Surpassing The Normality Of Society

"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

While the author, Malcolm Gladwell, does not dispute that hard work in a necessary component, we learn that many factors, lucky breaks, and some coincidences all occur in making high achievers into true outliers. We also learn that many of the richest, most famous, and most successful people in

Jesse Owens changed the world by matriculated in the Olympics and showing that everyone is different and better at things than other people. Starting with shaking Hitler's hand and the Gunshot of the run, he showed the world that every race is superior in many ways. In all of the events he competed he took first in and showed that race does not matter. Although, “Jesse Owens, who smoked up to a pack of cigarettes a day for a good deal of his life, died of lung cancer in Tucson, Arizona, on March 31, 1980” (History). When he was awarded the medals he showed the world that all blacks can compete in the olyimpics.

Jesse Owens was born in 1913, in Oakville Alabama. His family struggled to get by his family moved to Cleveland Ohio part of the great migration. He had a tremendous track career setting world records and getting national titles . He got recruited by many colleges due to his athleticism. He ran track at Ohio State University he was a track star. Even though he was a track star the campus segregated him and other African Americans. They restricted them form living on campus, traveling on the same bus to track meets. He was titled " fastest man of earth " he broke three world records. He made it to the Olympics held in Berlin, Germany. The records he broke were 220 yard sprint, 220 hurdles and long jump. He also tied for the 100 yard dash. There was supposed to be only whites

The 1936 Olympic games took place in Berlin, Germany, when Jesse Owens was twenty-two. At that time, Adolf Hitler was the ruler of Germany. Hitler believed that the German or “Aryan” race was superior to all others and he intended to prove it in the Olympics. He did not approve of the Americans having black or Jewish athletes. The Olympics began on August 1, 1936.(Raatma 23) The first event that Jesse Owens competed in was the 100 yard dash on August 3. He finished first in ten point three-seconds, winning his first gold medal, which tied an Olympic world record

Owens was a sickly child, and was often troubled by his chronic bronchial and pneumonia. Despite this fact, he was still expected to start working from age 7, and would pick up to 100 pounds of cotton per day so that his family could get by. When he was just 9 years old, he and his family moved from their home in Oakville, Alabama, to Cleveland, Ohio for better opportunities. When Owens changed schools and was introducing himself to his teacher, he said that his name was J.C Owens, however because of his southern origin, he also had a thick southern accent, and because of this the teacher interpreted his name to be Jesse Owens, and from then on it stuck with him. As Owens grew older his sheer athleticism and running ability was noticed by his gym teacher, Charles Riley. Riley observed young Jesse Owens from afar for about a year, and when Owens was 13 years old Riley approached him and asked him if he would like to run in high school. Owens nodded his head in agreement, in shock that a white man would have paid him any attention, and from this point forward Owens would proceed to simply flat out dominate track and field events. He set his first records in 1928 as he shattered records for junior high school high jump and long jump. While he was attending the East Technical High School, he gained national attention, setting records for the 100 and 200 yard sprints, as well as the long jump. Furthermore he achieved first place in 75 out of 79 track meets, and single handedly won his school the state championship. After an overwhelmingly successful junior high and high school career, Jesse Owens proceeded to apply to Ohio State University, where he would continue his habit of dominance. At this time, the United States was not desegregated, so as a result Jesse Owens was forced to live off campus away from his white cohorts,

Jesse Owens is a black man that not many middle school student know much about but he overcame several hardships to go above and beyond in his life. Jesse Owens is an Olympic Track and field star that won four gold medals and had many athletic achievements. Jesse overcame people being prejudiced and racist, by doing things like joining the civil rights movement. Jesse Owens was born in 1913, in Oakville, Alabama from there on he struggled many hardships throughout his life.

As a student in a Cleveland high school, Owens won three events at the 1933 National Interscholastic Championships in Chicago. May 25, 1935, While competing for Ohio State University in a western conference track-and-field meet at the university of michigan owens equaled the world record for the 100-yard dash, the 220-yard low hurdles, and the long jump. By jesse owens doing what he loves, he showed many of African Americans that it do not matter about what color your are to do great thing, such as go to college and play sport. Jesse owens was a hero. However, Track & field is one of the most biggest sports in the U.S.A . Track and field also known as athletics, have progressed a great deal since birth in Olympus, around the ninth century B.C. more athletes and more nationalities compete in track and field than in other Olympic sport. Track & field is the National governing body. long-distance, running, and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world’s oldest organized sports, the most-watched events of Olympic

He was the tenth child of a sharecropper in Alabama (Gentry). When his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, Jesse had to work whenever he wasn’t in school, just to help his family get by (Gentry). Owens attended East Technical High School where he met Coach Riley, who recognized Jesse’s potential (“Jesse Owens Biography”). Coach Riley immediately started training Owens, encouraging the light running style Jesse is known for (Gentry). Jesse applied to Ohio state where he struggled to keep his grades up(Gentry”).

They all moved to Cleveland, where he would stay and go to school there. This would also be the place where he would meet his wife, Ruth, and they would have a child together (Buckley 5). After hearing of all the buzz from his high school career, Ohio State University accepted him into the program. There, in the year 1935, he broke five world records and equalled a sixth (“Jesse Owens Became A Sporting Legend…”). But, not only was it all in one year, it was all in one meet. In fact, it was all within 45 minutes (“Jesse Owens Became A Sporting Legend…”). His success in college is what helped him jump on the boat to Berlin for a chance to compete in the 1936

Jesse Owens was born in Danville Alabama on September 12, 1913.(bio#2). Jesse’s father “Hendry” was a sharecropper, but Jesse’s mother seeked a better life.(bio#2). Sister Lillie moved to Cleveland for a bit, Lillie mailed back letters with positive remarks about Cleveland.(bio#2). Hendry didn’t like the idea of them moving, he then took his to oldest sons to work at Cleveland for a while.(bio#2).Later when Jesse’s father had enough money, he moved the rest of the family.(bio#2)

His success in High School and College gave him the confidence to excel at the highest level, the olympics. In 1936, the Olympics were held in Germany, while Hitler was attempting to prove his theory of aryan superiority. Jesse Owens went on to win as “he became the first American track and

He trained for most of his Elementary and High School career with Charles Riley. It was Riley who taught Jesse not only technical skills but mental skills. He used to tell him to “Train for four years from next Friday”(Haire, Kelvin. “Jesse Owens | Growing Up.” Jesse Owens | Growing Up, Ohio State University, 2010,)

Owens athletic feats confronted American racial discrimination. In a country that fostered athletic success, Americans would only accept someone as a role model who was athletically successful. The idea of Owens representing the U.S.A. is ironic because Owens was an African American experiencing repression by the Jim Crow laws. Owens obligated not only American Whites to challenge their ethnic ideas and celebrate his success, but for Germany and the rest of the world too. The force of specific individuals to influence change is exemplified by Owens here. Interestingly, both President Roosevelt and Hitler refused to shake Owens hand after he had won four gold medals. Owens never let any bigotry get to him, and by using his athletic prowess as

Rudy Steiner exemplifies that humanity has the ability to do beautiful things, thus representing the beauty of humanity. Although prideful and arrogant at times, Rudy was a loyal friend to Liesel. Throughout the story we see numerous aspects that contribute to his beauty. Rudy had a fascination with an African-American runner by the name Jesse Owens (a man who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games, but was still considered to be subhuman according the German ideology). So much that one day in 1936, during the Olympics that took place in Nazi Germany, Rudy had the audacity to paint himself black with charcoal and run a 100 meter race in an empty field.