But it isn’t entirely either / or for her. However, over time she starts doubting her faith, especially after the death of her brother. Gifty is brought up as a Christian and does find some comfort in religion. I very much recognised that trait from myself. From an early age, Gifty ask questions and seeks answers.
One of the biggest themes in the novel is science vs. But I could see, how she had become the person she was. It was so frustrating, I wanted her to find a bit of happiness. That ruins the few meaningful relationships she builds over time. But having grown up in a home where hugs and explicit expressions of feelings were absent and where personal problems were not discussed, she has build a wall around herself, which other people cannot penetrate. On the surface, Gifty is extremely successful. And all the time, whilst doing experiments, she has her brother in mind: did he have a choice? But for the poor ones, who keep coming back for more despite of the punishment, she tries affecting their brains in order to change their behaviour. When a punishment is introduced, most mice give up their addiction. Gifty’s brother Nana excels in basketballĪt the present day, Gifty is a a fifth-year candidate in neuroscience at Stanford School of Medicine. Her choice of subject is reward-seeking behaviour, which involves experiments on addicted mice. How much she had to suffer and how much she had to cope with in such a young age. After he passes away due to a drug overdose, the mother falls into a deep depression.
Her mother even admits to Gifty, she didn’t want more children than Nana. Nana, Gifty’s older brother, has always been the star in the family. Homesick, humiliated, he stopped leaving the house.” They leaned him against the wall and patted him down, their hands drifting up one pant leg and down the other. Each time, they took him to a little room off the exit of the store. She saw him try to shrink to size, his long, proud back hunched as he walked with my mother through the Walmart, where he was accused of stealing three times in four months. For her father the strain becomes too much he leaves the family to go back to Ghana.īut walking around with my father, she’d seen how America changed around big black men. Gifty’s mother works night and day in low paid jobs and barely has time or energy for her children. Gifty, the second child in a Ghanaian immigrant family, grows up in Alabama, where poverty and racism are parts of everyday life. But it’s also a heart-wrenching story about a young girl trying to make sense of a senseless world. It is an introspective novel, exploring the thoughts and musings of the protagonist, Gifty. Transcendent Kingdom does both in abundance. When it comes to art and literature, my favourite pieces always appeal to the head as well as the heart.
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