What is the author's likely purpose for the figurative language used in paragraph 6? cite at least two pieces of evidence from the paragraph in your response.

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.

Lines 47–56: determine the central idea of these lines

Of these events in top of the food chain which happens first