Scholarly
1. "Chinua Achebe"- Author of this short story, Achebe himself is a fellow Nigerian that lived through the Nigerian Civil War. In "Poetry as Therapy: Reflections on Achebe's "Christmas in Biafra" and Other Poems" author Emmanuel Obiechina wrote," It could be said also of Chinua Achebe that the "madness" of Nigerian history, especially the prelude to the civil war, the brutalities of the war itself, and the aftermath, "hurt" and drove him into writing poetry, but unlike Auden, Achebe ascribes distinct potency to poetry and sees his role of creative artist as that of a healer of the self, the people, and the wounded soul of society in the harsh, bad times" (529). Achebe put passion and heart into his stories so we the readers can …show more content…
"Happy Survival"- A greeting Jonathan embraces because of his joy to have survived the Nigerian Civil War. Jonathan has experienced awful, scary, and life-threatening things during the Nigerian Civil War. So he uses this phrase to uplift his spirits ad enjoy his life and being thankful to have lived during the war.
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3. "Biafran money"- The Biafran money was the currency of the Republic of Biafra between
1968 and 1970.
4. "Enugu"- Enugu is the capital of Enugu state in Nigeria. It's located in southeastern Nigeria; the population of Enugu is 722,664, Enugu is one of the most populated cities in Nigeria. It mostly contains the Igbo tribe.
5. "Palm wine"- An alcoholic beverage, that's very popular in Nigeria. It's made from the sap of different types of palm trees.
Definition
6."Nothing puzzles God"- Jonathan accepts that he cannot control his fate, and this leads him to focus on the future. Jonathan successfully manages the craziness of the war and its aftermath by accepting the good and bad events because of God. By staying faithful to God, Jonathan accepts his inability to change the past; this allows him to focus his time and energy on working for the future. Analytical …show more content…
War done finish and all the katakata wey de for inside. No Civil War again. This time na Civil Peace." - Despite Johnathon being positive in his "Civil Peace" Post -war, there was still robbing, and violence was happening, nothing different from the Civil War. Author Thomas J. Lynn wrote in "Catastrophe, Aftermath, Amnesia: Chinua Achebe's ‘Civil Peace," "The term(and story title) "Civil Peace," like the scene itself, ironically acknowledges the war that continues within a ravaged community once the external threat has passed.Insofar as the term "peace" in this context actually signifies violence, it reinforces the concept of a world turned on its head" (80). Jonathan was living in an unprotected society in the "Civil Peace" which was no different from the Civil
1. "Chinua Achebe"- Author of this short story, Achebe himself is a fellow Nigerian that lived through the Nigerian Civil War. In "Poetry as Therapy: Reflections on Achebe's "Christmas in Biafra" and Other Poems" author Emmanuel Obiechina wrote," It could be said also of Chinua Achebe that the "madness" of Nigerian history, especially the prelude to the civil war, the brutalities of the war itself, and the aftermath, "hurt" and drove him into writing poetry, but unlike Auden, Achebe ascribes distinct potency to poetry and sees his role of creative artist as that of a healer of the self, the people, and the wounded soul of society in the harsh, bad times" (529). Achebe put passion and heart into his stories so we the readers can …show more content…
"Happy Survival"- A greeting Jonathan embraces because of his joy to have survived the Nigerian Civil War. Jonathan has experienced awful, scary, and life-threatening things during the Nigerian Civil War. So he uses this phrase to uplift his spirits ad enjoy his life and being thankful to have lived during the war.
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3. "Biafran money"- The Biafran money was the currency of the Republic of Biafra between
1968 and 1970.
4. "Enugu"- Enugu is the capital of Enugu state in Nigeria. It's located in southeastern Nigeria; the population of Enugu is 722,664, Enugu is one of the most populated cities in Nigeria. It mostly contains the Igbo tribe.
5. "Palm wine"- An alcoholic beverage, that's very popular in Nigeria. It's made from the sap of different types of palm trees.
Definition
6."Nothing puzzles God"- Jonathan accepts that he cannot control his fate, and this leads him to focus on the future. Jonathan successfully manages the craziness of the war and its aftermath by accepting the good and bad events because of God. By staying faithful to God, Jonathan accepts his inability to change the past; this allows him to focus his time and energy on working for the future. Analytical …show more content…
War done finish and all the katakata wey de for inside. No Civil War again. This time na Civil Peace." - Despite Johnathon being positive in his "Civil Peace" Post -war, there was still robbing, and violence was happening, nothing different from the Civil War. Author Thomas J. Lynn wrote in "Catastrophe, Aftermath, Amnesia: Chinua Achebe's ‘Civil Peace," "The term(and story title) "Civil Peace," like the scene itself, ironically acknowledges the war that continues within a ravaged community once the external threat has passed.Insofar as the term "peace" in this context actually signifies violence, it reinforces the concept of a world turned on its head" (80). Jonathan was living in an unprotected society in the "Civil Peace" which was no different from the Civil