Watch the TED Talk entitled “The Danger of the Single Story” presented by novel

Watch the TED Talk entitled “The
Danger of the Single Story” presented by novelist Chimamanda Adichie who tells the
story of how she found her authentic cultural voice and warns that if we see and hear
only a single story about another person, culture or country, we risk a critical
misunderstanding.
1. Describe how Ligua is different from you? Similar to you?
2. Describe how Mary is different from you? Similar to you?
3. Describe how Michael is different from you? Similar to you?
4. What could pose as a threat of seeing each of these individuals as a “single
story” described by Chimamanda Adichie versus a “pluristic story?”
5. How might these differences and similarities shape your paradigm about each of
these individuals and your interactions, positively or negatively?
Requirements:
In APA format (cover page, essay in paragraph format with in-text citations, and
reference page) write a Self-Identity Comparative Analysis Response Paper with at
least 1,200 words of narrative content (does not include references, cover page or
reference page). Include at least two scholarly sources. Since this is a self-reflective
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paper, students may write in first person. Students should submit their completed
assignments and response paper to the appropriate assignment link in Blackboard.
Be sure to read the criteria below by which your work will be evaluated before
you write and again after you write