Suffering into Success The time and place of where you are born can give you an advantage towards success. In Christopher Dillon Quinn’s documentary God Grew Tired of Us, three Lost Boys of Sudan who have been through hell and back and suffered a lot, but one day they got a chance to go to America became successful. One of the men Quinn interviews in his documentary is John Bul Dau; he ran away from home with the rest of the camp refugees when he was incredibly young since there was a war, losing
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In Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: A Story of Success, Gladwell challenges a reader’s perception of, well…success. In the book, he shifts the reader’s prior basic understanding of success and focuses instead on all the hidden, underlying biases and correlations of success. He proposed the notion that the month one was born in can separate the great athletes from the average, that how high your IQ is may not actually matter as much as many people are lead to believe it does, and that a number can be
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Nowadays, the path to success seems to be different for each individual, as some people have unfair advantages to help them excel faster. Often times, these advantages stem from circumstances, no one even has control over. Through his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell claims that the idea of a self-made man is a logical fallacy as almost all successful people have had a leg up over others. While a small portion of success is due to pure talent, to a large extent, Gladwell’s argument holds true as most
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Stance on economic situations of the black population Malcolm X extended his views on racial injustice to the economic issues of African Americans, which were, in turn, largely affected by racial injustice. He prioritized the improvement of black lives. In his noticeable “Liberation Through Creating Black Businesses” speech, he pointed out the economic issues that black communities were dealing with in a straightforward way. At the time, the black population was living in significantly worse conditions
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Black and White “Learning to Read” is an excerpt from The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley. In his quest to express his feelings towards “the white-man” in not such an envious way, Malcolm X also tells his life story of the long frustrating process it took to teach himself how to read and write in prison. Malcolm X not only uses the time period of the civil rights movement but also an emotional appeal to get the audiences attention. He wants the audience to know how he feels and wants
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Autobiography of Malcolm X,” “The Hiding Place,” and “Siddhartha.” I am going to focus on the first two I listed because those ones had the most impact on me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X was a true inspiration to me. Malcolm X, the main character in this book, tried to fight for equal rights for African Americans most of his life. He fought for what he believed in and I really liked that about him. Equal rights were a major issue in the twentieth century. I had a lot of respect for Malcolm X making a
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rights like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Both of these leaders were fighting for the rights of african americans, but they both had different viewpoints. MLK was a peaceful man, while Malcolm X was more aggressive. The two of these civil rights leaders had different philosophies but were both successful. However, Martin Luther King Jr. was more helpful during this time period. One reason Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy made more sense than Malcolm X’s philosophy is, Martin Luther KIng
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In Outliers: The Story of Success, the book is made up entirely of a series of studies done to make connections to theories that have are well-known. Malcolm Gladwell’s style for writing Outliers includes having many examples to originally pinpoint the theory he has tested out. Malcolm Gladwell has his own theory of Success in the novel. He believes success is made up of many key points such as, personal opportunity, class background, what parenting styles you’ve been exposed to, and working habits
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Oppurtunity is a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something. In the Outliners Chapter two “ The 10,000 Hour Rule” is all about oppurtunities that have led some of the most iconic people in history to success. They say to truly master your craft you must have 10,000 hours of practice under your belt. Which made me think, do you really need 10,000 hours of practice to be great? Or can you be purely be talented at something without having the 10,000 hours of practice? How Gladwell
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clearly and inspire us. Malcolm X is a figure who illustrates this idea. He was able to learn how to read because he focused on improving his vocabulary by copying words from the dictionary. He spent countless hours rewriting the words on his tablet, learning about history and improving his handwriting. In the end, he could actually read and understand books. This inspired him to fight for African-Americans rights and recognition of African-American culture. Malcolm X’s experience shows that
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