An Analysis of Malcolm Gladwell's Essay Small Change
Brutus Critique-Draft Professor
English 1010
June 22, 2013
SMALL CHANGE By: Malcolm Gladwell
The author, Malcolm Gladwell, in his essay “Small Change”
analyzes the civil rights and social activism, comparing with social media and
how social media interferes with the social activism. He describes the differences
between social activism and social media by exploring tools like Facebook and Twitter and
how these tools interfere with the actions.
The author has different ideas about where and how a social activism
changed the human history, and some ideas are described very well with a good overall
structure and evidence. First, I will start talking about the structure by pointing out his essay’s
introduction, where he gives example of four students who become victims of the
social activism. As he describes, “At four-thirty in the afternoon on Monday, February 1,
1960,four college students sat down at the lunch counter at Woolworth’s in downtown
Greensboro, North Carolina…I’d like a cup of coffee, please… said to the waitress.”
I like the fact that he is very detailed in the beginning of his essay; very meticulous on
presenting the facts, in which he describes the action of a civil-rights movement. Overall
English 1010
June 22, 2013
SMALL CHANGE By: Malcolm Gladwell
The author, Malcolm Gladwell, in his essay “Small Change”
analyzes the civil rights and social activism, comparing with social media and
how social media interferes with the social activism. He describes the differences
between social activism and social media by exploring tools like Facebook and Twitter and
how these tools interfere with the actions.
The author has different ideas about where and how a social activism
changed the human history, and some ideas are described very well with a good overall
structure and evidence. First, I will start talking about the structure by pointing out his essay’s
introduction, where he gives example of four students who become victims of the
social activism. As he describes, “At four-thirty in the afternoon on Monday, February 1,
1960,four college students sat down at the lunch counter at Woolworth’s in downtown
Greensboro, North Carolina…I’d like a cup of coffee, please… said to the waitress.”
I like the fact that he is very detailed in the beginning of his essay; very meticulous on
presenting the facts, in which he describes the action of a civil-rights movement. Overall