Petals of Blood Summary

"Petals of Blood " is a novel of Kenyan literature that bears the hallmarks of Kenya and its people, the history of its long struggle and also its post-independence struggle that was harder and harder than it was before.

In this novel, the Kenyan writer Nafuji Wathiongo adopts the conflict created by the post-independence political reality and the ensuing conflicts between the forces of the revolution and the people on the one hand and the beneficiary and climbing forces on the other. The author discussed the status of Kenya after independence through the characters of the novel. He tried to present the models of his heroes (Munira-Aiga-Karyga) and other secondary figures by linking them to the movement of daily history, with class affiliations, . (Munira) is the principal of the school belonging to the class belongs to tribal habits and behaviors, living double behavior and ideas and this behavior prompted him to move away from what is linked to the movement of the community daily, so the narrator reflected the life of a social segment is still swaying within the vision of the past and present. Anja, a young girl who lost her weight in the new situation, was still tied to her past, which was turned down and became marginal. She lived in protest against a situation where her past was denied and her way of life was denied.

The charisma of the trade union gave the narrator an important role and a lot of space in copying and moving the novel. Because of this public activity has become a center of polarization of workers and movement and took political dimensions in this country, so did not receive this personality also a welcome and a place worthy of them. The new regime has marginalized it and confiscated its freedom and placed it in prison. It can be said that the novel "Blood Twigs" is a realistic, objective experiment in a geographic region that represents a number of under developments in the world and a process of maturity for a stage that paved the way for the national advancement of that country. The novel is an explanation of the temporary failure of work figures that would have been more effective and influential in the movement, events and path of society. However, Kenya's complex circumstances, and the circumstances of the characters, have prevented it from considerations that have been subjected to a greater force.