Adichie: The Danger Of A Single Story

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Adichie build an argument to persuade her audience of the danger of a single story, From using reasoning, evidence, and stylistic / persuasive elements. Adichie provides a clear understanding of why a single story can be dangerous. A theme and famous quote that can go with her speech is “Never Judge a Book by it’s Cover”. Ironically it goes with the fact that a single story creates a single stereotypical view. Adichie uses reasoning to support her claim of a danger of a single story to show / explain how or why her story makes sense. She talks about how her roommate, who was expecting her to speak a different language and have different cultural ways was disappointed when she spoke english and played Mariah Carey instead of stereotypical tribal music. These single stories of a certain group of people create a negative stereotype against the mentioned group. The danger of a single story is that people will see you in one specific way. Adichie herself was saved from having one rational idea of white people. She states “it's saved me from having a single story of what books are.” She even says “If I had not grown up in Nigeria… I too would think that Africa was a place of beautiful landscape… incomprehensible people, fighting senseless wars, dying of poverty and AIDS...” She is …show more content…

Her real life examples serve as a personal opinion as to why a single story can be dangerous. Adichie’s use of stylistic evidence like describing, “My characters had blue eyes…” makes the audience realize how she would write out the characters all because of all stories she has read or been told. Her persuasive style has helped a majority understand how the danger of a single story can immensely affect the way many think and or feel about other races or

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