CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Q. What is the “current fashion of greeting old friends” in “Civil Peace"? Happy day!

Detailed explanation-2: -What does the phrase “Happy survival” mean? “Happy survival!” is a way that the people would congratulate others on surviving the war. What is the meaning of the title, “Civil Peace"? The story takes place just after a civil war so it’s about the peace after it.

Detailed explanation-3: -What do survivors say as a greeting when they meet other survivors for the first time after the war is over? “Happy Survival!” 5.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe we have the theme of gratitude, optimism, struggle, survival, resilience and acceptance.

Detailed explanation-5: -“Civil Peace” takes place in southern Nigeria, shortly after the end of the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970), in which the state of Biafra failed in its attempt to secede and which has devastated the country. A man named Jonathan Iwegbu has survived the war along with his wife, Maria and three of his four children.