Outliers

Outliers Malcolm Gladwell
Expository Essay
outlier/?out?l??r/Noun
1. A person or thing located away or detached from the main body or system.
2. A person or thing excluded from a radical; an outsider.
Gladwell starts off his book in this very way but, not alto landher does he define an outlier he also gives an in depth analyses of how outliers come to be. He also points out like a shots societys misconception on success and discovers that outliers success isnt just based on individual(a) merit but much more than most people realize! Lastly he concludes that success is grounded in a web of advantages and is a product of history and community, of opportunity and bequest (Gladwell 285). He does an excellent job of this by using several(prenominal)(prenominal) theories explained in his book such as The Mathew Effect, The 10,000 Hour Rule, and several others.
The first theory Malcolm describes is called The Matthew Effect. It was named after the New Testament verse line in the Gospel of Matthew by sociologist Robert Merton and it goes something like this For unto every wizard that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance. But from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. (Gladwell 30). To better show this he gives us the example of the hockey player with an archean head start.



He states that a hockey player contend at the professional level is obviously talented, therefore he hath, but; because of when he was born he also got an opportunity to practice an entire year more than his other competitors qualification him that much better, so he hath been given. Yet a player born at the wrong time, he that hath not, will lose the opportunity to gain that critical tautologic year of practice and will be less liable(predicate) to have all the hard work he did throw away in lost , taken away even that which he hath (Gladwell 24,25)
The next theory Gladwell explains is The 10,000 Hour Rule which basically says the only thing you need to do to be exceptional at performing a complex task is...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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