Question

Read the excerpt from "The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Like our economic and political worlds, stories too are defined by the principle of nkali: How they are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told, are really dependent on power.

What is the most likely reason the speaker uses simile?


to emphasize the cultural value of stories
to show how even stories rely on the structures of politics
to show the importance of stories and the depth of their impact

Answer 1

to show how even stories rely on the structures of politics

The simile compares stories to economic and political worlds to highlight that, like those spheres, stories are shaped by power—who controls and tells them.