On the coming of John
T he danger of a single story according to Chimamande Adichie was that Chimamanda Adichie cautions about developing serious misconceptions about other people or nations if we only hear one account of them. The idea of "nkali," an Igbo term meaning "greater than others," was first presented by Dichie. She says that a story's potency determines everything about it, including how, when, by whom, and how many times it is repeated. The conventional issue with her statements is that, while they may not be entirely true, they are unfinished. They merge into one narrative. The most significant lesson I will remember from this discussion is to never judge anyone based just on their preconception. When anything is based on a stereotype, it produces a one-sided narrative from which people are never able to escape. Both Johns were born and raised in the same neighborhood. They were buddies as children but were estranged as they grew older. Both of them attend schools, b...