The setting of Civil Peace by Chinua
Achebe is different that that of "The Lesson" by Toni
Bamabara.
In Civil Peace, the story
takes place in Nigeria. A civil war has just ended. People are trying to rebuild what
they have lost due to the war, and homes are bombed out, some partially standing, while
a few remain intact.
In "The Lesson," by Toni Cade Bambara,
the story takes place in the United States. Children have been brought into an
unfamiliar part of the city by Miss Moore to see the inside of a large store. No war has
taken place, but a battle is raging in the homes of families which are fragmented by
poverty instead of bombs as they fight to survive with the little they
have.
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