The Life of Diana

This month I have been reading a couple of the short stories in Chimamanda Adichie's collection, The Thing Around Your Neck. She stated in a quote "How stories are told, who tells them, when they're told, how many stories are told are really dependent on power." This quote means that power has a significant influence on how, when, and how often stories are told. In one of Adichie's short stories, "The Headstrong Historian, "Ayaju wants her son to "learn the ways of these foreigners, since the people ruled over others not because they were better people but because they had better guns." Due to the fact that the foreigners have weapons, they are more powerful. Ayaju sends her son to school to keep her family safe from these foreigners. In another one of her stories, "A Private Experience," the main character, Chika, wrongfully assumes that a Hausa Muslim is poor and lacks an education. After spending time with her during a riot Chika r...

Literature has had a major impact on my life. My essays, projects, and knowledge of new words have improved because of the amount of books I have read over these past few years. Literature plays an important role in improving one's command of language, helps us express ourselves, and more accurately convey our messages. Overtime, I have improved my ability to understand the books I read and have been able to make strong analyses based on simple quotes.  In my "What Do You Value" word cloud I list all my values, including the ones I am still working on. Some of the important values in my word cloud are responsible, creative, and determined. I picked the word responsible because being responsible means that people can depend on you to get things done and it therefore brings you respect. Creativity is important to me because I believe that without creativity one will not be able to succeed and make progress. Lastly, determination is in my word cloud because it lead...