Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

on rebellious roles, dominating male characters, and illustrating them to be more than just an extra factor of a story. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck opposes the normal female character behavior in literature through her short stories that each end up with the female protagonist going beyond the ties of gender roles and their expected behaviors. Adichie empowers her female characters through providing them with an unexpected voice,…

Upon meeting someone for the first time, our brain automatically focuses on what our eyes see. We unconsciously begin a list of preconceptions based on what someone is wearing or the color of their skin. It happens so quickly and then continues the instant the conversation begins. However, beyond the color of our hair or our height, there is something that is even more unconsciously thought provoking and filled with preconceptions: our “gender.” It’s the thing that soon-to-be-parents look…

aim to be successful, but not too successful, otherwise you would threaten the man. If you are the bread winner in your relationship with a man, you have to pretend that you’re not. Especially in public. Otherwise you will emasculate him -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (TED | We Should All Be Feminists). This quote describes one of the biggest problem women deal with. As women you can almost anything unless it degrades man from his power. What it means to degrade a man’s power can be described as…

Growing up, social and economic minorities learn to be hyper-aware that each of their actions has social ramifications. One fears their actions will reflect poorly on his or her race, and that he or she owes to it his or her people to be better. One fears being caught up in the Cycle of Poverty, and feels he or she need to work twice as hard to have half of what everyone else has. They feel pressure to dress nice, and speak intelligently. To succeed, one will change their name, phase out his or…

to the next level, but how can I encourage other women without first encouraging myself? The image reminds me that no matter what obstacle you may face, black angels have the ability to rise above challenges, transgression and oppression. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says, “We raise girls to cater to the fragile egos of men. We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We tell girls you can have ambition but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful;…

Original Oratory 2017 *INSERT A COMPETENT AGD HERE* Too often, we push aside our past and try to focus on our future without realizing that the two are connected. This brings me to my primary concern. The disconnect between the past and the future is one that skews our understanding of a multi-layered world and instead, creates a system in which we humans ignore history as a means of moving forward. *AGD* We will first look at how the human mind edits and even erases history to fit the simple…

girls to see each other as competitors —not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they cannot be sexual beings in the way that boys are.” (Ngozi Adichie). I like this small excerpt from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book we should all be Feminist because it emphasize in one thing that it is always happening. How girls compete about a guy, who is more beautiful or who has the best body. Women should fight about who is…

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez rejects traditional crime fiction tropes to expose the problematic power imbalance within the sexes in Colombian society. The power imbalance refers to the way in which women and young girls become commodities to the family and forced to conform to specific male centric ideals. This imbalance is evident through three main sub-arguments. The first argument positions virginity as a patriarchal construct to subdue women into believing that…

The song “***Flawless” was written and performed by American singer Beyoncé, featuring an excerpt from a talk given by Nigerian writer and self-proclaimed feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It should be known that Beyoncé once participated in a show called Star Search with a big dream, only to lose out against another competitor. This is also mentioned in the music video that accompanies this song. It should also be noted that she is unusually aggressive in this song. Musically, the song has a…

are real people, who are simply trying to find a place to be accepted. The process of immigrating to a country is harder now than ever. Often, those involved not only face economic hardships but also endure emotional strife. In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah, Adichie depicts the coming of age of a Nigerian immigrant named Ifemelu. During her teenage years in Nigeria, Ifemelu fantasizes about traveling abroad.…