StoryLab

  The Danger of a Single Story

This Ted Talk was about falling into the tendency to take a single stories that you see on the news and placing everyone from that region into the same stereotype. In this Ted Talk, the speaker was talking about her real world experiences about coming from Africa. Her roommate was surprised that she was able to properly use the stove. She couldn't believe that her roommate thought that everyone from Africa was poor. She then fell into this single story phenomenon. 

Imaginary Friends and Real World Consequences

I enjoyed watching this Ted Talk because the speaker talked about a lot of relatable characters that most everyone knows. She first started off by talking about characters from the Harry Potter series. She talked about how everyone that has watched the movies or read the books have developed connections with the characters. She later goes on to talk about the Game of Thrones series, specifically about the red wedding. They killed off many of the most favorited characters of the whole series which stirred up a lot of controversy. These actions that authors do within their stories end up affecting some readers lives. People end up creating these imaginary characters and seeing them as best friends.

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