The Danger Of A Single Story By Adichie Summary

Chimamada Adichie states “That is how to create a single story, show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become.” By this she is meaning that many times, stereotypes are formed about a single race or country and only that one side of an opinion is heard. Adichie, a story teller from Africa, experiences this first hand when she moved to the United States and realized most people think all Africans come from broken homes and extreme poverty. Since this, she is has been more conscious of how easy it can be to only listen to one opinion of a certain place or thing. In “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adichie she wants to bring awareness to the audience that there are always two sides to every story. Adichie is successful in doing this because she uses Pathos and Logos in telling the audience her story.

Adichie explains to the audience how easy it can be to only have one opinion of something because you never know, or choose to know, the other side. Adichies biggest experience with

In telling about her experience of moving from Africa to the United States she explains the emotion she felt when she realized so many people had one single opinion of where she was from. She also goes on to explain how easy it is to make “The small story the only story” and forget about logic. However, by telling about her time visiting Mexico she proves that no matter how aware someone is about resisting the urge to form stereotypes, one can still fall victim because of the world around you constantly sharing only one side of things. She exclaims that if we must start with the positive stories of a people to actually understand their story. Adichies approach to capture the audience is effective and universal because everyone has moments where they forget about logic and do not look past the single story being told to