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    Malcolm Gladwell presents his thesis of small tipping points to a bigger problem in the very title of the book. Within the first chapter‚ he introduces the simple idea that there are three simple “tipping points” that causes a large problem. From there‚ he elaborates on his different causes in a full chapter with other examples to help prove his point. Gladwell uses plenty of examples that the general population could pull from memory easily and then proceeds to use these examples to make more challenging

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Diction of The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne presents the reader with the harsh‚ life changing conflicts of three Puritan characters during the 17th century. Hester Prynne‚ Arthur Dimmesdale‚ and Robert Chillingworth must endure their different‚ yet surprisingly similar struggles as the novel progresses. Despite their similarities‚ Hawthorne shows these individuals deal with their conflicts differently‚ and in the end‚ only one prevails. Nathaniel

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    Brain Candy by Malcolm Gladwell explore the idea that pop culture is making us smarter. Playing a simple video game or watching a modern television series can improve learning as much as reading a book. Video games are more intriguing than a book. “But these games withhold critical information from the player” (Gladwell 1). This illustrates that key information used in a video game is withheld and the player needs to problem solve to gain the answer. Modern television is more consuming and makes

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    Diction and Imagery in Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper”             Children are now welcomed to earth as presents bundled in pinks and blues. In the 1800’s children were treated as workers straight from the womb. Children trained early in age to perform unbearable tasks (Ward 3). Imagine how it felt to be unwanted by a parent and sold to a master who also cared nothing about them. Many children earned a few pennies by becoming chimney sweeps or working in the streets running errands‚ calling cabs

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    1. Gladwell’s overall claim in this chapter is that the class and family life you come from affects your chance of success. Coming from a lower class‚ Gladwell says‚ causes you to be less assertive around authority and less pressured into ambition. Parents of lower class families often do not encourage their kids to fine tune their talents through extra-curricular activities‚ but in middle to upper class families‚ kids are able to partake in multiple activities with the support of their parents.

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    about a family who lived in a futuristic house that took care of all of their wants and needs and eventually drives the kids to kill their own parents. Bradbury helps the reader understand the setting through the use of diction. At the beginning of the story‚ Bradbury uses diction to help set up the feel of the house. By stating that the stove was “busy humming to itself” (Bradbury 1) and the lights worked “with a soft automaticity” (Bradbury 1)‚ Bradbury is able to portray the futuristic and technological

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    Aristotle’s Poetics defines the nature of tragic drama‚ discusses the six essential elements of drama‚ states his opinion on the best type of tragic plot‚ and suggests the most effective means to arouse essential emotions such as pity and fear. He presents here the elaborate structure of justice of virtue rewarded and villain punished‚ broadly speaking the poetic justice. Now since in the finest kind of tragedy the structure should be complex and not simple‚ and since it should also be a representation

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    Diction From The General History of Virginia by John Smith‚ there is a confusing kind of diction. The words used in this passage is commonly spoken in the 16th century. I think John Smith’s goal was to use colloquial vocabulary. This thought came to mind because back then everyone used those words. This whole passage has confusing vocabulary but in reality its simple when you brake it down. John Smith himself is a pilgrim and when he speaks of them he refers to them as pilgrims instead

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    Faulty Idioms People don’t worry overtheir futures; they worry about their futures. One thing is not different thananother thing; one thing is different fromanother thing. Connor does not excel withlacrosse; he excels in lacrosse. After waiting on line‚ visitors do not walk in the museum‚ they walk into the museum. Jenna has a sweet tooth; she doesn’t have a preoccupation ondark chocolate‚ she has a preoccupation withdark chocolate. You might think that beingraised in an English-speaking home

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    Think about it Malcom Gladwell defines connectors in his book “Tipping Point” as: “These people connect ideas and concepts. Their social networks are 100 people or more. They can often reach across industries and other traditional socioeconomic boundaries.” Whether we agree with Gladwell’s revolutionary concepts or not‚ we cannot deny it changed the way we think. If we want to translate Gladwell’s term “connectors” to a much simpler word‚ it would be “ the middle man.” For centuries‚ people created

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