I had become used or I became used

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01font00I02font01font00t was the Belovezhskaya Pushcha, home to the zubr, the European bison. Yes, there is such a creature. 02font02br
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02br 05002br 00Many in the ex-Soviet states feel nostalgic about the USSR02br 02br 02td

00 02font00 If air can be fresher than it was there, I am yet to breathe it. If the night sky can be darker, or more full of stars, I am yet to see it. 02br
01font00In the lodge, I had servants at my beck and call. Servants - in a country still calling itself communist, one that professed equality for all. 02font02br
01font00We feasted on roasted elk and hare, as well as several sorts of delicious, unusual mushrooms. The room in which I slept was the epitome of luxury. 02font02br
01font00I had become used to queues, empty shops, the incredible rudeness of officials, their petty, humiliating treatment of ordinary people, and the difficulties that characterised trying to do just about anything, anywhere, in the Soviet Union. 02font02br
01font00And so there was a chasm between what I saw, felt and ate in the Communist Party lodge, and the real struggle of everyday life. 02br
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001. We feasted [ Not we had feasted.]02br
002. I slept [ Not I had slept.]02br
003. I had servants [ Not I had had servants]02br
00The following sentence is a past perfect one.02br
00I had become used to queues, empty shops, the incredible rudeness of officials, their petty, humiliating treatment of ordinary people, and ...02br
00Why is it necessary to write ' I had become used' ? You could just write ' I became used to queues, empty shops, the incredible rudness of officials ...02br
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