Analysis Of Outliers By Malcolm Gladwell

Nature versus Nurture is a very debatable topic within our society today. The nature versus nurture debate is the scientific, cultural, and philosophical debate about whether human culture, behavior, and personality are caused primarily by nature or nurture (Good Therapy, 2014). This debate is concerned with the extent to which particular aspects of behavior that promote intelligence, athletic ability, and overall success are a product of either inherited or acquired characteristics (McLeod, 2007). Nature is often defined in this debate as genetic or hormone-based behaviors, while nurture is most commonly defined as environment and experience (Good Therapy, 2014).
Published in 2008, Outliers: The Story of Success written by Malcolm Gladwell begins to tackle this debate standing on the side of nurture. From beginning to end, the Story of Success focuses on this theme and applies it within the context of the

The structure of Outliers is based on the case studies that Gladwell uses to support his claims. The two parts “Opportunity” and “Legacy” are further divided into chapters that are devoted to particular cases. Within the chapters, Gladwell challenges commonly held beliefs by finding people whose circumstances go against the grain—outliers in a world of ordinary. This allows the reader to undoubtedly believe and buy into the idea that nurture does matter. Gladwell endlessly argues that the story of success largely socially constructed, and that success is due more to factors such as wealth, family background, luck, hard work, cultural capital, etc. than to individual factors such as brains, creativity, or temperament. Gladwell gives an example of Bill Gates, who, for example, was smart, but, according to Gladwell, succeeded as much as he did because he was rich, went to a fancy private high school, and was struck with continuous streaks of pure luck throughout his early