George Gladwell's Theoretical Analysis

Does social media “shrink the world” by bringing us closer together? In his article Small Change, Malcom Gladwell asserts that social media might be connecting more people, but the bonds it forms allow us to stay comfortably separate and avoid impacting meaningful social reform. Gladwell makes it apparent that he believes social media and revolutions are unsuited for each other. His article, written just two months before the beginning of the Arab Spring, was written in response to what some contemporaries have dubbed, “The Twitter Revolution” in Moldova. This revolution, as well as another in Iran, was heralded as examples of the merits of social media, with some even nominating Twitter for the Nobel Peace Prize due to their belief that Twitter had played a major role in these uprisings. Gladwell writes against a sentiment of righteousness and accomplishment that advocates of social media maintain in an attempt to convince people that the true motivation behind social change is conviction. He raises the point that while it is exceedingly easy for someone to join a cause, such as hitting a ‘like’ button, it is far more effortless for them to quit. This sentiment seems to be fueled mostly by opinion, looking only at how social media did not cause revolutions and avoiding analysis regarding how

Starting in Chapter 6 Gladwell presents us with the mysterious and seemingly inexplicable series of events that occurred in Harlan, Kentucky in the 19th century to introduce the enormous effect of cultural legacies.

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

The author, Gladwell's, research focuses on KIPP Academy a public middle school in the South Bronx, New York City. Children enrolled in KIPP live in the poorest neighborhoods and are randomly chosen by lottery to join the school. Their goal is for students to acquire an opportunity of education similar to higher class student. KIPP proves that despite their economic situation, students can achieve high academic grades with time and dedication. They believe students should spend more time in school studying to become successful. Students vacations are limited since they make student’s learning procrastinate

Gladwell opts for the discussion of playing with the readers emotions, each of which affects a different demographic group. Thus, he succeeds in effectively creating a relationship between the audience and pathos using emotional appeal from the beginning to the end of his article. Gladwell uses “real world” problems to create a bond between his article and the reader, such as the racial profiling of terrorist and everyday people of the same descent. After meeting with New York City’s police commissioner, he states, ““We have a policy against racial profiling,” Raymond Kelly, New York City’s police commissioner, told me. “I put it in here in March of the first year I was here. It’s the wrong thing to do, and it’s also ineffective. If you look at the London bombings, you have three British citizens of Pakistani descent, in that case, who is going to be profiled?” If you guessed the British citizens of Pakistani descent, then you are correct. Most of the readers were likely not aware of New York City’s policy of racial profiling or any profiling laws and the negative effect it has on ethnic people for that matter. Gladwell is really toying with your emotions because he is using these metaphors to inhibit the feeling of being dejected within his audience. We tend as people to not worry about the sadness that is present in society, but Gladwell makes it a priority to bring out the sadness within the effects of racially profiling.

I believe that the main argument developed in Chapters three and four of Outliers is that life success is not directly related to your own IQ level. Gladwell states, “The relationship between success and IQ works only up to a point” (Gladwell, 2008). “Once someone has reached an IQ of somewhere around 120, having additional IQ points doesn't seem to translate into any measurable real-world advantage” (Gladwell, 2008). This is where talent comes into play.

"The biggest misconception about success is that we do it solely on our smarts, ambition, hustle and hard work” (Gladwell, 42). Outliers is a book that praises the success of great men, then cuts them down to size by explaining how it wasn’t pure hard work and sweat. Gladwell studies those who have already achieved society’s idea of “success.” Every chapter is filled with detailed examinations of cultural heritage and environment in relation to the idea of “success”.The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore is a detailed analysis that undergoes a comparison between two characters with outwardly similar beginnings but entirely different destinies due to personal choices, self-determination, and effort. The book values the importance of discipline and

In Blink by Malcolm Gladwell presents and creates very fascinating terminologies to describe split-Second processes that human mind undergoes to make important decisions. One of the term that he uses in Blink is “thin slicing”. Malcolm Gladwell defines this term as “the ability of our conscious to find patterns in situations and behavior based on very narrow slice of experince”(23). What this means is your brain is able to “subconsciously gathers the necessary information for sophisticated Judgments”(23) from previous experience. In Blink Gladwell presents a lot of examples to make you better understand the meaning of thin slicing and when it takes place. Also In are lifes we use thin slicing in daily basis but we do not know when thin slicing

The Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, attempts to disprove the widely-accepted myth that successful people attain their success entirely through hard work and dedication. Gladwell insists that outliers, or extraordinary achievers, are beneficiaries of opportunity, and owe their feats largely to chance. Gladwell aims to convince that “…the values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are” (Gladwell 11), through various case studies, in which the subjects’ achievements can be attributed to their environments and circumstances.

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.

In this essay I intend for the audience to show how Gladwell’s points in Outliers part one effect our education systems and people's success. I will also be giving examples to fix this. I want to show the reader how there are many obstacles for kids to success. First is their age, cut off dates hinders some children and excels others. Second is social skills and without those most people are not noticed and are overlooked. Thirs is how practicing can make a difference for kids if they are all giving the same opportunity. With giving equal opportunity to each child, separating kids at the age of 10 would be idealistic so they have equal opportunity to succeed and make their own path.

To my understanding of the narrative on core values, it is what I believe is right and wrong, moral wise. It is what others think is right or wrong based on their standards of living. The Narrative Core Values consist of freedom, equality, justice, private property, and individual achievement, in which is shared amongst Americans. Therefore, I think Gladwell’s argument support the Narrative on Core Values. For the reason that Gladwell did not write the book on what he thought others think what is or not an epidemic in certain situations. He wrote the book base on his beliefs, morals, or standards. On the other hand, I think it also challenges the narrative on core values. Because Gladwell talks about the epidemics and how they affect societies,

The road to greatness is a long path filled with struggle and time. Based on research by the best-selling author Malcom Gladwell inside his book Outliers popularized the idea of 10,000 hours of guided practice “the magic number of greatness”(Gladwell, 47). With enough practice he said anyone could achieve any work that of a professional. While some say the 10,000 hour rule is the key to success I believe that success is based on genetics, talent, and time period. It is whether one was born with the talent, achieved it later within life or was born during the wrong time period is what makes a master out of someone. Where the 10,000 hour rule is not a truth.

The rating system for grading ranks of random things has been around the world for quite some time. In the article “The Order of Things” by Malcom Gladwell, Gladwell explains how terrible the ranking system is by giving us comparison examples from vehicles to education. The system feels dull and corrupt without giving the full detailed rating. People would appreciate the ratings more if it were more precise and accurate. There are many ideas on how to fix the rating system according to Gladwell’s great ideas.

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