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Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to offer a study on Adichie’s novel, “Purple Hibiscus” through the approach of Homi K. Bhabha’s proposition of third space.
Methodology: The study is based on both primary and secondary data. Of course, the study is typically based on secondary data such as published literature, books and journals etc.
Main Findings: The characters in “Purple Hibiscus” discover themselves in a critical situation due to their colonial background. These characters either through mimicry or for other reasons come in terms with other culture, more particularly with the colonizer’s culture. This leads them to assimilate with the foreign culture and thereby they find themselves in a new cultural plane. This according to Bhabha is the third space.