The Danger Of A Single Story By Chimamanda Adichie Analysis

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In her speech, “The Danger of a Single Story”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells her story about her life experiences living in Nigeria. Chimamanda had a pretty good childhood. She loved writing and soon realized she wanted to write a book. When Chimamanda came to the United States for college, her professor told her that her novel was not authentically African. Overall Chimamanda’s speech was very touching, she shared her life experiences and made people realize that we sometimes have biased opinions. In the beginning of the speech, Chimamanda tells stories from her childhood. Most would assume that she was poor growing up because of where she lived. In reality, Chimamanda came from a middle-class family. Chimamanda’s …show more content…

She decided to come to the United States for college, she wanted to further her career in writing. When move in day came she talked about how her roommate treated her. Her roommate began asking her these questions about Nigeria. Chimamanda’s roommate had such a biased opinion she did not think that Chimamanda would know how to use a stove (TED Talks). Everyone believes that Nigerians are poor because of what they have heard or seen on the television. In most cases, that is not true. Chimamanda never had to worry about not having food or starving while she was growing up. We should not form biased opinions about someone, simply because of where they come from or what they look …show more content…

This promotes that people all around the world can have a biased opinion about someone or something. When Chimamanda traveled to Mexico, she thought they would all be trying to flee the country and come to the United States but she was wrong. Chimamanda talked about seeing the Mexicans laughing, working and enjoying life (TED Talks). She soon realized the media had a huge impact on her and what she thought of Mexico. Biased opinions can be formed about anyone or any place. Many people believe Mexico is dirty and the people are always trying to leave, but in reality, that is not the case. Yes, there might be some unhappy people who want to flee the country but not everyone wants to get out. We should not base our opinions on media all the time, the media could just show the bad parts of the

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