Achebes Writing

     The story that i liked the most was the story "Girls at War". This text was very interesting to me. It made me think a lot about the situations that were going on in the story. They were at war in the story. Girls at War made me really think about what would i do in that situation. Like the character Gladys,; she was doing whatever it took for her to survive. Some people think doing things like prostitution is insane and they would never do something like that. Gladys probably thought the same thing, but she had to do what ever it took. I liked Gladys in the story. She seemed like a really good person at heart, she just made some bad choices. Like we discussed in class, she had to do something bad to make a good. At the end of the story it was very surprising because, she stopped for a soldier who was wounded. That shows that she is a good person at heart. Then when the plane flew over to bomb the area, she went back for the soldier in the car to try to save him. Overall the events that took place in this story were very interesting. I liked this story the most because it was all about survival.
     The "Mad Man" Was my second favorite story. I actually found this story really funny. Achebe compared a "mad man" in two different ways. He told a story about an actual crazy man who will walk down the road and talk to it like it is actually his friend. If you see someone talking to the road then you automatically think that the arey really crazy. The actual "mad man" would sleep at the market and believe it was his home. The second "mad man" he told us about is just an angry man. He is a guy that is fed up with his wives fighting with eachother, and just how his life is going. His pants get stolen while he is bathing in the river. So he chases the actual crazy guy through the mall completely nude. People look at him as the "mad man".
     I thought it was interesting how he compared the "mad man" in two different ways. Achebe made it seem like the guy that would talk to the road was very happy with his life, and made the one that was sane seem very unhappy with his life. I liked how he mad the sane one look like the "mad man" in the eyes of the public.