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“Civil Peace” is a short story written by Chinua Achebe.
Main Summary
This story is about a Nigerian family who lived in Enugu a place in Eastern Nigeria. This family has faced and experienced the devastating Nigerian civil war. The protagonist Jonathan Iwegbu was able to keep his bicycle which he turned into a taxi to make money. In two weeks he makes 150 pounds. Jonathan then travels to Enugu to search for his home, and to his surprise, it’s still standing when other structures around it are demolished. The house needs some repairs, so he gathered all the materials and hired a carpenter to make it look like a home again. He then moves to his house with his family back in. The entire family works hard to earn money and rebuild their lives. The children pick the mango and sell them to the soldier’s wife while Maria makes Akara balls to sell to their neighbors. After finding that his job as a miner is not a possibility, he decides to run a bar for soldiers out of his house.
Jonathan gets an egg rasher for turning in rebel currency to the treasury and gave him 20 pounds. The next night, a large group of robbers shows up at his house demanding 1000 pounds. Jonathan and his family were in terror. They called out for help from the police and the neighbour but no one comes there to help. At last, Jonathan informed them that he did not have 100 and swore about having the total amount of 20 pounds in his house. The thieves agreed to accept the same money.
The next morning the neighbours came over to show sympathy but Jonathan and his family weren’t at home. they were at their days work. Life goes as usual for Jonathan because Nothing Puzzles God meaning that robbery has a great meaning in God’s eyes.
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