David And Goliath Analysis

Based off the title of the book David and Goliath, by Malcolm Gladwell, one may assume the book is solely about the notorious story of David and Goliath. Once you began to read the book you will soon realize your assumption was incorrect. In the introduction of the book, Malcolm Gladwell tells the biblical story of David and Goliath. The biblical story of David and Goliath is the story of a shepherd boy from Bethlehem (David) and a giant (Goliath) who are battling for the control of different regions. The outcome of this battle is won by David. In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell wrote this book in a form of many stories based on the moral of the biblical story David and Goliath. He takes us through three parts with different stories of people who are faced with giants. In this case, “Giants” means obstacles or situations put in place that appear to be too big for an ordinary person to overcome. Malcolm Gladwell explains that he wants to explore two ideas in David and Goliath. One is that “Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of these kinds of lopsided conflicts, …show more content…
The book itself is very enlightening, which made it hard to believe that any one chapter is least effective than another. I believe all of the chapters are most effective in supporting the main thesis of the book. Though the two chapters that are most enlightening are chapters three and chapters six. Chapter three, “Caroline Sacks”, is effective because it shines light on “giants” not being what they appear to be. The author gives us a notion that it is best to be a big fish in a little pond than to be a small fish in a big pond. Chapter six, “Wyatt Walker”, is an effective chapter because it speaks on the difficulties of an underdog. Malcolm Gladwell is telling us that the difficulties we go through can lead us to a great and beautiful