and her cousins along with Ifeoma. Her character development in rebellion even pushed development of Papa.

Papa had always said that he did what he did out of love or that he was burning his love into them. He believed that what he was doing was not wrong but it was even better for them. This time was the first time where he seems to believe that what he did was wrong. He thinks Nsukka air would be better for her for a little while because he realizes that what he did wasn't better for her but it really hurt her badly. Papa has developed as a person and as a character.

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