



During the argument the father throws a religious book which breaks a shelf and glass fiqurines of the mother. Kambili and her mother do not want the family fighting and try to maintain peace between Jaja and the father. In one day, he has set a different course for himself that will ripple over to the rest of the family. Jaja refuses to obey the religious rules and family rules of the household. Jaja is seventeen and just beginning to know who he is and who he wants to become. The reader is introduced to Kambili's family on a day that everything changed her brother, Jaja, is rebelling against his father's totalitarian rule of the household. Speaking with our Spirits - Before Psalm SundayĪdichie begins Kambili's story with the day "things begin to fall apart" in their orderly structured lives. Adichie's novel is divided into four sections titled:
