A Singular Perspective In her speech, “The Danger of a Single Story,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie used relatable personal experiences, pathos, dialogues, statistics, and symbolism to convince her audience to see the complication of human beings. The purpose of Adichie’s message was to provide another perspective on the danger of a single story. The single story presented is actually multi-faceted as many perspectives yield different responses. For example, people here ask Adichie about the weather and from her perspective, no one in in Africa cares about the weather. A single story is a story in which someone tells only one side. Adichie has several different tones describing her point of view, including sympathetic, critical, and even optimistic.
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The audience can recall when the debates about immigration and Mexicans were the topic of controversy. The endless stories presented across the United States referenced Mexicans being arrested for trying to escape from their country. The reason they attempted to emigrate from Mexico to the United States was lack of healthcare, employment, poverty, and safety for their families. The audience thinks it demonstrates the bravery and risks they took to live in the United States. However, Adichie’s visit proved her single story to be wrong. As the writer walked the city of Guadalajara, she noticed what she knew to be the normal daily living of people: going to grocery stores and market stands, going to work, smoking, drinking tea or coffee, and laughing. Adichie compared herself to her roommate and felt ashamed because all she knew about the Mexican generation was what she read in newspaper headlines, stating Mexicans as “abject immigrants.” Adichie quotes, “so that is how you create a single story, show people as one thing, as only one thing, over again, and that is what they become” (Adichie). These examples show that everyone is guilty of having “single story,” even people who have been victims of stereotypes
The audience can recall when the debates about immigration and Mexicans were the topic of controversy. The endless stories presented across the United States referenced Mexicans being arrested for trying to escape from their country. The reason they attempted to emigrate from Mexico to the United States was lack of healthcare, employment, poverty, and safety for their families. The audience thinks it demonstrates the bravery and risks they took to live in the United States. However, Adichie’s visit proved her single story to be wrong. As the writer walked the city of Guadalajara, she noticed what she knew to be the normal daily living of people: going to grocery stores and market stands, going to work, smoking, drinking tea or coffee, and laughing. Adichie compared herself to her roommate and felt ashamed because all she knew about the Mexican generation was what she read in newspaper headlines, stating Mexicans as “abject immigrants.” Adichie quotes, “so that is how you create a single story, show people as one thing, as only one thing, over again, and that is what they become” (Adichie). These examples show that everyone is guilty of having “single story,” even people who have been victims of stereotypes