Comparing George Gladwell's 'David And Goliath'

David and Goliath-Chapter 5 In chapter five of David and Goliath, Gladwell shows how through a tragic event or a difficult situation in life can help us to persevere and ultimately achieve success. Gladwell uses the example of the prediction of the German during the bombing in the Second World War against London, and tells us that contrary to the prediction of the German; Good things can arise from negative events. According to some studies, there are different results that can come from bombing; the first result is the direct impact, where those affected die, the second is the near missed, where people hide during the bombing, cannot believe what is happening and can be injured, and the third is the remote misses where the affected give thanks

During the Great Depression, Freireich and his family went through many adverse situations; this caused that his father committed suicide and that his mother had to work all day to be able to handle them and his brother. This forced him to start to fend for himself. To combat their anguish and loneliness; he began to work on his dream of becoming a doctor. Jay was not sociable, he was bitter and cold and he did not know what empathy was. He got a job at the National Cancer Institute outside of Washington, DC, in the area that worked with leukemia patients. Jay saw how every day the children died without them being able to avoid it, this motivated him to start using different methods and medicines in order to see if it worked and could save the lives of those children. In order to begin his research with the new methods, he needed the authorization of the hospital; at first, the hospital called him crazy and did not want to approve his treatment. But he told them it was better to try a different treatment than to let the children die without being able to do anything. He went through different problems and situations; but in the end he got the approval of the hospital. Even not being empathetic with his patients and using his unconventional medical method; Freireich was able to develop an effective treatment for childhood