Essay Questions

According to 'The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, how has the internet transformed the world?'

Issa recounted her first experience with the internet in the early 1990s when most computers could not connect to the internet. However, at the age of eleven, the author started using the internet, and she shares how the internet changed her life and the people around her. Despite the negative influences of the internet, such as sex predation and bullying, Issa used the internet constructively to develop programs that shaped her career in writing. Similarly, the internet has made communication easier and hastened global business productivity.

What is encouraging about Issa’s awkwardness?

The book's title suggests that Issa is a clumsy black girl implying that much should not be expected. Indeed, the author proves that she is awkward when she starts using the internet as a young girl because she became 'cyber ho' spending most of her time chatting with male strangers, not knowing that she was putting her life in danger. However, Issa's awkwardness in social media made her more explorative and ambitious until one day, she developed programs and shows widely consumed in the American media.

Who is to blame for Issa's parents' divorce?

The marriage between Issa's parents is blissful, and the protagonist thinks that things will remain the same forever. However, the author was shocked to learn that her parents were divorcing one day. Initially, the father blamed the wife, and Issa hated her mother, thinking she was the cause of the divorce. After the divorce, Issa caught her father red-handed with another woman who is one of his side women with whom he had relationships while married. Similarly, Issa learned from her mother that her father was unfaithful throughout the marriage. Therefore, Issa's father is to blame for crumbling the once blissful family.