George Gladwell's Argument Analysis

testing. Gladwell talks about the I.Q. score “raising by 0.3 points per year, or 3 points per decade” (544) for his logical reasoning being “human beings seemed to be getting smarter” (544). He makes it sound like people started out as being stupid but by now people should be near genius. To look back at Albert Einstein, for example, a genius. This goes to show that before this time period there were people with high I.Q. scores. It is rational to say that with time everything matures and evolves just like in Gladwell’s document the human brain

Yet, some readers would challenge that the theme, “it is possible to survive against all odds” is not the best theme displayed in the novel. Another possible theme to discover in Lord Of The Flies by William Golding would be, “never give up”. The boy's face challenges that were tough to get over. They had a hard time remaining alive and civilized, but no matter how hard the struggles were, the main characters in the story continued to eat instead of starve, sleep in shelters instead of sleeping in the wild, and coming up with solutions of getting off the island. This shows that the boys never gave up and pushed through the circumstance. In the text Golding states, “We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're

Blink written by Malcom is an argumentative based research book about how our adaptive subconscious plays a huge part in every day life. It also tells of the pros and cons of our adaptive subconscious. In Gladwell’s Blink he used different forms of rhetoric to persuade us, the readers, of his point successfully. Gladwell uses multiple counts ethos and logos in his writing to get his point across along with pathos, analogies, rhetorical questions, and irony. He also uses his tone and diction to assist his writing.

Entertainment has sure changed from the 1900s to 2016. Apple watches, Smart TV’s, the Galaxy 6 edge, all these iphones, etc. If you think about it technology has changed so much these past years. As I was reading Fahrenheit 451 there was a quote that said “more sports for everyone, group spirit”. However, my question is do people really even do that stuff anymore? maybe very few people do, but if you look around everyone is glued to their cell phones. I mean people still go out with friends, but half of the time they aren’t doing whatever it is they’re doing, why? Because their busy tweeting, snapchatting, or posting statuses on Facebook saying “I’m having so much fun with my friends”. Are they really having fun though? Because if that was me, I would be enjoying my time with friends and set my phone aside. According to Google the definition of entertainment is, the action of providing or being provided with amusement or enjoyment. However, my own definition of entertainment would be the use any technology device.

Chapters 3 and 4 of The Outliers (Gladwell, 2008) serve to further prove that there is more to success than society believes. It is a common notion that higher accomplishments are granted to individuals with extreme talent and persistence. Gladwell argues there are uncontrollable circumstances on the pathway to success that the general public overlooks.

Books have a history of impacting the views of the masses, influencing thought and bringing about the most spectacular inventions; the Bible, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Republic, and so many more. With books playing such a role in society, it is hard to imagine a world without literature. This is the goal of Ray Bradbury’s book, Fahrenheit 451: to explore a world where reading is outlawed, and to show how books, or the lack of, change the way people feel and connect. The general people who do not read, including the protagonist, Guy Montag, seem discontent with their lives and derive no real joy. Conversely, the readers and the thinkers are kinder, bolder, and humorous; Faber and Clarise, for example, leave powerful impacts on Montag with their thinking. Even those who do not like books yet are well-read, like Montag’s boss, Captain Beatty, are incomplete yet interesting in a way the other characters are not. The connection between books and personality is direct and proportional. In Fahrenheit 451, there is a clear difference in the quality of life between people who read and those who do not, as those who do read seem more engaging, interesting, and generally

David Leonhardt’s “Chance and Circumstance” is an intriguing story about Malcolm Gladwell and his outstanding achievements in the field of journalism. He goes further into Gladwells childhood, being raised by some accomplished parents. “His mother was a psychotherapist, and his father was a mathematician.” (Leonhardt 579). Leonhardt imposes this certain idea to the reader, the idea known as “chance”. Considering how gladwell had successful parents influenced his way to becoming a successful journalist was evidently by chance. He also continues on this topic, stating that, “he is instead a talented person who took advantage of singular opportunities” (Leonhardt579). I see myself similar to Malcolm Gladwell not in a journalistic point of view, but in the art of music. Music has

Chapter nine of David and Goliath talks about strength, how the difficult situations that we face in life, provide us with courage, tenacity, but above all, leave the feeling of being invincible, there is no fear. Gladwell tells the story of the town of Le Chambon, this town offered asylum to Jews who were persecuted by the Nazis during the Second World War. The Huguenots challenge the impositions of the Nazis, help the Jews and emerge victorious. Gladwell argument is that the Nazis, under no circumstances could defeat the resources that the Huguenots had.

Commonly the protagonist of a story is the hero, showing the typical characteristics of bravery, strength, and ingenuity, while always undertaking dangerous tasks to help others. However, there are different kinds of heroes, who range in their attributes. An anti-hero has both good and bad qualities to their character and generally has moral flaws. The personality of anti-heroes is more of a villainous nature and is the character of a story that is more relatable. R.P. McMurphy from Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is one of literature’s favourite characters and is a classic example of an anti-hero. His character is not perceived as the heroic type in the beginning of the novel, yet by the end of the story the reader will realise

Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers talks about success, making a claim on how to achieve it. The book has led me to believe that there is a type of pattern when it comes to reaching success. Gladwell uses evidence to show the readers how there are many factors that contribute to being successful, such as, where you come from, the opportunities you have, the talent you were born with, your dedication or grit, and sometimes luck. Many people who read the book agree with Gladwell and support his hypothesis. Others such as Kakutani try to explain how the book has its weaknesses, being poorly reasoned and thoroughly unconvincing. I agree and disagree with Kakutani. I believe in some paragraphs she gives very little evidence and doesn’t explain her reasoning. In other instances I believe she is right and makes people second guess what Gladwell is trying to say.

The book “Outliers,” by Malcolm Gladwell takes readers on a momentous adventure of twists and turns through life's most optimistic lessons. The aspiration of the book “Outliers,’ is a reflection of how the author Gladwell would like his readers to view and glide through the journey called life. Examples given within the book help to shed light on positive lifelong learning experiences. The key question in the book “Outliers,” is what makes people who are great achievers different from regular people? ” The term “Outlier,” illustrates phenomena’s that can happen apart from what is considered to be the social norm (Gladwell, 2007). As Gladwell explains what an outlier is, he explains an outlier to be a person who is out of the ordinary. According to Gladwell, successful women and men alike gain specialization, partnership, time, locations, and culture (Locklear, 2016). An outlier’s method for success is not personal beliefs but the synthesis of opportunity and time on task (Locklear, 2016).

Malcolm Gladwell's writing broadened my perspective on plagiarism. In "Something Borrowed," Malcolm Gladwell thought briefly, his work was being used without giving him credit. I feel that Gladwell's three problems with plagiarism is with the why, what and how aspect. Why had his work been copied, what of his work had been copied and how was his work being used. In looking for the answers, I think Gladwell started to better understand the use of his work.

In the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell uses the persuasive techniques such as figurative language, rhetorical questions, and analogies to persuade readers that the American view of success is wrong, and that success is the product of opportunities, hidden advantages, and hard work. In Chapter Two, these techniques are used to describe his idea of “The 10,000-Hour Rule” - that belief it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something.

Intrinsic factors critically considered when people think about the main components of success. However, Malcolm Gladwell, a famous writer, contradicts this tendency through the book, Outliers. The book, Outliers insists that extrinsic factors define success rather than the intrinsic ones. Nonetheless, Gladwell himself goes against the topic of Outliers in his assertion: “if you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires (Gladwell, 2008).” The assertion implies that individuals could achieve success only with those intrinsic factors. Gladwell’s assertion is wrong because people can’t achieve success without an opportunity of relative age, an opportunity to have practical

Gladwell, utilizes dialogue in order to portray his emotions and opinions about Paco Underhill while simultaneously allowing the reader to obtain some information about Underhill’s personality. In the passage, the use of Gladwell’s personal dialogue, allows the reader to assume a pleasant disposition from Underhill, as seen through his description, describing Underhill as a non-hostile being, with a gaze that makes an individual believe that they are an eminent acquaintance. It is through this descriptive dialogue that allows the reader to obtain a positive outlook on Underhill. By such means, one can assume that with his optimistic disposition, Paco will respond passively to rude or insulting comments. Dialogue not only entails such actions,