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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OUTLIERS The Story of Success Malcolm Gladwell As I read Outliers‚ an excellent book by Malcom Gladwell also author of the Tipping Point one of my favorite marketing books I couldn’t help being reminded of the movie Good Will Hunting. There is a particular scene in the movie where Matt Damon‚ playing a poor teen from Southern Boston confronts a wealthy MIT student. Damon tells him‚ “You were born on third base and you think you hit a triple.” In other words‚ we often over-attribute our
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household name. In Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success Gladwell shows what the definition of a true outlier is through examples of people and towns throughout history. Many examples and studies clearly show that innate talent alone won’t get you anywhere. And most of those
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Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted‚” Malcolm Gladwell addresses that while social media can quickly spread information among a large group of people‚ it is not the driving force of social activism. According to Gladwell‚ real change cannot be achieved through the impersonal use of social media. People who use social media‚ especially those who participate in social media activism‚ are most affected by Gladwell’s words. Gladwell effectively backs his argument by utilizing different modes
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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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successful. Malcolm Gladwell explains that idea throughout his book Outliers. Gladwell’s chapters contain endless amounts of evidence that support his claims exceptionally well. But‚ Michiko Kakutani‚ a critic for New York Times‚ exposes Gladwell’s evidence as unreliable and unconvincing‚ and upon further research‚ Gladwell’s faults grew deeper. Even though Gladwell provides an extensive amount of evidence‚ that evidence is one-sided and relies on suggestion. Each chapter of Outliers provides an enormous
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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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Style‚ in literature is crucial for individualizing one author’s work from another. In Outliers‚ Gladwell implements stylistic elements of denouement‚ parallelism‚ calls to action‚ and colloquialism to enhance his writing piece. Through these writing styles‚ Gladwell is able to maintain the attention of the reader‚ create an informal mood with the reader‚ connect ideas‚ and add emphasis. Gladwell is able to add emphasis in his writing through the application of parallelism in his writing. Parallelism
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could improve upon so much to get a better chance to become more successful in life. In Outliers‚ Malcolm Gladwell argues that a child’s performance level for anything has to do with their culture. He says that people of Asian descent will focus more and try harder when they do not understand something. He also talks about how constantly practicing can make you master a skill. If teens can use ideas that Gladwell talks about they can become more successful. One idea is teens can work on their social
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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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