Evidence and Analysis: An Active Reading – Note-Taking Strategy

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Evidence and Analysis
Evidence and Analysis: An Active Reading – Note-Taking Strategy
Title of Source: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie –The Dangers of a Single Story
Evidence

Analysis

-The reading of many books saved her from being a single story teller. She says, ‘the realization of African books saved me from being a single story teller. When I realized African books from authors such as Chinua Achebe, I changed my mind shift’(02:14)
-The American roommate had felt sorry for her even before she saw her. She says, ‘What struck me was this; She had felt sorry for me even before she saw me’( 13:48)
-Embracing the new identity as an African in America. She says, ‘…when Africa came up, the people would turn and look at me even though I had not gone to those countries such as Namibia. But I learned to embrace the African identity’ (05:07)
-Her professor told her that the characters in her book were not authentically African. The novel lacked African authenticity because the characters drove cars and they were not starving. She says’ my professor told me the characters in the book were driving big cars, they were not starving’
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-Her single story version of the immigrants. She says that, ‘As a I walked around, I started feeling be...