The Danger Of A Single Story

Question 1

What are the key points?

Answer 1

1. Power of stories - danger of single story
2. Pronouns they and we to contrast her identity with American stories
3. Metaphors shows benefit of literature
4. Sharing anecdotes to highlight stereo types
5. Very long sentence suggests no chance for thought and debate
6. Repetition - prejudice made stronger
7. Vulnerability - of one story
8. Repetition and syntactic parallelism highlights
9. hope and determination - religious metaphor

Question 2

Power of stories

Danger of single story

Answer 2

“the danger of a single story”

Avoids a single point of view

Question 3

They and we pronouns

Answer 3

They
We
Highights her own experience and identity and contrast to British and American stories she read

Question 4

Metaphors

Answer 4

“Stir my imaginations”
“Open up new worlds”
Convey benefit of literature

Question 5

Sharing anecdotes to highlight stereo types

Answer 5

Highlight stereotypes

Mother’s story about Fide was very different to the reality when she met him

Question 6

Repetition

Answer 6

Shows prejudice made stronger by repeating single story
“No possibility”
Prejudice defeats thought and debate

Question 7

Long sentence shows no room for other opinion

Answer 7

“ if I had not grown up in Nigeria….kind, white foreigner”

Question 8

Vulnerability

Answer 8

Belief in one strong

“Ashamed” because she believed one story about Mexicans

Question 9

Repetition and syntactic parallelism

Answer 9

Repeats “stories” 6 times to highlight title of speech

Parallels highlight good and bad

Question 10

We

Religious metaphor

Answer 10

Uses we to show power of working together

“Regain a kind of paradise”