A single-story is a story told from one perspective. Single-story produces stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is that they are false, and you can’t base your opinions on one perspective. By listening to one perspective you risk misunderstanding a certain topic. A metaphor is a comparison between two things without using the words like or as.
The types of stories I read growing up were fairytales and fictional books like Percy Jackson’s “The Lightning Thief.” I enjoyed reading the Percy Jackson series because the fictional world was uniquely designed. Percy Jackson’s life was unraveled when he realized he was the son of the Greek god Poseidon. At the training ground for the children of the gods, Percy learns to harness his divine powers and prepare for the adventure of life: to prevent a feud between the Olympians from erupting into a destructive war on Earth and to save his mother from the clutches of Hades, the god of the underworld. The trope for this book is that it involves magical powers that do not exist. The author portrayed this story from one perspective which makes it a single-story. The story was told from Percy’s perspective but they could have made the story more interesting if they switched to other perspectives. The other demi-gods were just as interesting and if they focused on a cast instead of a single person the series could have been on par with books like Harry Potter. Regardless of that, I enjoyed reading the Percy Jackson series.
Modern Technology does contribute to single-stories. For example, the media supports one side instead of presents both sides of a news story. They influence the public to pick sides such as the Democratic party or the Republican party. People are biased towards because it is the only side of information they know. Multimedia platforms make getting information easier but it also makes the public lazy. Most people will base their opinions on one perspective and won’t look at other perspectives. These two articles talk about overlapping problems of identity since it’s about the identity crisis and how they feel insecure in their skin.
