The Consequence Of The Single Story Analysis

Throughout a lifetime people hear thousands of single stories from people, places, and things. This makes the passing of information very dangerous. A single story means, a limited viewpoint, or only seeing something from one angle. As proved in many cases, this is very dangerous in knowing the whole story from every perspective. In many cases the source you are hearing this from may have opinions or facts beyond the point adjusting your way of thinking. The dangers of singles stories was noted by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She had a first hand experience with this situation. As a child in Nigeria she was always reading english books. Appropriately, the national language of Nigeria is english, so it is likely that those were the books available. Later Chimamanda got ahold of African books and this completely changed her mindset, and realized she was only receiving stories from english perspective. This was one of her first encounters with single story. Later when she moved to America for school her she encountered a similar situation but rather someone else experiencing a single story. In her university Chimamanda had a roommate, this roommate was not from Nigeria. When Chimamanda was living with her the roommate was very surprised but her ability to speak perfect english, that she didn’t listen to “tribal” music, and that she could use a stove. Chimamanda believed this to be very odd that someone thought of her like that, but then she realized it was something similar to

In her 2009 TED talks presentation,” The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explains how a single story presented by the media and books can affect the way a person may perceive others, places, and cultures (Adichie). She goes into details explaining her point through personal experiences where she falsely misunderstood someone based on a single word she heard numerously, and how she was a victim of a common stereotype. According to Adichie, there is never a single story and that people can go through a mental shift of their perspective if they considered various alternatives that differ from the same story that is commonly told.

Popular culture is often a reflection of society; both literature and the media have the capacity to cement ideas in the minds of readers and viewers. In many cases, the notions and stories glorified by the media refrain from sharing a true depiction of society and are narrow-minded in their focus. Recently, the feminist movement has denounced popular culture for its ignorance, fighting for a more realistic portrait to be painted by those with the power to reach millions. Specifically, both Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “The Danger of a Single Story” share how the classic gender stereotypes seen in popular culture are unable to capture the full spectrum of stories that define society, and are limiting in their portrayals of women. Moreover, both authors share personal stories, reference prominent world figures, and cite relevant statistics in their works. Therefore, in both Bad Feminist and “The Danger of a Single Story”, Roxane Gay and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie appeal to readers pathos, logos, and ethos in order to construct the argument that the single story of women in popular culture is stereotypical and restrictive.

At a young age, sometimes we are told by our parents, teachers, or other leading adult figures what to do, what not to do, and possibly even what to believe in certain scenarios. The scene I just roughly sketched out is only one possible way a particular story takes hold of the beliefs of a person. Chimamanda Adichie’s “The Danger of the Single Story,” talks about how the “single story” can take hold of not only a person, but a society, thus making that story the only story (Adichie 2009). This singular view of a particular group of people, place, or another topic is usually defined in many different elements such as literature and power, all the way to poverty and dignity (Adichie 2009). The “single story” is produced narrow mindedly with

Illegal immigration has caused a lot of controversy within the United States. The media has influenced our society to make us believe that illegal immigrants are horrible people. One thing that I have learned throughout life is, “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains (Rousseau 4).” This sums up how society dictates our lives and limits us to what the media wants to us to believe. Whether it is legal or illegal, everybody should be treated equally. Illegal immigrants might always end up with the short end of the stick, but they heavily support the US economy. They contribute by paying taxes every year. In addition, they adopt difficult low wage jobs that are not of interest to the average American.

Chimamanda Adichie goes on by saying that “They show people as one thing and that one thing only over and over again and that is what they become.” She felt very ashamed for falling victim into the consequences of the single story trap. The single story is a way to misinterpret and stereotype someone, place, or issue. None of us should believe the perspective we see or hear about, rather we should hear others stories, we shouldn’t be quick to judge. She ends her Ted Talk by say “Stories matter, many stories matter. Stories have been used to disposes and malign but stories can be used to empower and humanize, stories can break the dignity of people but stories can also repair the broken dignity….. When we reject the single story when we realize

First of all, I want to state my interest in this single-story issue, because I has been exposed to it from the History course I took last semester. Single-story is basically information or story we trust because the information had been taught for years. So, when it comes to single-story, the truth is not about the real events or history, but more to the common information we share and believe for years. I believe single-story is a pretty common issue in our live and since we are very accustomed with them, we do not realize the effect of believing solely in single-story. However, I find that single-story is not the only problem we have when we try to deal with history or events in the past. I also think that perspective have great influence in creating the story. As an event usually involve more than one side, there are more than one perspective can be built upon the event. Nevertheless, we usually only stick on one side of the perspective and believing it 100 percent, so it is indirectly limiting our information about the event. That’s why I believe single-story and single-perspective is very related and both bring the same disadvantages.

In July 2009, at a TED conference, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian author, gave a stunning speech about “the Danger of a Single Story”. In her speech, she mentioned about negative consequences happening when people tend to form stereotypes based on a single story, the one-sided argument. The single story blindfolds our eyes and prevents us from seeing the complexity, diversity, and similarities that construct our world, just as Adichie says “these negative stories is to flatten my experience and overlook the many other stories that formed me” (12:56). Listening to all her own personal experience and argument, I have become fully convinced and also see myself reflected in her stories. The single story can cause underlying and harmful impacts not only on personal issues but also on the global scale.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a known writer from Nigeria. She delivers a TED talk on how one collective view of people can inhibit our conversation and become dangerous. Adichie addresses her concerns with the stereotypes and discrimination as a result of the single story. She emphasizes her main point that the single story must be eliminated as it benefits no one. In her speech she uses logos, pathos and ethos to allow her reader to understand the negative effects of the single story due to the dominance of Western influences in literature.

People all over the world immigrate because of the conditions that are affecting their home country. There are many people who leave there countries due to the poverty, wars, hunger, violence, and religious freedom. They seek a better life in these new countries they come into because they see better opportunities there. However some people immigrate illegally due to the seriousness of their situation. But this is seen as a bad thing to the government just because they don’t go through the paper work. What the government seems to not understand is that this process takes time, and some people don’t have this time. So people’s lives are threatened or in danger, so they immigrate illegally. There are many different causes of illegal immigration

The life and culture of each and every individual is composed of many overlapping stories that offer varying perspectives. On her TED Talk entitled “The Danger of a Single Story”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian author and writer, discusses how if individuals are only informed of one side of a story about another person or country, it risks a critical misunderstanding amongst society. The purpose of her TED talk is to encourage others to broaden the scope of stories that one consumes about other people and cultures. Adichie talks about her personal experience with single stories and how it is still prevalent today as well as call attention to the making of stereotypes by weaving together her personal story of growing up in Nigeria and moving to the United States for college. She explains how stereotypes resulting from a single account gives us an incomplete and potentially damaging understandings of other people or countries. Through her use of personal anecdotes, rhetorical appeals, and a powerful style of speech delivery, Adichie explains her points effectively and in an engaging manner that keeps the audience interested throughout her nineteen-minute speech.

How does the writer use language and structure to convey her opinions about The Danger of a Single Story?

When Adichie references a single story, all throughout her Ted Talk, she is talking about the single story you hear about a certain person, or group of people, that supplies you with the basis of how you think that person, or group of people, is. As adichie says, “What this demonstrates, I think, is how impressionable and vulnerable we are in the face of a story, particularly as children”. This quote explains the exact reason why a single story can be dangerous to someone, and their view of people. Due to how impressionable people are, and how ready they are to accept the first thing they hear about something new, people will judge a book by its cover, and until they actually meet someone from that group of people, they will think of them as whatever they heard. This is shown when she talks about her visit to Fide’s village and she is taken aback by his mother making an intricate basket, because “it had not occurred to [her] that anybody in his family could actually make something”

Why do people desire to come to the U.S. to live illegally, from one place to the next, work in low wages, never challenge to show off their face because they are afraid they would get caught and deport? Why do people desire to leave their country, the area where they grew up, know language, culture, and have their families there? People leave their country of origin, come to a completely different place, live illegally because back to their native land, they cannot make a living. People come to the U.S. to hope for a better living conditions, or basically only a survival chance. Immigration means to come to a foreign country for the purpose of job, permanently or both. Illegal immigration happens when people actions are going against the guidelines required during or before the immigration process. Moreover, illegal immigration is a tremendous problem that is prevalent nowadays. The U.S Government has been trying to find a solution to this issue for the past years. The United States approved the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986, which allowed the Government to punish American companies that consciously employed illegal immigrants. (Nadadur, 1037). The Control Act has been unsuccessful in controlling illegal immigration. Immigrants are a vital part of the U.S., workers contribute to its overall productivity growth, and advancement. Without immigration the U.S workers would begin to decrease, because immigration increases the size of the workforce. It also changes

Immigration is not necessarily a walk in the park, only we don’t perceive this way because we have never walked in their shoes. Other than the fact that an immigrant may feel inferior to others, they are not treated equally by the government. Even though immigration seems fine with temporary protection, technically they are not citizens. They did not have a chance for financial aid/student loans, had to work harder than others, not having the same freedom/advantages that everyone around them has and living in constant fear. According to