On the coming of John

  •  The 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, but John Jones becomes aware of racism and unfair treatment after receiving an education.
  •  in order to write this story freely, he chooses to write a fictional tale. Unlike if he did something real, he would have less space to do things that he wants to do and things that he wants to make up. He wants to have fun with it and create his own things.
  •  when John finally understood he was being treated unfairly, he started to feel resentful of his lot in life. With this newfound understanding, however, he decides to try and educate others about it and comes to the realization that, despite the fact that what he did didn't make him happier, he doesn't regret learning it. Education, in my opinion, has the power to transform a person because it gives you experiences that, when combined with new knowledge, might alter your perspective on the world. 
  • I noticed a connection on a personal level because when john realized a bit of racism at school, I felt the connection there because I used to get a bit of racist comments about be because Muslim and middle eastern.

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