The writer uses A) metaphor here.
Clegg Simmons isn't really a cookie, it is an expression used to denote somebody really smart.
In The Metamorphosis of the Dnieper, the Volga, and the Dvina (which are all rivers in Russia), the purpose of mythology that the story fulfills is explanation of natural phenomena. The creation of these rivers is what makes the plot of the story.
life in the city
harshness of everyday life
