Weaknesses In Gladwell's David And Goliath

The Citadel symbolizes the enduring nature of traditional gender roles. It has fought long and hard to maintain an air of strictness, military refinement and manliness. However the traditional views enforced by the Citadel and its interaction within the context of the outside world has created what Susan Faludi, author of “The Naked Citadel”, refers to as an “atmosphere of cruelty”. Throughout her essay Faludi uses primary witnesses and factual evidence to expose the violent injustices done to “knobs”, freshman cadets, by their senior counterparts at The Citadel. In his essay, “The Power of Context”, Malcolm Gladwell, argues that violence results as a response to social context and thus can be completely avoided or treated. Based on Gladwell 's theory of The Power of Context, the senior cadets are not directly culpable for their violent behavior; their actions do not create the “atmosphere of cruelty” rather the atmosphere defines them. The “atmosphere of cruelty” itself, is defined by social cues derived from historical context which prompt the cadets to dominate. The walls surrounding, The Citadel also perpetuate violence by separating the cadets from normal social conventions and boundaries. However because the “atmosphere of cruelty”, is not a problem caused by some innate or psychological instability on the part of the cadets, it can easily be treated by adjusting little things in the environment such as eliminating the use of derogatory language and presenting the

a great strength, but also as a weakness, for this is what led him to

Any obstacle or disadvantage can be turned into something good because no matter how hard the obstacle is to overcome there can always be a positive outcome. For example, in the novel “The Outsiders” no matter how bad Ponyboy was treated and all the problems

“The terrorists thought that they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power, and courage were born.” Malala Yousafzai was fifteen years old, riding on her school bus when she was shot in the head by the Taliban. Her only sin was publically advocating for the education of young girls in Pakistan. When I was fifteen, my biggest worries were whether I’d get my homework done by the following morning. School had become a burden, and there are still days in which I’d rather not show up. On those days, I force myself to put myself in Malala’s perspective, and proceed to haul myself out of bed. If one can conjure up such courage just to maintain her right to attain an education, I can definitely take advantage of her sacrifices. Malala’s resilience and tenacity in the face of adversity prove that she truly is a hero.

Strength comes in many forms, We usually think of strength as a person with a powerful body. Actually, a person can have a strong mind, have patience, and the strength to resist temptation. Weakness is not always noticed at first, and it can be seen in many different ways. It can be an emotional weakness caused by loss, loneliness, and other life problems. Steinbeck makes his story, Of Mice and Men, interesting by giving his characters both strengths and weaknesses.

All too often we do not think about our personal strength until a situation arises that causes us to use this natural attribute that we know as strength.

In both Fahrenheit 451 and Control of Internet Speech, false dilemma is used to educate the audience on how societies are blindsided into accepting censorship through the theme of manipulation. False dilemma is shown by the captain of the firemen department, Beatty, in Fahrenheit 451 and corporate media in the political cartoon, through emphasizing the danger the public would face if censorship wasn’t present.

In summing up Gladwell’s argument, the lesson he forwards is very simple. If we continue to believe in the myth of the “self-made” individual, we will continually seek out some strange gifted individual that never existed. In order to be more effective as a society or better stated, a world community,

Adversity will be overcome when one becomes brave , determined , and has the willingness to fail.As being born without a arm, baseball player Jim Abbott, had a long journey ahead of him.Or the brave runners who ran the Boston Marathon after two bombs went off at the finsh line. last year.Even Malala Yousafzai, a young who got shot in the head by the taliban because she thought that girls all girl should get an education.All of these people remember to maintain in control , be brave , and accept failure when overcoming adversity.

Malala did not only have challenges to face, she had courage to overcome them. In the text it said, “Malala and her classmates stopped wearing their uniforms and began hiding their books under their clothing. Staying alive meant going to school had to be top secret.”(7) This is an example of courage because Malala and her classmates are risking their lives to go to school and get an education. “When asked on a Pakistan talk show about

Malcolm Gladwell’s book “David and Goliath” describe the stories of underdogs. In the chapter 2, he explains the story about Vivek Ranadivé who decided to coach his daughter’s no experienced basketball team. Malcolm told a fantastic story about how a father who has no basketball experience helped her daughter’s basketball won the game. The points somehow convinced me because the father really changed their team’s weakness to the advantage. This shows that sometimes have resources or preponderances are not good things. Try everything and don't give up easily, because the results are unpredictable. Notwithstanding, the story is really convincing but there are some points in the book let me feel skeptical to the book. The girls won the game use

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

Another way that proves that Gladwell better answers the essential question is through a different use of logos, going in depth in the experiments made by psychologists. A quote that supports this claim is, ​"The striking thing about Ericsson's study is that he

Overcoming adversity is a challenge that everyone has to face. Some good examples of people who overcame adversity are the Boston Marathon runners, John J. Pinder, and Malala Yousafzai. They all had challenges to face, but they never gave up. Overcoming adversity is going to be hard, but the ending will be worthwhile, that’s why patience is needed to overcome adversity. Life is like a roller coaster, full of ups, downs, inside outs, sometimes you may start out slow, but as you go along, you speed up, in adversity, it may take some time to think about how to overcome it, but you’ get the hang of it and will eventually overcome it. Malala was faced with a lot of problems and challenges, but she pulled through and overcame adversity.

In the article I am Malala the text says “On the 9th of October 2012, the Taliban shot me on the left side of my forehead. They shot my friends too. They thought that the bullets would silence us. But they failed.” Malala was shot in the head for continually pursuing her dream for equal education. She never quit fighting for what she believed in. Malala has always dreamed for equal education, she has taken this belief from her father. She always spoke out courageously for what she believed in. She was shot in the head because she is standing up against what the Taliban believe is right. She survived and is still pursuing her dream for education for girls. She used the trait of persistence by never giving up and striving to succeed in equal education. If she did not use persistence she would not have accomplished what she has. Most people after being shot would quit and say it is not worth it, she did not quit. Malala always worked hard to be the best in her class, she was not satisfied if she was not the one that all the teachers loved. She never quit and would work harder than everyone else. Malala is super competitive and has always wanted to be the best in her class. “I worked hard and had managed to regain my position on the school honor board for first in class.” She is always working harder than others to achieve the best grade in the class. This shows how she is persistent on being the best. Persistence is one of