A Closer Look into Chapter Two of Outliers To those of you that are willing to open your minds and consider the possibilities of new and different concepts in regard to the way our society views successful people and the reasons behind their success. Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers includes a variety of different interpretations in regard to who becomes successful and how they became successful. By reviewing and analyzing the logical, ethical, and emotional appeals that Gladwell uses in “Chapter Two” to convince the audience of his philosophies, you too will surely be enlighten and convinced.. This will also clearly show that Gladwell relies more on a logical approach for his argument, then he does on his subtle ethical and emotional appeal …show more content…
For example Gladwell discusses whether being born in either the year 1954 or 1955 would provide an individual with the perfect birth date in order to be the exact age needed to take advantage of the computer revolution. Instead of providing a table or list as he did in the two previous examples. Gladwell chooses to ask a simple question, “When was Bill Gates Born?” (65). He then lists Bill Gates birthdate and at the same time places a gap in-between the question and the answer. He also chooses reiterate the similar opportunities that both Bill Gates and Paul Allen received in regard to the use of computers (65). Gladwell does this to create a smooth transition from Gates date of birth to Paul Allen’s. This allows him to move on and ask the question, “When was Paul Allen, born?” (65). This allows him to answer that question and to continue the use of this organizational style, up until the end of “chapter two.” Using this specific choice of relying information allows Gladwell’s readers to follow along easily as he presents the information, by highlighting the answers, and while at the same time not bombarding the readers with tons of tables, charts, or
In 102 Minutes, Chapter 7, authors Dwyer and Flynn use ethos, logos, and pathos to appeal to the readers’ consciences, minds and hearts regarding what happened to the people inside the Twin Towers on 9/11. Of particular interest are the following uses of the three appeals.
Throughout the book, Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell focuses on using the rhetorical technique of pathos to aid his readers in understanding the formula for success. In one particular part of the book, Gladwell uses experiences and human problems as examples to support his idea that plane crashes and ethnicty are related and the greater idea that success is based on opportunity.
The chapter, Church, has the troop hold up in a church for a few days. In the church, the monks take an immediately likely to the troop help with food and weapon cleaning. A few of the soldiers discuss what they wanted to do before the war. The troops learn more about each other and insight into what faith can be to them.
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Malcolm Gladwell, in the nonfiction book Outliers, claims that success stems from where you come from, and to find that you must look beyond the individual. Malcolm Gladwell develops and supports his claim by defining an outlier, then providing an example of how Stewart Wolf looked beyond the individual, and finally by giving the purpose of the book Outliers as a whole. Gladwell’s purpose is to explain the extenuating circumstances that allowed one group of people to become outliers in order to inform readers on how to be successful. The author writes in a serious and factual tone for the average person in society of both genders and all ethnicities who wants to become successful in life.
In the book Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer wrote about Christopher McCandless, a nature lover in search for independence, in a mysterious and hopeful experience. Even though Krakauer tells us McCandless was going to die from the beginning, he still gave him a chance for survival. As a reader I wanted McCandless to survive. In Into the Wild, Krakauer gave McCandless a unique perspective. He was a smart and unique person that wanted to be completely free from society. Krakauer included comments from people that said McCandless was crazy, and his death was his own mistake. However, Krakauer is able to make him seem like a brave person. The connections between other hikers and himself helped in the explanation of McCandless’s rational actions. Krakauer is able to make McCandless look like a normal person, but unique from this generation. In order for Krakauer to make Christopher McCandless not look like a crazy person, but a special person, I will analyze the persuading style that Krakauer used in Into the Wild that made us believe McCandless was a regular young adult.
In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that there is no such thing as a self-made man, and that success is only the result of a person’s circumstances. However, throughout the novel Gladwell points out that your circumstances and opportunities only help you become successful if you are willing to take advantage of them and work hard. From a twelve year old living in the Bronx, to those who were born at just the right time to become millionaires, one thing is the same throughout; these people because successful because they seized the opportunities they were given. The advantages and opportunities that came from their circumstances would not be important if they had not grasped them. Every successful man is self made, because he has seized the
Elie Weisel once said this: “I know and I speak from experience, that even in the midst of darkness, it is possible to create light and share warmth with one another; that even on the edge of the abyss, it is possible to dream exalted dreams of compassion; that it is possible to be free and strengthen the ideals of freedom, even within prison walls; that even in exile, friendship becomes an anchor.” Compassion is not something that is easy to understand, or even easy to show sometimes. The Holocaust was a difficult time to comprehend: how could one man have so much power and hate towards a society of people that he started a genocide? There may never be the right emotional explanation to describe the disturbing events that happened during the Holocaust, but Elie Weisel was able to share his. His message was that compassion and friendship can refrain someone from sinking so deep into a dark sea like the Holocaust.
In “Why Literature Matters” Dana Gioias argument to persuade his audience that America will have a negative effect on society is will explained and feachers mixed minds to look into. For example using logos in paragraph 2 explains a survey of public participations view on the subject, “according to the 2002 survey of the public participations in the arts, a population study designed and commissioned by the National Endowment for the arts (and executed by the US bureau of census). Arts participation by americans has declined for eight of the nine major forms that are measured….” and another feeling and writing style he used was pathos in paragraph 3, :that individuals at a time of crucial intellectual and emotional development bypasses the joys
During times of war, mankind's humanity is unknowingly corrupted. Humans are capable of causing suffering by doing nothing - by not interfering with the bad things that happen, self-proclaimed ‘good people’ allow others to undergo misery. Elie Wiesel speaks about the world’s lack of intervention during the Holocaust in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, angry, “that the world did know and remained silent” (Document B), and goes on to explain how, “neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented” (Document B). Wiesel is anguished that so many people stood by and watched as others were systematically murdered by their own government. Citizens that were not persecuted were so terrified
The popular saying “practice makes perfect” has been used for many years encouraging younger generations to strive for success in whatever area they wish to excel in. Success is something everybody in society strides for but some do not know how it is achieved. However, there are many people throughout history who are known for achieving success in many areas. Malcolm Gladwell, a best selling author and speaker, identifies these people as being outliers. Gladwell identifies the word “outlier” in his story Outliers as “a scientific term to describe things or phenomena that lie outside normal experience.” Although Malcolm Gladwell does not establish credibility for himself in his novel, his targeted audience of a younger inexperienced generation feel the need to be informed by his detailed theories about becoming successful and eventually becoming an outlier. Although the reality of becoming successful can depend on instances one can not control, Gladwell tells his readers there is a great portion they can control through his theory, the 10,000 hour rule. He does this by using well presented logical persuasive appeals and interesting rhetorical devices such as: onomatopeias, exposition, and argumentation.
Joy Harjo uses a metaphor throughout the memoir Crazy Brave , in order to express her emotions about how she feels about art, her classmates , and the books she has read .
Would you add artificial juice to freshly squeezed juice? You would not because that would destroy the purpose of the natural juice. Just as we wouldn't destroy a natural drink, Stephen King in his book On writing on pages 198 and 200, wouldn’t want us to force symbolism into a story. Forcing symbolism makes the book feel artificial, rather than allowing the writing to convey itself naturally. King uses diction, metaphors, and imagery to convey the purpose of adding literary symbolism.
Scientists are constantly forced to test their work and beliefs. Thus they need the ability to embrace the uncertainty that science is based on. This is a point John M. Barry uses throughout the passage to characterize scientific research, and by using rhetorical devices such as, comparison, specific diction, and contrast he is able show the way he views and characterizes scientific research.
Outliers tends to rise above others, looking to achieve more than the average man such as you and me. These people who surpass expectations are the outliers who have a better chance of reaching greatness. Gladwell’s book is an attempt to tell the story of some of these outliers and perhaps give a formula to get to this level of success. Gladwell is a decorated writer with multiple books and much experience in his field of work. The purpose of this book is to inform the reader of the people who have reached greatness and their experiences or tricks to making it to that level. The target audience could be those who are educating themselves whether it be in class or trying to find the formula to be better. The part of the book focused on is the 10,000 hour rule which is the key to mastering a set skill. Gladwell gives big names that got to that point from their hard work and reached ten thousand hours at a faster pace than others. Gladwell’s attempt to enlighten the reader of the combination of the hard work, luck, and intelligence needed to be successful in life is conveyed with the appeal of logos presented through real life examples, patterns, and connections between characters.