The first rhetorical strategy Gladwell use is Ethos. To be able to gain the audience trust Gladwell himself is a well known author. Gladwell is known as the canadian Journalist. He has written four novels that made it on The New York Times bestsellers list. The titles of these books are “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, Outliers: The Story of Success, and What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures.” (Home, n.d) Gladwell also mentions sociologist, economist, and psychologist. All of these people are of high position and also contribute to this theory of The Matthew effect. Psychologist Roger Barnsley wife, first noticed the significances of the junior hockey league. She was
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For example a ten year old born in the beginning of the year compared to a ten year old born at the end of the year. The ten year old born in the beginning will mature faster and grow faster showing “signs” of more talent. This ten year old will then get better coaching, better teammates, more practice, and play more games. This will give this child a bigger advantage over the ten year old born in the ending of the year. By the time they both are fourteen, the ten year old will be more talented because of all the opportunity given to him. (Gladwell, 2011, p 25) This not only happens in hockey but in soccer, football, and even in the educational …show more content…
The feelings we get reading this book is diminished, frustrated, disappointed, discouraged, and sad. Based off this book we pick who will succeed. For example the biggest and oldest kid on the hockey team. Because this kids is bigger than other ten year olds, this kid will be given better coaching staffs, and more practice in. Gladwell says to perfect something you must spend ten thousand hours on it. This gives the biggest ten year old an advantage over the other ten year olds on the hockey team. What isn’t fair about this is the fact that the other ten year olds don’t get a chance to practice as much to get better. With practicing everyday and better coaching staffs this will give that ten year old a better opportunity on succeeding. This happens everywhere but in Denmark. What Denmark does is wait until the age of ten, where maturity is evened out, to group these students for advance placement. This gives an equal chance for all students to make it into an advance placement
For example a ten year old born in the beginning of the year compared to a ten year old born at the end of the year. The ten year old born in the beginning will mature faster and grow faster showing “signs” of more talent. This ten year old will then get better coaching, better teammates, more practice, and play more games. This will give this child a bigger advantage over the ten year old born in the ending of the year. By the time they both are fourteen, the ten year old will be more talented because of all the opportunity given to him. (Gladwell, 2011, p 25) This not only happens in hockey but in soccer, football, and even in the educational …show more content…
The feelings we get reading this book is diminished, frustrated, disappointed, discouraged, and sad. Based off this book we pick who will succeed. For example the biggest and oldest kid on the hockey team. Because this kids is bigger than other ten year olds, this kid will be given better coaching staffs, and more practice in. Gladwell says to perfect something you must spend ten thousand hours on it. This gives the biggest ten year old an advantage over the other ten year olds on the hockey team. What isn’t fair about this is the fact that the other ten year olds don’t get a chance to practice as much to get better. With practicing everyday and better coaching staffs this will give that ten year old a better opportunity on succeeding. This happens everywhere but in Denmark. What Denmark does is wait until the age of ten, where maturity is evened out, to group these students for advance placement. This gives an equal chance for all students to make it into an advance placement