I believe that the aim of Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was to reveal the dilemmas of mass social and interpersonal relationships. The author shows the growth and movement of the characters and plot through the significant amount of drama, tension, conflict, and other forms of resolution. For Kambili, the novel shows the reader her journey to adulthood and, in turn, how she finds herself and her voice. The author also shows a great deal of oppression, from within Kambili's family to the outside world around her. By showing the reader the struggles her family and her family have faced starting with her father/husband, the author also shows the collisions between cultures: from rich to poor, different forms of spirituality and religions, and even education. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in my opinion, did very well in making all this happen and also in understanding it. In the initial stages of my creative pieces I had struggled to possess and maintain a strong, meaningful purpose. In Shattering Temptations, this was even more painfully true. However, I was able to fix it after purchasing the piece in class. Eventually, though, I was able to find its purpose; to show the struggles that existed in the mind of someone who was unstable and mentally abusive towards himself to the point of suicide and other acts of physical self-harm. I feel like I've demonstrated that in very effective ways. Adichie has the power to use all the techniques such as tone, word selection, and sentence structure to establish style and even grow it in readers. For me, the style used was one of the things that influenced me. I am now more aware of these things and actively look for them in my writing. These elements that Adichie uses also contribute...... to the center of the card...... effectively in my stories. I feel like I could do better at using the tool to make my stories much better and to get even deeper. I found the events that took place inspiring. It's not that I couldn't understand, but that the content was difficult to digest. Before reading this novel, I had never thought about this type of oppression in any context other than what I was given in the news. Of course I knew about this type of abuse from simple history books and the news, but it had no “life”. This book brought “life” to a violent and oppressive situation. It became very personal to me as a reader as I read it. This book has had a strong impact on me and I revisit and rethink parts of our world's history and try to imagine the unimaginable. Works Cited Adichie, C. N. (2003). Purple hibiscus. New York: Worker's Publishing.