Indledning
The speech is given by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi. Adichie was born in Nige-ria but moved to the United States upon her teenage years and realised that there is a problem asso-ciated with single stories and stereotypes.
In this speech, Adichie explores and discusses the ethical issues with single stories and how many people unknowingly have wrong imagery of other ethnici-ties trough the single stories they have been told. The main focus of this analytic essay is to analyse and interpret.
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Uddrag
Adichie’s style of writing and paralinguistic features also play a role in the establishment of her ethos:
“I teach writing workshops in Lagos every summer, and it is amazing to me how many people apply, how many people are eager to write, to tell stories.”. (P 20. L. 4.)
It is evident that Adichie creates long and well-formulated sentences, making a high but understandable language.
The speech’s paralinguistic features are keeping a calm tone, having open body language and making eye contact with the audience (10:53 - 11:00). The usage of paralinguistic features and language also relates to the audience.
Adichie appeals to a much broader audience by using well-formulated language; therefore, the audience is the public in general because anyone could be a victim of single stories and prejudice.
The broad audience is also being persuaded by Adichie’s usage of other modes of persuasion. She establishes logos by making the message understandable for the audience:
“What struck me was this: She had felt sorry for me even before she saw me. Her default position toward me, as an African (…).
My roommate had a single story of Africa: a single story of catastrophe. (…) there was no possibility of Africans being similar to her in any way…”. (P.16 L. 40)
It is evident she uses logos persuasion by creating a scenario everyone would think is awful, and therefore being able to estab-lish the message that a single story is dangerous.
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