Let’s get this straight first. I actually applaud Malcolm Gladwell for writing his book Outliers. His theories throughout the book touched ideas that I wouldn’t even begin to think about or question. He gave support for his theories and spent a lot of time describing occurrences that seemed to prove them (as you can guess I’m a bit skeptical about some). I actually enjoyed reading once I got myself to actually focus and read. You see‚ it’s not the type of book that you don’t want to put down;
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1. Chapter 1-3 Gladwell tells the reader that success is based on opportunity and experience rather than truly being good at something. Extended Metaphor: “the tallest oak in the forest is the tallest not just because it grew from the hardiest acorn; it it’s the tallest because no other trees blocked its sunlight‚ the soil around it was deep and rich‚ no rabbit chewed through its bark as a sapling‚ and no lumberjack cut it down before it matured.” Rhetorical question: “…they had performed
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is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities” (Gladwell 155). Gladwell is implying that success does not arbitrarily come to a person. It takes many foreseeable factors and circumstances. The claim that‚ “if you work hard enough and assert yourself‚ and use your mind and imagination‚ you can shape the world to your desires” (Gladwell 151) is valid to a certain extent. However‚ hard work and the use of one’s mind and imagination alone are
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Attributes of Intelligence Are successful entrepreneurs generally Ivy League graduates with high IQs? Richard Branson‚ founder and CEO of Virgin International‚ is one of the World’s wealthiest and successful entrepreneurs‚ but he is a high school drop out. There is no one-size-fits-all formula of success‚ however successful people are generally highly intelligent. Psychologist Howard Gardner determined that there are different types of intelligence and that people possess skills in diverse areas
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The Kindest Person I Know Caraton Pruitt. Mrs. Murphy 5th Hour 9/30/12 The kindest person that I know in my life would be my grandmother. My grandmother is considered the kindest person to me for a lot of reasons‚ and this paper will tell you why I think my grandma is the kindest person I know. Evelyn J. Butts is my wonderful‚ kind‚ caring‚ and let’s not forget loving grandmother. She has helped raise me‚ as well as my other siblings all of our life. My grandmother almost feels like
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connect oneself to another. Twitter‚ Facebook‚ Vine‚ and other now big social networking sites have become one of the most important ways to connect and to use those connections to create change or to join others who are involved in social change. Gladwell introduces the idea in Small Change that “The world‚ we are told‚ is in the midst of a revolution” (232). Communication is being altered daily‚ and over the years has changed from social activism sparked only by person-to-person contact‚ to telephone
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Arredondo 1 Maritza Arredondo AP English Language & Composition Mr.Malmed Ch. Thesis Supporting Evidence 1. | The thesis of chapter one is how Gladwell proves the coming to success of the elite hockey players are majority ones born in the months of January‚ February‚ or March. They explain how their age and being born around that time of the year gives them advantages and most born earlier don’t have a big chance of making it to the big leagues. | * The roster of
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Tyler Alford 7 December 2011 Prof. Smith Outliers Final Draft Outliers Final Draft In the book Outliers author Malcolm Greenwell talks about a variety of topics that deal with how success is obtained by individuals who are blessed to have many different opportunities. They range from a school designed for students to excel‚ to being financially wealthy‚ or even being in the right place at the right time. Many different types of examples of people who found success through opportunities laid
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chapter of his book‚ Outliers‚ Malcom Gladwell writes to his readers about the importance of repetitions. In this chapter‚ Gladwell expresses and gives examples of the importance of repetitions. In order for one to become an expert or excel in something‚ one must repeat this action for at least 10‚000 hours. Gladwell’s first example of the 10‚000-hour rule is Bill Joy‚ a sixteen-year-old boy. He was interested in computer programming‚ which was a hard thing to learn about in 1970’s. Computers were hard
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Outliers essay benchmark In Gladwells’s Work‚ The outliers ‚ He states : “if you work hard enough and assert yourself‚and use your mind and imagination‚you can shape thw world to your desires.” Being that I am in Ap and honor classes‚Doing sports ‚and working 25-30 hours a weekat 16‚ Iwill defend his statement. If you work hard and stay focussed‚ you will see results. Hard workpays off as tim e precceds. Growing up ‚ My life was very unstable. Owas moving constantly and my parents had a
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