Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born on September, 15, 1977 in Enugu, Nigeria. Her parents are Grace Ifeoma and James Nwoye Adichie. The family originally lived in Abba, but later she moved around with her family. He father was a professor at the University of Nigeria and her mother was the first female chancellor at the institution. Adichie finished her education at the University's school, receiving several academic prizes. When she turned nineteen, she left for the United States, where she stayed with her sister. She wrote many novels during her stay in the United States. During her career, she went to a university in America to pursue futher her education. Her roommate was shocked that she was able to speak English and use a stove. Her roommate …show more content…
In here speech she talks about many reasons why stories can be seen logical to some people and completely illogical to others due to their experience. She says that many people rely too much on stories and too little on experience. The story becomes their logic. She talks about how John Locke wrote in his stories that Nigerian men would beat their wives all the time (Adichie). Many people agree with this statement because they believe it is true. Others have told them about this so it must be true. But as Adichie experienced it, the statement made by John Locke is completely false. But if she would tell other people the truth, they would not believe her because she would be just another story this is true or false. Earlier, Adichie talks about how she read the book “American Psycho”. The audience thought this was funny because they knew that that book had false statements, but if Adichie did not know this, she would have completely believed this novel. Then, she talks about her visit to Guadalajara in Mexico. She says that she watched all the Mexican people “roll up tortillas in the marketplace, smoking, laughing” (Adichie). She said that she was surprised for a moment because she had a completely different idea of Mexicans and how they lived. But then she became ashamed of herself. She said that,” I have been so immersed in the media coverage of Mexicans that they had become one thing in my mind, the abject immigrant” (Adichie). Without knowing it, she believed the stories about Mexicans from the media. As she experienced the reality, she came to her ultimate realization of how stories from other people are absurd and only to believe by actually experiencing it