The breathtaking novel, "Purple Hibiscus" - Winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize was written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This novel tells the story of two children who live in an extremely religious Nigerian household, with their tyrannical, Catholic, fanatical mother and father. Life with their father is considered very difficult due to the way they are treated when things don't go the way he wants. His aunt Ifeoma invites them to visit her for a week - although they end up staying longer because their father is having political difficulties and this is where we see the negative impacts that his father's behavior has had on her. “Purple Hibiscus” comes to life before our eyes through the writer’s clever use of detailed observations that enhance her descriptions and the simplistic tone she uses when writing. Kambilli's relationship with his father is of an indescribable nature. Kambilli is presented as a child who is very respectful towards her father. We also see that she was also very afraid of her father. A clear depiction of this is when she was so afraid of what her father would say and do to her if she was not first in his report card. “I wanted to say that I came second so that he would know immediately, so that I would recognize my failure.” Kambilli also didn't know how to socialize and had no friends because she always had to rush home after school. "Kevin had a lot of other work for Dad to do and I wasn't allowed to keep him waiting. So I was always rushing out of my class... Once Kevin told Dad I was taking a few minutes moreover, dad slapped my left and right cheeks at the same time” (page 41) Kambilli also shows clear adoration and admiration towards his father. "But then, Dad was different...... middle of paper ...... She felt that they couldn't be normal people and this is shown when she goes to her aunt's house when she meeting Father Amadi who appears for the first time seemed almost sacrilegious to him, this childish man wearing an open-necked t-shirt and jeans so faded that I couldn't tell if they were black or dark blue - as father” because of the way he was dressed. the novel “Purple Hibiscus” Kambilli's relationship with his father - Eugene had a negative impact on his life as it did not allow him to relate to people his own age due to the limitations imposed by the Catholic religion of his father. This made her unable to love people who cared deeply about her like Father Amadi and her grandfather, Papa Nnkwu and it also prevented her from being able to stand up for herself and speak out for herself. The tone used for the character of Kambilli allows him to be charismatic to the readers..