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The Danger of Single Story

 



The danger of a single sided story, this was the main topic and the title of the Ted Talk about today’s blog. The danger of a single story was presented by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie who talked about how she always read single sided stories when she was young and that story stayed in her head for a long time until she was introduced to the other side and the true side of the story, which she needed time to believe and realize, exactly like the Allegory of the Cave, where the prisoner needed time to adapt to the light, which represented the truth and the knowledge. This is the danger of a single story, false or incomplete ideas and thoughts that stay with us for a long time until we see the actual story with our own eyes, not told by anyone. The problem in our society nowadays is that everyone enjoys adding their own touch to a story, adding or leaving out critical information to spice it up in their own way. Therefore, a new story is created, that is completely different than the actual story. 

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  1. Mark Saad English Grade 12October 29, 2022 at 4:52 AM

    Youssef I loved how you gave an example of a story that we all had read before. It really helped me understand the topic even more. In addition the picture at the top of the blog adds some humor to the blog and it also helped explain the idea of the blog.

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