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The title, spoken by the lead thief, is ironic. The aftermath of the Civil War is neither civil nor peaceful. Pick-pocketing, armed robbery, and homelessness plague the country. The title also uses structure to suggest a certain continuity between the Civil War and the Civil Peace. The threat of violence continues to disrupt the family's life after the end of the conflict; ultimately, the problems of the war have not disappeared with a peace treaty. The fact that the world has not essentially changed frames the story's central questions of personal responsibility in the face of danger and uncertainty.