Katie Yang Outliers Book Review Honors Psych - Galovich 10/20/14 Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell often discusses a common topic in respect to sociology and psychology: the unusual applications of research in social phenomena. Since a young age, Gladwell has been an ambitious person. His childhood spent wandering around the university where his father taught sparked Gladwell’s passion for reading and discovery. After graduating from college, Gladwell desired to become a journalist
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The author Gladwell's book "The Outliers: The Story of Success" Gladwell quote said, “The explanation for this is quite simple. It has nothing to do with astrology, nor is there anything magical about the first three months of the year. It’s simply that in Canada the eligibility cutoff for the age-class hockey is January 1. A boy who turns ten on January 2, then, could be playing alongside someone who doesn’t turn ten until the end of the year – and at that age, in preadolescence, a twelve-month
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The death of Malcolm’s father left his mother hysterical. Malcolm says ‘she was still hysterical at the funeral’. His mother never truly adjusted, how could she? Her husband killed by the KKK. Leaving her with eight mouths to feed. Without any money from the insurance company their family fell into destitution. Malcolm’s mother tried very hard to be able to manage on her own as she hated receiving help from charities and welfare officers. She went from job to job working tirelessly to help feed
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In the book 'outliers' by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell States that there is no such thing as a self made person. That if you succeed in life it depends on who you are and where you came from. I disagree with this statement because although this may be sometimes correct, it isn't always true . there are many people who have created success for themselves and are famous now. Such as Jim Carrey and Tyler Perry. Jim Carrey grew up in a not so wealthy family. During junior high Carrey to get a job and
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In this extract, the speaker Malcolm X uses a few elements of Language and style to get his point across to his audience. He begins the speech and almost immediately we see his use of repetition and parallelism when he says " I'm not a..."(lines 1-2). This use of repetition is to emphasize to his audience that he doesn't consider himself as a lot of things that would make him an American and he doesn't even consider himself an American at all. He also uses diction in this paragraph, referring
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Throughout history there appears to be a distinct pattern in the way social ideas are introduced and how it progresses to an epidemic. In Malcolm Gladwell’s book “The Tipping Point”, he explains how social epidemics tip with the actions of just a select few people. “When it comes to epidemics, though, this disproportionality becomes even more extreme; a tiny percentage of people do the majority of the work.” The people who are responsible for social epidemics are known as Connectors, Mavens, or Salesmen
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others may think that it can be determined by a gene or innate talent. In both non-fiction stories, "The Sports Gene," and "The Outliers," talk about what we do in order to see how much of our lives we control. In then story, "The Outliers," Author Malcolm Gladwell is more organized with his evidence and has a more convincing argument on how people show their own destiny through hard work and a lot of practice. Rather than David Epstein's story on "The Sports Gene," which doesn’t support his information
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Epstein, the sports gene author, argues that people are born talented and physical talent cannot be the same. The auto of the Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell believes that preparation is way more important than innate talent. Gladwell argues that people can become successful by practicing and hard work, Epstein does not agree with Gladwell's reasoning, therefore Malcolm Gladwell reasoning has move convincing evidence to support the claim. In the sports gene, David Epstein talks about how one high jumper
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Malcolm X I’m doing my final exam on a man named Malcolm X. Who inspired many African Americans in the civil rights movement. Malcolm X was born by the name of Malcolm Little who was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother and father Louise Norton and Earl Little had a family of eight. His mother was a homemaker and his father was an outspoken Baptist Minister and an avid supporter of Black Nationalist. Malcolm and his family was always harassed by the black Legion. Several years later
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public speaking. Malcolm X was a strong advocate for African Americans because he led in public speeches, becoming a Black Pride member, and performing peaceful protests. When no one stood up African Americans rights he would doing all he possibly could to get more involved in changing his peoples rights. Malcolm never let anyone stop him no matter what the situation was, Malcolm believed in what he was teaching and didn't care what others said to put him down. Although Malcolm was threatened in
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