Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story” discusses how people with more power interpret the lives of people with less power. How are single stories used to interpret the lives of immigrants and non-native English speakers in the story “Checking Out”?

Please answer all journal prompts.

*Nadine Gordimer, “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off”
Nadine Gordimer’s “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off” is set in apartheid-era South Africa.
What were some of the laws that governed interracial relationships during this era? How does
the story reflect that?
200-300 words. Provide brief quotations from the story to support your points.

*Salman Rushdie’s “The Prophet’s Hair”
Consider the effect the possession of the hair has on Hashim’s family and the thief’s family in
Salman Rushdie’s “The Prophet’s Hair.” How do you explain the difference in light of what you
have learned about magical realism?
200-300 words. Provide brief quotations from the story to support your points.

*Chimamanda Adichie’s “Checking Out”
Chimamanda Adichie’s TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story” discusses how people with more
power interpret the lives of people with less power. How are single stories used to interpret
the lives of immigrants and non-native English speakers in the story “Checking Out”?
200-300 words. Provide brief quotations from the story to support your points.

Write in complete and correct sentences.
Use at least one scholarly article in your analysis of any of the above questions. Document all
borrowed information using MLA style. When quoting from the poem, indicate the author’s last
name and the line numbers of the quoted information. When quoting from the short stories,
indicate the author’s last name and the page number of the quoted information.

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