The Danger Of A Single Story Analysis

How does the writer use language and structure to convey her opinions about The Danger of a Single Story?

In the speech, the Danger of a Single Story the writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells us the dangers of believing just one thing about a stereo type. In the speech Adichie repeats the phrase 'single story' as I think it is very important to her and by saying it repetitively she gets it to stick in peoples minds. I think the main point of the speech is to tell people the dangers of believing just one story about a country, a person or a religion etc. and to see past the stereotype we can be tricked into believing and instead see past it to see for example the person for who they are, for example, she as an eight year old girl believed a single story about their houseboy, Fide she says, 'The only thing my mother told us about him was that his family was very poor... when I didn't finish my dinner, my mother would say, "Finish your food! Don't you know? People like Fide's family have nothing." So I felt enormous pity for Fide's family. Then one Saturday we went to his village to visit, and his mother showed us a beautifully patterned basket made of dyed raffia that his brother had made. It had not occurred to me that anybody in his family could actually make something. All I had heard about them was how poor they were, so that it had become impossible for me to see them as anything else but poor.' This was her single story of Fide's family, because all her mother had told her was that they were poor she did not see past that and had no idea that anyone poor was capable of creating something so beautiful.

During the introduction she uses short direct sentences as to keep her audience engaged. Then she begins to tell us personal stories about the books she read as a child and how she started to write stories at a young age. She also makes some jokes in paragraph two such as, 'All my characters were white and blue–eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples, and they talked a lot about the weather, how lovely it was that the sun had come out,' she makes these jokes to keep the audience entertained throughout her speech. In paragraph three she is still introducing the speech but in paragraph four she Get more content

Falling in love could be a great thing or a very dangerous thing. Love can lead up to marriage and become very important to each other. Love also leads up to Being faithful is very important in a relationship.The most important things in a relationship would be faithful, loyalty and love. Faithful builds up trust, loyalty,love and a strong relationship with their partner. You usually need all those things in a relationship not just two out of the four.Marriage is a great thing when the two love each other and will do anything for their partner and they will do everything and decide on what they will do together. But when people get married and then decide to cheat and have an affair with another person. That is not faithful or loyalty at all! When you get married you are telling your partner that you can be trusted and you will be loyal to your partner. The reason why you married your partner is because you love her at a point and decided she is the one that you want to be with her for the rest of your life. As soon as your partner finds out that you have cheated and had an affair with another person there going to have mixed emotions. When you cheat on your partner you usually just played with their emotions. Telling them stuff that you did not mean at all by lying. Their going to be devastated, upset and very angry at you. Their going to loses trust and respect for you. Usually there's no fixing the relationship and it just ends very badly. And they both

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"Being frightened is an experience you can't buy." We are a society that adores fear. We thrive off of it; creating horror movies, shows like "Fear Factor", and the media in general are only a few examples. At the same time there are people who are afraid to leave their house and are possibly restricted to a single room. So what is fear? What is the purpose of being afraid? Why is it that some people will run and scream when they see a snake while others collect and breed them for their love of these majestic reptiles?

Fear is a feeling we have all dealt with at one time or another. It is something that we first experience as children, and are conditioned to respond to in many different ways. In a controversial experiment in...show more content...

Fear can also refer to general anxiety, as in Arachnophobia "fear of spiders" or Claustrophobia "fear of closed in areas." These fears occur not automatically from a present or looming danger, but instead a perceived threat, which to some can be just as scary. As said in a German proverb, "Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is." For most people fear is a horrible and sickening feeling, which it can sometimes be debilitating.

Fear is what shows us how to be careful, because self–protection is primitive. Therefore, it is safe to suggest that we may be afraid to travel into an unlit cemetery for fear of being hurt by something unknown. What could this unknown factor be? A ghost? Perhaps, but these fears are unreasonable. Although this fear of ghosts and other things was established when we were young, the fear never goes away. For we fear being physically hurt in any manner. Fear is a natural thing; it is indeed what keeps us safe and secure. Fear is not a logical thought, but rather an irrational emotion.

When a fear is not validated by the presence of actual danger or a threat, or by a realistic cause, and when it is also associated with a continuing evading of the circumstances, which lead to it, it is called a phobia. Phobias occur in several forms. A phobia is a recurring, impractical, paralyzing fear of a specific

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Texting while driving can be a deadly combination. Everyone knows how dangerous texting while driving is yet many choose to ignore the risks. Not only does texting while driving put drivers at risk, it also puts anyone in the car with them at risk and even those around them in danger. Texting and driving takes the driver's attention away from the road and what is going on around them. And it only takes a split second for something to go wrong resulting in tragedy. Texting and driving is dangerous in general, but one major issue with texting and driving is that it takes the driver's hands off of the wheel. In order to drive the car safely, both of the driver's hands must be on the wheel and if the driver is texting chances are at least one, if not both of their hands are on a cellphone. "In just the 5 seconds it takes to send or read a short text message, you've already zoomed past the length of a football field"(Texting & Driving). So while the driver is not driving the car the way they should because they are holding their phone instead of the wheel, there could be cars pulling out in front of them, stop signs, stop lights, or pedestrians crossing in front of the car. This puts not only the driver at risk, but it also puts other drivers on the road and pedestrians at risk. Another issue that texting and driving brings up is that it has been shown that teens who admit to texting and driving also admit to doing other dangerous things like not wearing a seatbelt. "In 2015, 42% of high school students who drove in the past 30 days reported sending a text or email while driving"(Distracted Driving|Motor Vehicle Safety). If a teen is brave enough to text while driving, that probably means they also don't think twice about not wearing a seatbelt, which is also very dangerous. Teens are at the highest risk for being injured or even killed because of texting while driving. Texting and driving is already a risk, but it is especially risky when it is placed with other risky behaviors. Another issue that texting and driving brings up and causes is it takes not only the driver's eyes off of the road, but texting and driving also takes your mind off of the road. Not watching the road is a big enough

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In the field of education, we never stop learning. There will always be a new theory, method, or practice that will be introduced to improve our knowledge. Furthermore, it 's always a good idea to look for sources and new materials that will enhance our teaching and help our students benefit from it. Having the opportunity to give myself a self–assessment, has provided me with information regarding myself. This self–assessments helped me get a cleared vision of what I know and what I need to learn. After reading, Richardson, I discovered what some of my strengths and weaknesses are. I plan on using this self–assessment to enhance my knowledge and find success in future learning. Richardson writes. "If education does become accepted as a discipline, however, it exists because of and in relationship to educational practice, the purpose of maintaining the best and allowing change to lead to improvement must always be kept in mind"(p.254) Self–Assessment is one of the first step in my PhD journey. Ultimately, I want to be prepared to learn new techniques, theories, and gain knowledge of what I know and what I will learn. As mentioned previously, we never stop learning, we just gain more knowledge.

This self–assessment gave me the opportunity to realize some of my strengths. In all honestly, I can say that I feel comfortable with see research as socially situated. As an educator it 's my job to educate and reinforced a positive learning experience for my students. I am

Weapons and Drugs in Our Schools

Problem:

The problem of weapons and drugs in schools has become a serious problem in schools throughout the United States. Almost 20% of all students in high school report that they have carried a weapon at least once, and in the past two years there have been over 80 homicides committed on school grounds. Also, teenagedrug use in America is the highest of any industrialized nation and it is only getting worse. After a decade of declining drug use, the use of all illegal drugs by teenagers has increased significantly. Sixty–one percent of seniors in high school report of having used drugs and the percentage of children using drugs by the sixth grade has tripled. "In a recent survey, 19 percent of...show more content...

What is Being Done:

"Zero tolerance" policies are the new theme in fighting weapons and drugs in schools. These policies behind the pressure of President Clinton have been enacted in 47 states. The idea is to encourage states to get tough on youth that threaten their own safety and the safety of others. Some of the more popular measures with these policies include installing metal detectors at school entrances, the use of armed security guards to patrol and monitor students, and the automatic removal of students who break rules regarding weapons and drugs. According to the Department of Education, school districts that have enacted these policies are showing improvements in these areas. For example, Dade county public school officials seized only 110 guns in the past year from 193 the previous year after enacting a zero tolerance policy.

What Should Be Done:

With millions of dollars being spent on measures to fight weapons and drugs in schools, little reason for optimism exists due to the track record of these methods and programs. Drugs and problems still continue to be a serious problem for our youth. For example, despite spending more than 20 million dollars on the installation of metal detectors at public schools in New York City, weapons continue to be a serious problem. In order for us to have safe schools, we need to bridge the gap between

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Have you ever been bored? Many people have. But what most don't know is that boredom is the leading cause to destructive behavior. Drugs, alcohol, and anxiety are just a few of the side effects. Boredom can also further deter the people around you. Boredom is a dangerous thing. People these days are used to doing something 24/7. This actually can be good. The article "Why Being Bored is Bad for You" says, "People who reported being bored were likely to die younger than those who were not." Also another article: "Why Boredom is a Dangerous Thing" says, "Boredom is contagious, and leads to performance

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What I Have Learned

When I think about what counts as learning to me, I think about my life. Just being able to live in this world to me is a learning experience, because I feel that my life is full of lessons and I believe that it takes lessons to learn in life. I feel that I have learned to understand learning more and to also understand the value of learning. As I get older I can comprehend subject matters more than I could ever do before. I am learning to be more serious and I find myself not taking life for granted anymore.

I also feel that maturing counts as learning for me because growing up I was continuously being called immature. For me, maturing counts as learning because I find myself doing things I never thought I...show more content...

I feel that I have to get rid of bad habits in order to make room for better habits that I need for everyday life. I am learning better habits everyday. Even though I did bad on my first exam I feel that counted as learning for me because now I know what it takes for me to receive a high grade on any test I take.

The biggest learning experience to me so far is life itself. I feel that way because there is so much to learn in life. It takes growing up for me to learn in life. I am now beginning to understand the value of learning because a year ago I did not appreciate learning. I did not value it like I value it now. I took it for granted as if learning could just be given to me. I realize now that it has to be earned. My attitude in high school was bad because I really did not feel I was learning, so I took it for granted. In high school I felt as if the teachers were jokes and I also felt they did not care about educating me properly. I am now starting to learn the value of an education. I now look forward to learning new things everyday. I feel that I am beginning to have a passion for learning. I never thought that I would feel this way about learning because I never did appreciate it like I do now. I now actually yearn to learn; I feel that I need to learn new things. Every assignment I have done in college is teaching me something new. I think I feel this way because I am maturing and I now view learning differently than I did

"The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse." Edmund Burke described his view on power in a way that many people could agree upon. When we have more power than people, we tend to abuse our power to get ahead of or degrade others. I choose the Family Ties project because I wanted to do two things: talk with my family and learn about their experiences, either negative or positive, with power. Talking with my family, especially my grandparents, is something I love to do. This project gave me even more reasons to go see my grandparents and talk with them.

For this project, I interviewed four individuals in my family. For my grandparents' generation, I chose both my grandmother, Mary Shoudel, and my grandfather, Larry Shoudel. My...show more content...

Since my grandparents have poor handwriting, I decided to make the family tree online. I made three separate family trees. The first one was the one I made from memory. The next one was my mother's since my father knows very little about his family tree. Then the last one was my grandmother. After the family trees were done, I printed them out. I gave my family tree to my mother and had her check my work. Then my mother's family tree was given to my grandmother. Second, after looking over and discussing the family tree, I took them and created a large family tree on a poster board. In the family tree, the blue square is ego, or me. Purple circles are females and yellow triangles are males. The dots in between shapes show marriage. A slash through a shape shows that that family member is deceased. Inside the shapes are the family member 's birth name, birth date, and, if they are deceased, death date. If we do not know their birth or death date, it is left blank. In order to indicate which generation added who, the shapes are outlined in colors. The shapes outlined in green are the family members I knew from memory. Orange represents the family members my mother added. Lastly, pink represents the family members my grandmother added. To show who participated in my project, interviewee or family tree maker, a black star was placed on the bottom right of the family member's shape. After the family trees were finished, the interviewing began. The interviewing