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George Gladwell's Theoretical Analysis

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When biologist talk about the ecology of an organism, they are talking about the organism relation to other organisms and their physical surroundings. Gladwell says this because he’s talking about people and their relationship to other people and their physical surrounding. He wants people to think about the “sunlight that warmed them, the soil in which they put down the roots, and the rabbits and lumberjacks they were lucky enough to avoid” (20) meaning not to forget how a person surroundings and people like parents can affect one’s success. Like having wealthy and smart parents and being raised right can give a child an advantage while being born into an area filled with crime can put a child at a disadvantage. This similar to “accumulative

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