Introduction to Essay #3

Nigerian author Chinua Achebe is known for writing pieces of literature that not only take the reader to a certain time in Nigerian history, but do it with an accurate historical account. In his short story Civil Peace, Achebe does just this. He uses the history of the time to give an account of how it would have been to live in Nigeria directly following the Nigerian War. Achebe also allows some of his personal experiences to be illustrated in his works. One of the themes from Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe is the struggle and hardships of life after war. This theme can be better understood through knowledge of the Nigerian War and through knowledge of the life of Achebe.