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Jonathan Iwegbu Quotes

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“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” This quote means that even when life gives someone something bad or sour that someone should still make something good and sweet with it. “Civil Peace,” a short story by Chinua Achebe, fits this quote perfectly because in every case when something bad happens, Jonathan Iwegbu (the main character), makes the situations better the appreciating what is good about it. Jonathan Iwegbu is an affable, considerate, and thankful man. Jonathan is a gentle man. He often avoids most conflict. On the other hand, this appears when the thieves come to his home at night, and rather than trying to fight the, he gives them hsi “egg-rasher” to save his family. Similarly, when he says, “I count it as nothing,” shows

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