Imperialism in the Caribbean region has produced institutions and movements that have profoundly affected and continue to affect the Caribbean region. Interpersonal conflicts related to a character's gender, sex, and sexuality represent colonization and its ongoing effects in the Caribbean region. Throughout the semester, we read many novels that focused on the subjectivity of Caribbean women and how they were erased by race, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. Elizabeth Nunez's novel, Bruised Hibiscus, is a Caribbean novel filled with the complexities of colonization and patterns of power in the lives of men and women. Colonization is definitely represented as part of the problem in this novel; however, Nunez's readers realize the domination of men over women in European colonialism as well as the differences between passion and power, black and white, and man and woman. Bruised Hibiscus is a dark exploration of power and sexuality following the discovery of a murdered woman's body which brings awareness to both women. The empowerment created by interpersonal conflict often results in a life based on power manifested through gender, sex, and sexuality. Throughout the novel, Nunez's readers learn two stories between two women, Rosa and Zuela, and the men who abuse them, as well as other events on the island of Trinidad. During Rosa and Zuela's childhood, they witnessed an act; sexual assault on a young girl. After a long separation, Rosa and Zuela meet again through another act in which a woman was murdered. Nunez used Trinidad and all the villagers to show the damage of European colonialism in the way the villagers reacted to Rosa and Zuela's stories. ...... middle of article ...... and sexuality being a lifelong learning process for each of these couples, it was an interpersonal conflict dominated solely by men. The geopolitical history and ongoing effects exposed in this novel document in the Caribbean region are challenged daily. The interpersonal conflicts created by gender, sex, and sexuality manifest visibly in both relationships. The emotional, spiritual and physical effects of these conflicts are enormous. Although the main determining factor is sexuality, race and gender are also contributing factors. Empowerment is the continued creation of control and display that causes grief to everyone involved, even the abuser. Power and privilege, two very influential and abusive words, leading to interpersonal conflicts creating lifelong emotional and physical damage.