The first week of our second semester, we watched a TED talk by Adichie about understanding a story from an extremely narrowed point of view. As typical human beings, we automatically imbue the information that is only give to us.
By reading "Things Fall Apart", I'm starting to understand that there are so many things that people assume without knowing the whole story, including me. Ever since I was in elementary school, I thought of Africa as a poverty stricken country, full of misery, constant hunger and crime. The things I've heard about Africa were only depressing stories about children having no place to sleep, having nothing to eat or dying from severe sickness. "Things Fall Apart" showed me a whole new perspective of Africa. I never realized that Africa had so much culture and color. It was a cultural shock for me. Also, the fact that many parts of Africa was extremely wealthy and that it was occupied by Caucasians blew me away.
The social media's object is to address the problems in society. As people, it's easy for us to misunderstand that what is being portrayed in the media is the only story. Instead of having a narrow perspective, trying to understand every situation as a whole is very important to us. Even in our daily lives, looking at the situations in different levels will help us connect with more people and understand how to address the problem more easily.
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