Name: Kai Watts Class Time: English II 10:00 AM

Title of Text: “The Danger of a Single Story” Author: Chimamanda Adichie

Analysis

The speaker is Chimamanda Adichie who is speaking of her

S experiences and stories that line up with the message that she
is pushinging in the background, she is also the storyteller.

The author lived in Nigeria her whole life.

O She read American books.
She never had to talk about the weather.
She had moved to America.
People are believing a stereotypical Africa in which they are
also primitive in their nature, yet in Africa, people are fighting
to bring African culture into literature.

She is telling a story meant for anyone who will listen, but to be
A more direct, the TED Talk audience.

This story is being told to explain the dangers of not learning

P about other countries and cultures properly. She wants to
explain her stories and experiences that help push an idea of
putting more authentic culture in literature.

She is speaking of a collection of stories that share an ideology

S indicating the dangers of believing a group of people to be only
one way.

The speaker is somewhat upset and ashamed in parts of this

Tone story, such as the story of her believing Mexicans were only one
thing.

In order to capture the audience’s minds more, she uses literary

S devices such as the following: the power of three, flashbacks,
imagery, and even satire to break the stiff emotion of the room.

Closing Remark - When we reject a single story, we regain a sense of paradise.