Jaja

is ____ years old is ____ years old

is ____ years old is __17__ years old

Jaja

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother

is _17___ years old is Kambili’s _older____ brother

is ____ years old

Jaja

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be educated

Jaja

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________ grows up physically and ________ through

association with his cousins at Nsukka

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________ grows up physically and ________ through

association with his cousins at Nsukka

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________ grows up physically and ________ through

association with his cousins at Nsukka

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________ grows up physically and _emotionally /

psychologically _______ through association with his cousins at Nsukka

Jaja

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________ grows up physically and ________ through

association with his cousins at Nsukka eventually finds courage to defy Papa on

P______ S________

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________ grows up physically and ________ through

association with his cousins at Nsukka eventually finds courage to defy Papa on

P______ S________

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________ grows up physically and ________ through

association with his cousins at Nsukka eventually finds courage to defy Papa on

P______ S________

is ____ years old is Kambili’s _____ brother is treated by Papa, as Kambili is, as a child

to be ________ grows up physically and ________ through

association with his cousins at Nsukka eventually finds courage to defy Papa on

Palm______ Sunday________

Jaja

tries, but usually _____, to protect his sister and mother at all times

Jaja

tries, but usually _fails____, to protect his sister and mother at all times

routinely deflects blame for things _Kambili____ and __Beatrice__ have done towards himself

Jaja

tries, but usually _____, to protect his sister and mother at all times

routinely deflects blame for things _____ and ____ have done towards himself

goes to __prison__ for a _crime____ he did not commit

Adichie presents Jaja

as a young _man____ gradually learning to think for himself

Adichie presents Jajaa

as a young _____ gradually learning to think for himself

as a child_____ to Papa

Adichie presents Jaja

as a young _____ gradually learning to think for himself

as a c_____ to Papa as a figure who often shares Kambili’s

experience_________ and memories________

Adichie presents Jajaa

as a young _____ gradually learning to think for himself

as a c_____ to Papa as a figure who often shares Kambili’s

ex_________ and me________ as Kambili’s only ‘friend______’ until she

gets to know her cousine_______ better

Adichie presents Jajaa Jaja is a 1_____ young man who knows that he

ought, somehow, to be supporting his mother and sister but is not, at 17, strong enough to withstand his 2_____, 3_______ father — until the Palm Sunday incident when he refuses to take communion. After that, he 4_____ tells his father that he and Kambili will return to Nsukka for Easter, making their own way there if Papa will not allow 5_____ to drive them (p. 261).

troubled, assertively, narrow-thinking, Kevin, dictatorial

Adichie presents Jajaa Like father like son?

Adichie presents Jajaa Jaja is a 1_____ young man who knows that he

ought, somehow, to be supporting his mother and sister but is not, at 17, strong enough to withstand his 2_____, 3_______ father — until the Palm Sunday incident when he refuses to take communion. After that, he 4_____ tells his father that he and Kambili will return to Nsukka for Easter, making their own way there if Papa will not allow 5_____ to drive them (p. 261).

troubled, assertively, narrow-thinking, Kevin, dictatorial

Naturally, Ifeoma's, assert, miscarriages, deal

Adichie shows us that Jaja has learned a great ____ through watching family life in Ifeoma’s house where the children are encouraged to think for themselves, laugh and grow up ____. While there he has, presumably, made a quiet decision that when he gets home he will (must?) ____ himself against Papa — who has, by this stage in the novel, caused his wife several ____, deliberately mutilated one of Jaja’s fingers, scalded his children’s feet and nearly killed Kambili. It is in ____ house that Kambili notices signs of Jaja’s physically becoming a man too (p. 154).

Jaja –

Eventually we see _____ punishing himself for his _____ to stop the _____ and doing what he believes he must do by confessing to the crime of _____ Papa and going to prison, to save his _____.

Abuse, poisoning, mother, Jaja, failure

Jaja –

Jaja’s first attempt at ______ fails. When he and Kambili return from the first visit to Nsukka, Jaja tells his father that he would like to keep his own bedroom ____, but this leads to the foot _____ because ‘being with a ______ has…taught them evil’ (p. 192)

tool to open door

Word referring to a non-believer

Burning with water

Expressing your opinions in a strong fashion

Jaja –

Eventually we see Jaja punishing himself for his ______ to stop the abuse and doing what he believes he must do by _____ to the crime of _____ Papa and going to prison, to save his mother.

To reveal a secret or admit to something The opposite of medicine Opposite of success

Jaja –

The wafer gives me bad breath.’ (p. 6)

Jaja –

The wafer gives me bad breath.’ (p. 6) ‘I have nothing to say.’ (p. 13)

Jaja –

The wafer gives me bad breath.’ (p. 6) ‘I have nothing to say.’ (p. 13) ‘Papa-Nnukwu, we just ate before we

came here […]. If we’re thirsty, we will drink in your house.’ (p. 66)

Jaja –

The wafer gives me bad breath.’ (p. 6) ‘I have nothing to say.’ (p. 13) ‘Papa-Nnukwu, we just ate before we

came here […]. If we’re thirsty, we will drink in your house.’ (p. 66)

‘I wasted time. It was my fault.’ (p. 69)

Jaja –

The wafer gives me bad breath.’ (p. 6) ‘I have nothing to say.’ (p. 13) ‘Papa-Nnukwu, we just ate before we

came here […]. If we’re thirsty, we will drink in your house.’ (p. 66)

‘I wasted time. It was my fault.’ (p. 69) I told her to eat corn flakes before she

took Panadol, Papa. I made it for her.’ (p. 102)

Jaja –

‘The key to my room. I would like to have it. Makana, because I would like some privacy.’ (p. 191)

•

Jaja –

‘The key to my room. I would like to have it. Makana, because I would like some privacy.’ (p. 191)

• ‘If Aunty Ifeoma leaves, then I want to leave with them, too.’ (p. 235)

Jaja –

‘The key to my room. I would like to have it. Makana, because I would like some privacy.’ (p. 191)

• ‘If Aunty Ifeoma leaves, then I want to leave with them, too.’ (p. 235)

• ‘I should have taken care of Mama. Look how Obiora balances Aunty Ifeoma’s family on his head, and I am older than he is. I should have taken care of Mama.’ (p. 289)