Chitra Divakaruni Speech

In a world full of different people and different things, how can we still seem to be connected? Dr. Chitra Divakaruni, author of One Amazing Thing, was able to express this to every incoming first year student at Appalachian State University. During the short time Dr. Divakaruni was on stage, she discussed many different things, from the book that she wrote for all incoming Appalachian State students, to the times that that she has experienced conflict in her life. Dr. Divakaruni’s speech connects to the course ‘Conflict and Peace’ because she discussed Hurricane Katrina, she gave details about a lady she came in contact with that had been abused in some way, and her book that she wrote is nothing shy of a being strictly about conflict and resolution. I will be using stories told by Dr. Divakaruni, and her book One Amazing Thing to support my thoughts. Conflict is some type of disagreement, and one might think, how can Hurricane Katrina be a conflict? Dr. Divakaruni explained in one of her stories exactly how this hurricane brought conflict with it. Dr. Divakaruni stated that she lives in Huston, Texas, and during days leading up to the landfall of …show more content…
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