Precis
Outliers: The Story of Success is written by Malcolm Gladwell and chapters 1-4 provide insight on how an unusually successful person wasn't just successful because they were smarter or better than anyone else, but because they were lucky enough to have the right kind o opportunities open up for them in life. Gladwell is constantly employing the use of tangible evidence such as tables that help make his point much more concrete. Gladwell is writing to help his audience, who ever they may be, understand that success does not just involve one pulling themselves up by their own boot straps, but to show success is heavily dependent on the ecosystem that surrounds a person.
Vocabulary
Paradigm- A pattern or model.
Innate- Natural; in born
Paesani- Fellow countrymenTone
Informative
Rhetorical Strategies
Definition- "An outlier is something that is situated away..." (Page 3)
Use of Statistical evidence- Table on page 59
Exemplification- uses an example to prove his point "... for many years in the hockey world no one did... Roger Barnsley first drew attention to the phenomenon of relative age" (Page 21)
Counter-Points, by introducing the common theory of success, that it is based on the individual, the author can challenge this point of view. (Page 19)
Discussion Questions
How hard is it for Geniuses to live in the world?
Why does Gladwell break the fourth wall and what effect does it give to his writing?
Why are time periods important to success?
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