During the course of the novel, Beatrice suffers two miscarriages after severe beatings from Eugene.
Beatrice Achike, mother and wife in the Achike family, often called 'Mama', is a quiet, maternal figure for much of the novel, presenting a softer, more passive presence in the home in contrast to the often tyrannical presence of Eugene. While on the one hand Eugene is an important man in his society and donates considerable amounts of money to needy individuals and worthy causes, he is prone to outbreaks of violence within the family house, subjecting his wife Beatrice and the two children to severe physical punishment. For much of the novel he controls almost every aspect of his family's life, including imposing a schedule upon the lives of Kambili and her brother Jaja so that every minute of the day is mapped out for them. He is a wealthy and ostentatious businessman who is also a very strict Catholic who dominates his family for much of the novel by imposing a harsh religious regime in the family home. Eugene Achike is Kambili's father, whom she calls 'Papa'. Through this time, his personality has hardened but not been broken. He takes the blame for his mother's crime and spends almost three years in prison before obtaining an amnesty. For most of the novel, in the same way as the rest of his family, he is dominated by his father, although ultimately he displays more overt defiance than them, especially by not going to communion on Palm Sunday and causing a massive family scene as a consequence. Chukwuka Achike, nicknamed 'Jaja' by his family, is an intelligent young man about two years his sister's senior. She is a very quiet girl at the beginning of the novel, but after staying with her Aunty Ifeoma, she builds up her courage and opens up towards other people. 
She does not like the living environment under her father after she gets used to the freedom of Nsukka. Kambili is the younger of Eugene and Beatrice Achike's two children. Kambili is shy and inhibited until she spends an extended amount of time away from her family home at the house of Aunty Ifeoma and her family. Kambili Achike is the central character in Purple Hibiscus and also the narrator of the story.Their mother, Beatrice has deteriorated psychologically to a great degree. Kambili has become a young woman of eighteen, more confident than before, while her brother Jaja is about to be released from prison, hardened but not broken by his experience there. The novel ends almost three years after these events, on a cautiously optimistic note.
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