Discussion Questions - Speech of the Week

1. Chimamanda Adichie speaks of "how impressionable and vulnerable we are in the face of a story, particularly as children".

What stories did you grow up reading or listening to?

Could you identify with the characters in these stories? Why? Why not?

Did these stories influence your perception of the world?

2. When she says"our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories," what do you think she means?

3. What is YOUR story that is not a single story?

4. How do we project single stories onto others?

5. How do our emotions shift when we realize there is more than one single story?

6. How can we transcend our perceptions of other peoples' single stories?

7. How is Chimamanda Adichie able to recognize her own view of people and move past the single story?

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