Read the selection below from "civil peace" by chinua achebe and answer the question that follows.
came the day of the windfall when after five days of endless scuffles in queues and counter-queues in the sun outside the
treasury he had twenty pounds counted into his palms as ex gratia award for the rebel money he had turned in. it was like
christmas for him and for many others like him when the payments began. they called it (since few could manage its
proper official name) egg rasher.
which historical fact the reader understand the passage best?
nigeria declared independence from the british colonial system on october 1, 1960.
after the war, the nigerian government switched the currency from biafran money to pounds.
the british drew artificial borders in western africa for commercial reasons.
the biafran war was one of many, though it was the most violent attempt to secede from the main government.
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11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).

we would need to be able to read the passage in question to determine which factor allowed david believe he could defeat goliath. post the passage, and i'd love to out.