Here are the questions for the writer's notebook: What is the danger of a single story? What was wrong with the type of books Adichie was reading as a youth? How does the single story rob people of their humanity? How should we see the single story, then? What would constitute a balance of stories? What would that look like? What would different versions of the single story look like?
Today we did DOL 6 and had another book check. Then, we discussed the merits of writing All the Light We Cannot See from the perspective of a Hitler's Youth and blind French girl. Then, we watched the TED talk: The Danger of a Single Story and I discussed your final project for the term. Here are the questions for the writer's notebook: What is the danger of a single story? What was wrong with the type of books Adichie was reading as a youth? How does the single story rob people of their humanity? How should we see the single story, then? What would constitute a balance of stories? What would that look like? What would different versions of the single story look like?
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