Part 1 ("Breaking Gods: Palm Sunday") of Purple Hibiscus introduces us to the fraught family dynamics that the narrator is a part of: she describes this scene at home on Palm Sunday as the moment when "everything" has come "tumbling down" in her family, when "things started to fall apart." As we start to unpack this densely layered opening scene, take a few minutes to record your initial impressions of Kambili (who has not yet shared her name with us) as both a character and a narrator in this opening section. How would you describe her narrative voice? How does this voice seem to reflect her character, her role within this family?
Take 5 minutes in your Notebook to record your initial observations and impressions of Kambili as a character and as the narrator of this story.
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