And if the clan did not exact punishment for an offence on the great goddess, her wrath was loosed on all the land and not just on the offender. as the elders said, if one finger brought oil it soiled the others. this excerpt from achebe’s things fall apart contains a(n) a. allegory b. folktale c. proverb d. simile (need this done in the next 15 mins)

B. folktale

This is most likely an example of a folktale. A folktale is a story that is passed down orally from generation to generation. Therefore, this category usually includes traditional stories such as fairy tales and myths. In this case, the story  tells us about a great goddess, and how her interactions with humans shaped their behaviour. It teaches this particular culture a lesson on social rules and expectations.

now, of course, the quality and the seasonability of these winter dreams varied, but the stuff of them remained.   they persuaded dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the state university—his father, prospering now, would have paid his way—for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the east, where he was bothered by his scanty funds. but do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concerned at first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy. he wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges.

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