David And Goliath: The Vocabulary

The vocabulary words I chose are plummeted which means to fall or drop straight down and persuasive who is someone that is good at making another believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation. Both of these words apply to this chapter and throughout David and Goliath because all underdogs must use persuasion in order to challenge larger powers they are facing and if the strategy or method used by an underdog is not constantly assessed in comparison to the U-curve, then ultimately failure will occur.
The actions of people in power determine the response and actions of individual groups within any given society. As pointed out by Gladwell, grief and a person’s response to dealing with grief, comes in many forms. It is quite common
I would become an advocate and lobby to change laws. However, I would approach the situation with caution and ensure equality was preserved. In times of grief there are stages that one must go through in order to resolve their emotions effectively. In general, there are five stages of the grieving process: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are all important. Often, individuals attempt to react or make serious life decisions during this time, due to shock, anger, denial; uniquely, it is stressed by professionals not to make any major decisions as logically a person is not in their right state of mind immediately subsequent to losing a loved one. Also, in the case of a parent losing a child, the loss is different than losing a spouse, relative, etc. In many cases and the majority amongst parents in particular are not able to recover from the death of a child or spouse the same as losing a grandmother, aunt or uncle. In fact, traumatization or a near miss is quite common in response to this type of grief. An individual will respond to the trauma, in one of two ways, either with pacifism/trauma or resilience/invincibility. It is not common for people to automatically respond by swiftly making moves to advocate or change laws. Mike Reynolds responded to the trauma he faced with an unresounding desire to change the law in order to feel a sense of peace or accomplishment in enforcing the powers; thus allowing him to have closure, so he believed. Wilma Derksen because of her upbringing and social conditions; chose to respond with pacifism and denial resulting in pent up anger. In summary, regardless of the circumstances, an individual once again, when faced with a traumatic event and circumstances of people in positions of extreme power. The response and how that individual utilizes power is key to their success in resolving issues; therefore if you are a deviant person by nature based