Commentary On George Gladwell's 'Underdog Story'

In “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted,” Malcolm Gladwell discusses the social media and society changed how people and groups of interact with each other. The four students sat down at the lunch counter at the Woolworth’s in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina. The Woolworth’s lunch counter denied service because of their race. They refused to leave until the dinner closed and protest grew. The four students protested widespread and people from different states started to join in four students. They were also protested to happen without social networking. There was incident that people protested against the communist government and received through Twitter Revolution. Gladwell emphasizes the importance of social media for

In Big and Bad by Malcolm Gladwell, he states that S.U.V.s are not safe, although they may seem like they are. Specifically, he states that S.U.V.s are the opposite of safe. In the text, Gladwell discusses how people generally think, “If I am bigger and taller, I’m safer.” In other words, many people feel that if they are driving a bigger, heavier vehicle, they will be protected from harm. The article argues that the massive weight of the S.U.V. negatively influences the handling of the vehicle, leading to how fast you can navigate and control the S.U.V. The article counters the false sense of security by claiming that there is a higher chance of your S.U.V. rolling because of how big and cumbersome it is.

He starts off by telling a heartbreaking story of a child who is gruesomely attacked by three unsupervised pitbulls. He emphasizes the struggle of trying to fight off the dogs and the fatalities of the incident. But how can you be so easily convinced when he leaves out who the owner of these dogs are, what provoked them, and why they were so untamed? His goal to evoke your emotion and to empathize with the boy and his family is successful by leaving out those specific details. The Pitbull’s are then compared to “Tasmanian devils”(1) which in reality are beloved creatures that are only harmful when provoked by a predator. Another faulty analogy Gladwell includes, “just as we wouldn’t let a great white shark in a swimming pool”(1), is meant to make you agree with the argument but it only confuses you further because sharks can only survive in salt water not a chlorine infused

In this article "Troublemakers", Gladwell focuses how social order frequently has a tendency will worsen overgeneralizations something like an issue that need influence their society, frequently likewise safety precautions to guarantee such pit bulls attack issues don’t happen. The particular issue that Gladwell focuses this bit of composing is the approval that might have been passed against pit bulls. This approval specified that pit bulls to be banned starting with the region of Ontario. This approval law went with claiming pit bulls assaulted a kid and his family, abandoning a large number of the individuals included in the hospitalized. “Troublemakers”, Gladwell examines what Pit bulls stereotypes educate in us around the wrongness for racial profiling from claiming both people and the pooches. Gladwell utilization this sample for overgeneralization also applies the enactment passed against pit bulls, pointing a crazy issue for overgeneralizing around the breeds from claiming puppies furthermore as a rule. Gladwell contends that settling on an overgeneralization of a dog’s breed also labeling them similarly as “dangerous” or a “monster” is not a reasonable representation. Gladwell recommends that not all pit bulls will kill mankind. There needs aid number issues from focusing on particular breeds as ‘dangerous’ instead, for example, targeting puppies exited from chains from backyards likewise continuously less averse to make hostility towards well-loved family unit

All children are not raised the same exact way. There are many different parenting styles, ranging from authoritative to neglectful parenting. Along with those many different styles also come many different opinions on which ones are better or worse for children. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a book that essentially looks into many factors that contribute to people's successes. In chapter four, Gladwell writes about how different parenting philosophies impact how successful the children will be when they are older. Gladwell claims that there are essentially only two main parenting philosophies, “concerted cultivation” and “accomplishment of natural growth” (Gladwell 104). Gladwell goes on to also claim that between those two parenting philosophies, children raised from concerted

Criminal case is always tedious when it involves little or no information about the offender, like in the 9/11 terrorist attack which annihilated most of the workers in and damaged the New York Trade Center building. However, in an attempt to identify the offenders, government officials and investigators try out different ways such as criminal profiling and others. Thus, in the New Yorker article, “Dangerous Minds” by Malcolm Gladwell; the author informs the deeper problems with FBI profiling and argues that it is ineffective. He questions the usefulness of criminal profiling, “But how useful is that profile, really?” and uses other criminal cases, group research analyses, and analogies to refute

By definition, success is a person or thing that achieves desired aims or attains prosperity. How an individual reaches the point of success is “not exceptional or mysterious. It is grounded in a web of advantages and inheritances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky- but all critical to making them who they are” (285). Throughout the book, Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, the pieces of the secret to success are put together. Three parts of success include pure luck, the amount of time and effort put into working to achieve your goal and where you come from.

Gladwell uses Korean airplane crashes and Asian children being good at math to support his arguments on cultural legacy playing a part in being successful. In these countries there is a high level of respect and a strong foundation of hard work that contributes to these two events. The respect created the plane crashes since co pilots fear speaking up to their superiors, and the foundation of hard work drives the children to put their all into their work. Gladwell takes these properties and applies them to a school named KIPP in New York City that supposedly uses cultural legacy to help make their students succeed. The problem with this that Gladwell presents cultural legacy as being heritage linked. KIPP school is duplicating the actions of

Gladwell’s overall writing style in Outliers managed to convey his message using formal yet simple diction and mostly uncomplicated syntax. His writing was symbolic at times, but also quite literal at others. The book was relatable, memorable, and easy to understand. He uses some rhetorical devices, such as this polysyndeton: “he’s tall and gawky and sixteen years old” (Gladwell 42). He also used other literary devices, such as dialogue: “‘it came out of the blue’” (Gladwell 248). These devices added complexity and depth and also caught my attention. They are key to writing a book that keeps the reader interested and helps them pay attention to and remember key details. The impact of organizing the book into “Part 1: Opportunity” and “Part 2: Legacy” was that it showed there was a clear division between the two parts of achieving success. Having this distinction helps the reader to learn each concept and in the end, be able to understand the overall theme. For opportunity, he describes how opportunities need to emerge in order for success to be reached, such as how “[t]heir world—their culture and generation and family history—gave them the greatest of opportunities” (Gladwell 158) in the case of many people. Gladwell distinguishes the two parts of the book in part two, saying that so far, we have seen that “success arises out of the steady accumulation of advantages… [that] all make a significant difference in how well you do in the world. The question for the second part

The main argument of the Gladwell in this article is that social media is not effective in “high-risk” activism because it lacks strong bonds and hierarchical command structure. Although he agrees that social media can bring a “limited” change which has far less consequences than the “high risk” activism and do not require a higher level of commitment. He thinks that social media is not an effective enemy of status quo.

How much of our lives do we actually control? Gladwell and Epstein have different opinions on how much we can control. Gladwell believes preparation and practice are more important than innate talent. Epstein disagrees he believes destiny for success is predetermined by natural abilities. Meaning success is determined by genes in easier terms. However, Gladwell better explains the idea that practice can lead to success rather than natural talent. In order to support Gladwell's side, the information in the story the outliers will be most supportive. The story mostly explains that it takes time to be successful and reach goals and a person doesn't need natural talent to be a hardworking athlete. On the other hand, Epstein's side is supported in the story the sports gene. In this story Epstein explains that most of the successful athlete's today are born with natural talents.

Gladwell questions the way we make sense of success. He argues that we attribute success to individual qualities (talent, motivation, genius) but in fact success stories and successful outliers are people who are the beneficiaries of hidden advantages, extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies.

In “The Power of Context,” Malcolm Gladwell clearly states his view of human nature. His view is very different compared to the view that most people have on it. Gladwell feels that human behavior is not only based on individual characteristics, but also the environment that surrounds the individual. At first, a person may immediately dismiss this idea, but Gladwell provides great support to this theory. Gladwell tells many stories in his essay which all point to the fact that the environment does have the effect of forcing people to act out of character and against human nature.

In this excerpt from the “The Sure Thing“ by Malcolm Gladwell the author outlines the career of Ted Turner. Ted Turner inherited a billboard business from his father. The business was doing great but, he was became bored & decided he wanted to buy a TV station which he knew nothing about.

Malcolm Gladwell uses the Biblical story of David and Goliath and other modern-day versions to demonstrate his three main points; that there are disadvantages to advantages, advantages to disadvantages, and that there are some desirable disabilities. Gladwell states that what he "was trying to do with his book was get people to take a step back from easy assumptions about what makes the most sense." (2) Another purpose of Malcolm Gladwell's book is to convince people never to underestimate any group or individual with a forced weakness or disadvantage. In all nine chapters, there are underdogs facing difficult challenges. The ending of each chapter’s story has underdogs winning