It seemed important to the south to preserve states’ rights.

in the sentence, which words are connected by the linking verb?
a. south, states’ rights
b. it, south
c. important, south
d. it, important

In things fall apart, why would okonkwo dislike the story of the quarrel between the earth and sky? it contains no violence. it is too foolish to believe. it is inappropriate for children. it represents his culture unfairly.