Girls at War: Analysis of Chinua Achebe's Political Nigerian Culture
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Running head: GIRLS AT WAR
Girls at war
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Girls at war
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author note
1GIRLS AT WAR
Component 1:
Chinua Achebe’s ‘Girls at war’ is a story of political Nigerian culture. The essay
consists of all the shades and angles of the same. The writer of the story, opines the fact that
it is not necessary to memorize something in order to know something. The writer believes in
fact that it is important to present the experience in good language and in good form with the
use of ornamental literature in order to present any incident that attract the readers towards
the incident. The writer is an African English-language writer. He uses the power of his
language to reveal the aspects of the political culture of Nigeria. He concentrates on both the
literary aspect as well as the aspect (Williams and Patrick).
Component 2:
Through the strong impact of the story of Achebe it can be analyzed that the story
describes the situation of war between the seceding state of Biafra and Nigeria. The theme as
well as the plot of the story is represented in the auxiliary sentence at the time of introducing
the central characters of the story. It has been observed that the characters meet for the first
time and nothing actually happened between them. The second time they met at the
checkpoint at Akwa (Gale). At their second meeting the girl who was named Gladys, stops
the car of Reginald Nwankwo in order to inspect it. The incident excited him and made him
more delightful. He found him in an absolute way that a girl must be in. The girl was dressed
up in a fluffy blue jersey, in khaki jeans and she wore a canvas shoe and she carried a new
style of hair plait. He started to respect the militia girls whom he had seen earlier. He was
carried by the look of Gladys and he thought her to be quite mature enough. He respected the
patriotic and the perceptive form of her. He thought she was invincible. The story takes the
readers to the third encounter between the two. The things went to a worst situation in the
third encounter (Lynn and Thomas).
Component 1:
Chinua Achebe’s ‘Girls at war’ is a story of political Nigerian culture. The essay
consists of all the shades and angles of the same. The writer of the story, opines the fact that
it is not necessary to memorize something in order to know something. The writer believes in
fact that it is important to present the experience in good language and in good form with the
use of ornamental literature in order to present any incident that attract the readers towards
the incident. The writer is an African English-language writer. He uses the power of his
language to reveal the aspects of the political culture of Nigeria. He concentrates on both the
literary aspect as well as the aspect (Williams and Patrick).
Component 2:
Through the strong impact of the story of Achebe it can be analyzed that the story
describes the situation of war between the seceding state of Biafra and Nigeria. The theme as
well as the plot of the story is represented in the auxiliary sentence at the time of introducing
the central characters of the story. It has been observed that the characters meet for the first
time and nothing actually happened between them. The second time they met at the
checkpoint at Akwa (Gale). At their second meeting the girl who was named Gladys, stops
the car of Reginald Nwankwo in order to inspect it. The incident excited him and made him
more delightful. He found him in an absolute way that a girl must be in. The girl was dressed
up in a fluffy blue jersey, in khaki jeans and she wore a canvas shoe and she carried a new
style of hair plait. He started to respect the militia girls whom he had seen earlier. He was
carried by the look of Gladys and he thought her to be quite mature enough. He respected the
patriotic and the perceptive form of her. He thought she was invincible. The story takes the
readers to the third encounter between the two. The things went to a worst situation in the
third encounter (Lynn and Thomas).
2GIRLS AT WAR
Component 3:
The story raises the important theme of war and the consequences related to the
political system. The headiness was long chased by death and starvation. Reginald was
coming back to Owerri in order toobtain food obtain food after his influence as an official.
The site that was seen during this time was unfortunate and it occurred under the vision of a
starving crowd who mocked and taunted him. This was a huge embarrassment for him as he
was a noble man and he had an ideal image in the society (Siddique and Rumana). He was at
an odd situation and he realized that at that time he could do nothing for the crowd. Soon in
the next moment, Gladys was found to walk in the crowd and some amount of change was
occurred in her. She was decked up in make-up, she wore a wig, she wore new clothes which
seemed to be the sign of bureaucrat and undoubtedly a corrupted one. She recalled that she
searched for him long ago, when he used to admire her. The situation is not the same now
(Gagiano and Annie).
Later when they went to a party, they found a white Red Cross man. The man narrated
the story where he lost his friend in an air crash. An African officer who was admired and
considered to a hero by many girls including Gladys, the strong protagonist of the story,
slapped him. Gladys appeared to be the female protagonist of the story and she appeared to
be the banal and an improvident child (Aguilera and Ana). Gladys goes to bed in her home
with Reginald. She used some course language and this surprised Reginald. After such
experience, he began to think that she was nothing but only a reflection of a rotten and
maggoty society. She needed some cleaning in the same way as a clumsy mirror is cleaned
when it is dirty. He later explores the fact that she was under some kind of terrible influence.
Finally, he decided to help her by giving her food and money. They went together to her
house. He was inquisitive to see her friends and the persons attached to her and the ones she
mixes with in order to get to the base of her life. He wanted to go to know the bottom of her
Component 3:
The story raises the important theme of war and the consequences related to the
political system. The headiness was long chased by death and starvation. Reginald was
coming back to Owerri in order toobtain food obtain food after his influence as an official.
The site that was seen during this time was unfortunate and it occurred under the vision of a
starving crowd who mocked and taunted him. This was a huge embarrassment for him as he
was a noble man and he had an ideal image in the society (Siddique and Rumana). He was at
an odd situation and he realized that at that time he could do nothing for the crowd. Soon in
the next moment, Gladys was found to walk in the crowd and some amount of change was
occurred in her. She was decked up in make-up, she wore a wig, she wore new clothes which
seemed to be the sign of bureaucrat and undoubtedly a corrupted one. She recalled that she
searched for him long ago, when he used to admire her. The situation is not the same now
(Gagiano and Annie).
Later when they went to a party, they found a white Red Cross man. The man narrated
the story where he lost his friend in an air crash. An African officer who was admired and
considered to a hero by many girls including Gladys, the strong protagonist of the story,
slapped him. Gladys appeared to be the female protagonist of the story and she appeared to
be the banal and an improvident child (Aguilera and Ana). Gladys goes to bed in her home
with Reginald. She used some course language and this surprised Reginald. After such
experience, he began to think that she was nothing but only a reflection of a rotten and
maggoty society. She needed some cleaning in the same way as a clumsy mirror is cleaned
when it is dirty. He later explores the fact that she was under some kind of terrible influence.
Finally, he decided to help her by giving her food and money. They went together to her
house. He was inquisitive to see her friends and the persons attached to her and the ones she
mixes with in order to get to the base of her life. He wanted to go to know the bottom of her
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