What Makes Success------ Nature or Nurture? --a book review on Outliers George Eliot has said: “it is never too late to be what one might have been.” Indeed‚ what makes success? People have been questioning for more than a century. Is it by nature or by nurture? In Malcolm Gladwell’s newest book Outliers which narrates the story of success‚ we can see the answer. Is it hard to being a successful person surrounded with glory and applause? Is it hard to being a successful
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Natalie Haro Mrs.Spruill 2nd block November 21‚ 2014 Rhetorical Analysis: Outliers Chapter 2 Ten-thousand-hours is how the people today and the past have became successful. In the Outliers‚ written by Malcom Gladwell he gives his belief on the ten-thousand hour rule. He uses load language‚ appropriate attiude and reliable evidence. Malcon Gladwell is correct in his assertion that ten-thousand-hours and a special opportunity are essential to become successful. Malcom Gladwell’s agrument is filled
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change the outcome. This ides is introduced through the development of the plot in Oedipus Rex. In Outliers however‚ the main idea is that one cannot forge their own path through hard work. These ideas are introduced by the development of research on the topic of destiny and how practicing affects the outcome of various musicians. Although Sophocles‚ the author of the play Oedipus Rex and Malcolm Gladwell‚ the author of
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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
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shall be given‚ and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.” – Matthew 25:29. Malcolm Gladwell uses this scripture from the gospel of Matthew to introduce the phenomenon of the “Matthew Effect” in his book‚ Outliers. He defines an “outlier” as “men and women who do things out of the ordinary” (Gladwell 17). In his search of trying to find what exactly made these men and women so extraordinary‚ he discovered that they all had an “accumulative
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In The Matthew Effect chapter of Outliers‚ Malcolm Gladwell states that a person’s success s attributed to the timing of their birth date as it relates to the cut-off dates of sports and education. He believes that this one random date is the start of a series of advantages that can ultimately lead to success. Although timing of a birth date and opportunities can play a significant factor in one’s success‚ they are not the sole determination of success. Gladwell fails to acknowledge the vital role
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Sports Gene‚ and Malcolm Gladwell‚ Author of Outliers: The Story of Success‚ have different positions on the subject. The excerpt from The Sports Gene is about the athlete Donald Thomas who was gifted with genes that allow him to do well in high-jump. The excerpt from Outliers: The Story of Success is about research done to determine what difference practice makes in people’s success. In response to the question‚ how much of what happens in our lives do we control‚ Gladwell does a better job supporting
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Gladwell leaves no question to what caused the plane crash of the Korean Air Flight 801 occurred. A number of crashes following this resulted from proven facts of inappropriate violations from crew‚ and officers. The way these occurrences had taken place it "rarely happen in real life the same way they happen in the movies". The big question is why and how the pilots couldn’t land this plane. This resulted in changing names of this airline to‚ " SkyTeam alliance". Then on to receiving awards and
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freshmen who want to be the best they can be. Outliers: Stories of Success by: Malcolm Gladwell discusses this topic and why it is a good choice. Redshirting kindergarteners is usually done my parents who have children born just before the cutoff and therefore are the youngest and smallest in their class. There is also a different level of maturity in the older students that helps them pay attention which leads to better understanding and better grades. Gladwell supports this by showing that the Swedish
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individuals are taught from day one to do whatever it takes to thrive. The book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a story of success and how it is achieved. Though having many different theories on success‚ the story focuses on the sociological phenomena of the importance of all the factors it takes to truly be an accomplished individual. Malcolm Gladwell uses different anecdotes and real life examples in his book Outliers to illustrate how success is not just solely ambition and other intrinsic factors
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