How Little Things Make a Big Difference
Caroline Akiode
Mr.Wynkoop
English IV
15 October 2012
Structure of how Society can make a Big Difference
One of the things that American literature does to define America and its culture itself is to reflect the reasons why America displays in today’s society. Literature reflects society by pre-existing concepts and ideas. This is why Malcolm Gladwell writes The Tipping Point in which discusses about events that people make in the past and how past experiences can lead people to make inform decisions very quickly. The Tipping Point changes the way people in America think about selling products and disseminating ideas. According to Gladwell, “I don’t really think of myself as an outlier.” This quote reflects to how majority of our citizens behaves in our society because of the fact that there are people who consider themselves as outliers based upon their race, appearance, and their culture. This situation also displayed in Malcolm X’s life and his point of view of what America is all about. Just like Malcolm X, he put the blame on the white man to think that they were the ones who ruin America. However, America’s problem is us citizens from the past, present, and in the future. Most people don’t understand that we are the reason for making America the way how it turned out to be. Most of our citizens can not acknowledge the fact of which they are as a person and how their actions reflect our society. Even though we have over seven billion people living on Earth today, there is only a few who are willing to change not America but how people should view themselves as equal by having freedom, justice, and a future. This is why in life those who made a change in our world, they made some noise.
Gladwell’s piece the Tipping Point discusses ideas of how little things can make a big difference. Due to the fact that little causes can have big effects and that changes happens not gradually but at one dramatic moment. According to Lynn Richardson, “Gladwell provided a map
Mr.Wynkoop
English IV
15 October 2012
Structure of how Society can make a Big Difference
One of the things that American literature does to define America and its culture itself is to reflect the reasons why America displays in today’s society. Literature reflects society by pre-existing concepts and ideas. This is why Malcolm Gladwell writes The Tipping Point in which discusses about events that people make in the past and how past experiences can lead people to make inform decisions very quickly. The Tipping Point changes the way people in America think about selling products and disseminating ideas. According to Gladwell, “I don’t really think of myself as an outlier.” This quote reflects to how majority of our citizens behaves in our society because of the fact that there are people who consider themselves as outliers based upon their race, appearance, and their culture. This situation also displayed in Malcolm X’s life and his point of view of what America is all about. Just like Malcolm X, he put the blame on the white man to think that they were the ones who ruin America. However, America’s problem is us citizens from the past, present, and in the future. Most people don’t understand that we are the reason for making America the way how it turned out to be. Most of our citizens can not acknowledge the fact of which they are as a person and how their actions reflect our society. Even though we have over seven billion people living on Earth today, there is only a few who are willing to change not America but how people should view themselves as equal by having freedom, justice, and a future. This is why in life those who made a change in our world, they made some noise.
Gladwell’s piece the Tipping Point discusses ideas of how little things can make a big difference. Due to the fact that little causes can have big effects and that changes happens not gradually but at one dramatic moment. According to Lynn Richardson, “Gladwell provided a map