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    Chimamanda Adichie discusses the dangers of believing a single story about another person or culture. She shares her own experiences growing up in Nigeria and being exposed to stereotypical stories about other places. Adichie stresses the importance of seeking to understand others through learning their many stories rather than relying on simplistic stereotypes.

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    Chimamanda Adichie discusses the dangers of believing a single story about another person or culture. She shares her own experiences growing up in Nigeria and being exposed to stereotypical stories about other places. Adichie stresses the importance of seeking to understand others through learning their many stories rather than relying on simplistic stereotypes.

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    Chimamanda Adichie discusses the dangers of believing a single story about another person or culture. She shares her own experiences growing up in Nigeria and being exposed to stereotypical stories about other places. Adichie stresses the importance of seeking to understand others through learning their many stories rather than relying on simplistic stereotypes.

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    Chimamanda Adichie discusses the dangers of believing a single story about another person or culture. She shares her own experiences growing up in Nigeria and being exposed to stereotypical stories about other places. Adichie stresses the importance of seeking to understand others through learning their many stories rather than relying on simplistic stereotypes.

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    Name: Kai Watts Class Time: English II 10:00 AM

    Title of Text: “The Danger of a Single Story” Author: Chimamanda Adichie

    Analysis

    The speaker is Chimamanda Adichie who is speaking of her


    S experiences and stories that line up with the message that she
    is pushinging in the background, she is also the storyteller.

    The author lived in Nigeria her whole life.


    O She read American books.
    She never had to talk about the weather.
    She had moved to America.
    People are believing a stereotypical Africa in which they are
    also primitive in their nature, yet in Africa, people are fighting
    to bring African culture into literature.

    She is telling a story meant for anyone who will listen, but to be
    A more direct, the TED Talk audience.

    This story is being told to explain the dangers of not learning


    P about other countries and cultures properly. She wants to
    explain her stories and experiences that help push an idea of
    putting more authentic culture in literature.

    She is speaking of a collection of stories that share an ideology


    S indicating the dangers of believing a group of people to be only
    one way.

    The speaker is somewhat upset and ashamed in parts of this


    Tone story, such as the story of her believing Mexicans were only one
    thing.

    In order to capture the audience’s minds more, she uses literary


    S devices such as the following: the power of three, flashbacks,
    imagery, and even satire to break the stiff emotion of the room.

    Closing Remark - When we reject a single story, we regain a sense of paradise.

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