Barry presents rhetorical strategies as a means to characterize scientific research. He thinks that being a “scientist requires not only intelligence and curiosity‚ but passion‚ patience‚ creativity‚ self-sufficiency‚ and courage.” Scientific research can be courageous and dangerous. In science‚ people tend to doubt scientists because their discoveries it seems unreal. Even scientists such as Einstein probably doubted his own theory until his predictions were tested. Barry starts his piece of writing
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In Outliers‚ Malcolm Gladwell argues that success is a culmination of many circumstances and opportunities in a person’s life‚ not a testament to personal talent or ability like our society views it. Gladwell supports his central argument using case studies. His book is divided into two sections‚“Opportunity” and “Legacy‚” where he further explains his claim using individual cases of either success or failure. In the first example‚ Gladwell points out that the best ice hockey players are fast
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Dream‚ from the perspective of those who have grown prosperous‚ is made from hard work. But‚ do all hard workers reach the American Dream? No. Luck is involved. Malcolm Gladwell demonstrates this idea of accumulative advantage‚ or luck‚ in his book Outliers. The “self-made man” is disproved as many beneficial events are highlighted and viewers see all that assist the man in his ascendance. In the podcast‚ a young woman who works for Domino’s Pizza is
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Success by Chance? In Gladwell’s opening chapter of Outliers‚ he begins to tell us about where success comes from. Right away he makes clear that people do not come from nothing‚ to be successful‚ all on their own. He does this because you often here sports broadcasters say‚ “John Doe‚ came from absolutely nothing‚ to become this sports All-Start.” Gladwell uses the analogy of the tallest tree in the forest. He says that that tree does not get to be the tallest on its own. Gladwell reminds us that
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In the second 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
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9/16/12 Eng ap. In Esther Burr’s journal entry on‚ May 1‚ 1742‚ the ten year old girl documents a particular outing with her father‚ through the wilderness. She has a very deep respect for her father‚ so when she gets the chance to travel to “the spring wood” with him she could not be happier. Her use of language‚ including; diction and imagery‚ the manner in which she talks about the knowledge she gained that day‚ and of course how she looks up to her father reveals just how cherished this outing
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Though the autobiography seems to refute the ideas that were presented in Outliers: the story of success‚ it indeed supports it. In the example given above‚ Franklin presents himself as a man with open-mind because he had seized the opportunities that were given to him‚ However from what Gladwell states‚ many of the individuals
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While reading chapter one "The Matthew Effect" of Outliers‚ readers are presented with the theory that fame and success may not be due to natural talent or ability‚ but more to being in the right place at the right time (and age). Gladwell supports his idea with data from various sports rosters‚ trying to prove his theory with a trend in professional hockey players birth months lead to their success rather than their natural talent. Readers are also given statistics from children’s math and science
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Amount of Control in our Lives Imagine having absolutely no control of your abilities. Our lives are controlled by several factors‚ but we do not control all of those factors. We are destined to control as much of our lives. In the article‚ “Outliers” by Malcolm Gladwell‚ the main idea is that we have the maximum control of our lives. In the article “The Sports Gene” written by David Epstein states that we have minimal control of our lives. To begin with‚ the article talks about how we have most
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make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds... In the book “Outliers”‚ Malcolm Gladwell discusses some specific factors of extraordinary achievement. Some of the main ideas he discusses is advantages to succeed in life. According to Gladwell‚ there are tremendous advantages people have over their competitors to meet opportunities. In examining what made outliers like Bill Gates and the Beatles such phenomenal successes‚ Gladwell hits upon the important role
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