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Discuss What She Means By A Single Story

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Question 1: In our first class, we listened to Adachie discuss the danger of knowing only a “single story.” Discuss what she means by a “single story,” then explain whether or not you agree with her position. Use specific examples from your knowledge of Colonialism to support your response. Answer 1: We are able to say that, the Chimamanda’s purpose is not to scold her audience for a lack of knowledge, but rather to explain that these misunderstandings and limited perspective are universal. By opening with her own admission in the tale about Fide and his family’s poverty, she opens herself to the criticism of this talk. It makes her a more human narrator, and also adds humor to the story in a way that helps the audience …show more content…

Now we are able to say everybody moved away from this field and one thing is very important in this war. One person is looking from the outside in this wall because he just imagines the idea of opposition. Question 5: Imagine you are a Japanese soldier in 1931. You have been asked to explain the Japanese invasion of southern parts of Manchuria to a member of the League of Nations. Answer 5: During 1931 Japan had invaded Manchuria without declarations of war, breaching the rules of the League of Nations. Japan had a highly developed industry, but the land was scarce of natural resources. Japan turned to Manchuria for oil, rubber and lumber in order to make up for the lack of resources in Japan. China's immediate respond was to plead to the League of Nations for them to help drive Japan out of China. Since Japan was in a depression and the only means that the League of Nations could punish nations was by economic sanction, it had little effect on Japan. Due to this event, the Abyssinian crisis had shattered the League of Nations credibility which then showed that the League of Nations had little power of the global

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