Midterm Essay Period: 1
In the story Civil Peace Jonathan was a survived of the war and considered himself very lucky. He looked at all the positive things never focused on the negatives him and his family suffered through a lot. One good example that show he sees everything in a positive way is when the war was over he lost one of his kids but did worry about that he focused on the family he had alive instead up being upset. Another good example he found his house destroyed but found another one down the block and calmed that it was his house. A final example is one day six guys tried to rob his house but didn't know that new people moved in.
First and foremost the war was over and he considered himself very lucky because he survived the war. He lost his son during the war but wasn’t worried about that he was only focused on his family that survived. He also said that he was lucky he found his bike that he buried during the war because it was a big part of his life “Not anywhere as close as …show more content…
They want to rob him because the house that he lives in they think he’s rich. The house that he lives in wasn’t even built for him any doesn’t even have the money to get it built now. The one night the same night that Jonathan couldn’t sleep the six guys came to rob his money. They were banging on the door and his family was scared hoping they would go away. They six guy kept on banging Jonathan told them that he was broke but the guys wouldn’t believe him. So Jonathan finally gave the guys the twenty pounds and they left Jonathan considered himself lucky again because he said god gave him that money to get rid of the