Using the Ted Talk “The Danger of a Single Story”– choose an experience from your own life that sheds light on a social, political, cultural, or economic issue Perhaps you were bullied in middle school, for instance—a deeply personal experience that has broader significance.
Write a narrative essay in which you bring your own experience to life while also making the broader significance clear.
Guidelines:
- What happened? Who was involved?
- Where and when did it happen?
- What makes the story come alive?
- Who’s telling the story?
- Why does the story matter?