Analyse af Anand Giridharadas' tale 'A tale of two Americas'

A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided

“A tale of two Americas. And the mini mart where they collided” is the name of the speech, told by Anand Giridharadas in March 2015. The medium is TED talk, which is a mix between a lecture and a speech. The audience is people who had come to see and listen to the tale. The main topic is the idea of the American dream, and some of the subtopic is the divided America, terrorism, and immigration. The speaker is Anand Giridharadas, he was born in the US, but spent many years in India. Therefor he has experience with immigration, because his parents immigrated to the US from India before he was born. He has also experienced the American Dream and sees the broader perspective.

The title of the speech is “A tale of two Americas. And the mini mart where they collided”, the first part of the title is" A tale of two Americas ", which means that we are introduced to two views of America. The last part is "And the mini mart where they collided" this just tells that it was in the mini mart where they collided, which must mean that something must have happened in the mini mart, which is crucial for the speech.