What is Achebe's purpose for writing this passage? to explain that people with closed minds may not
notice wonderful things around them, and their
description of a situation may not include everything
to explain the significance of Marco Polo's journeys in
our culture's growth and to highlight the most important
lessons he taught about the places and customs he
saw
to explain that people who read a text with a closed
mind will likely miss important details and come away
with an incomplete perspective
O to explain the significance of the Great Wall of China
and the damage caused by ignoring it when describing
a culture's growth and development over time