CLASS 10
THE NECKLACE
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the United Nations
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Jonathan’s friends
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the government
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soldiers
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Achebe’s “Civil Peace", Jonathan Iwegbu’s family carries on as if nothing happened the morning after the robbery-he prepares his bicycle, his wife cooks, and his son rinses out bottles for their bar.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jonathan says that although he does not have £100 he does have twenty pounds from his egg-rasher. He swears that this is all the money he has, and the thief agrees to accept the money.
Detailed explanation-3: -How does the difference between the thieves’ method of survival and Jonathan Iwegbu’s method of survival illustrate a major theme of “Civil Peace"? The thieves survive by stealing, but Jonathan survives by letting money go and accepting his fate. Near the end of “Civil Peace, ” Jonathan Iwegbu makes this statement.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jonathan is an intensely optimistic man and is grateful for the little things in his life, such as himself, his wife, and three of their four children making it through the war with their lives, his home intact, and a bicycle that allows him to make a living.