People who read this book will learn how people handle things during the Bifran War.
In the book, there are ways people handled things during the war. Some being emotional, like when a lady in the story cried over a dead body. People had to help the poor lady get up. Also, When Olanna went to get some egg yolk, many women were very greedy about who or how many people got in line/ Although, anybody would have done the same, including Olanna. Even so, Olanna and Odenibgo try their best to to stay happy. I believe that it represents the fact of how people handles things duringany war.