A simile due to the fact that it uses "as"
The right answer is the mandate to marry within one's tribe. Even though Nnaemeka knew that his decision to marry a woman from another tribe would upset his father, he thought that his annoyance would eventually pass away. But he had not realized that his was a decision without precedent, and this caused surprise, indignation, and sadness among his people, who, stuck to tradition, saw in Nnaemeka's act a reflection of their Lord's cautionary teachings ("Sons shall rise against their fathers") and a bad omen ("It is the beginning of the end"), hence illustrating their conviction in the mandate to marry within one's tribe.
Answer:
to show how the narrator tries to persuade his/her father to let him/her become an artist
to show the narrator's childhood dream
Explanation:
The narrator Made use of flashback in to show in other to narrate what his dream was, as what he eventually became wasn't what he has always dreamt of becoming, so the narrator utilized flashback to take the readers through his childhood desire and aspiration. A natural desire which never manifested because his father never believed in his dream.
During the narrator's flashback, he showcased how he tried to fish his way into pursuing his dream, as a child, All he could do was to persuade his father into supporting him on his dreams, which also proved futile.
This suggests that the writer belivies, or want to believe, that dragons could be real or were real.
