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Gladwell's Bleakness

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I agree with Gladwell's claim in that in order for an individual to become successful, it is necessary to have help from others, regardless of whether it is an external or internal force. There are instances where someone will be more academically inclined than others and this would put them in a better position in society, such as Christ Langan, however because he “… had only the bleakness of Bozeman, and a home dominated by an angry, drunken stepfather” (Gladwell 110), he cannot expect to go far without a privileged background. Gladwell thoroughly emphasizes this point through the study of the Termites, who lived up to their respective backgrounds. The A group was comprised of the middle and upper class and they demonstrated what it meant

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