A springboard story is supposed to spring people enthusiastically into a new future. There are a few main elements to achieve a successful springboard story, for example:
- clear and worthwhile
- actual examples
- have a positive tone
- the date and place where it happened
- the story is linked to the purpose to be achieved in telling it.
Chimamanda Adichie is trying to tell us a story about stereotyping.
Stereotyping happens when only one story is told. To make a story complete, you need a balance of stories.
The first step in telling a successful springboard story is telling a true story. Miss Adichie achieves this by using her own life. During her presentation she keeps telling the time, by using her age at the time, and place for all the happenings; when she started reading and writing, when she herself made an error with stereotyping a house boy, when she moved to the U.S to attend college, etc. She also tells the story in a positive tone and it has a happy ending.
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