Rhetorical Analysis Of Malcolm Gladwell's Ted Talks

Perspective In Malcolm Gladwell’s Ted Talks video, he explains what the story of David and Goliath means to him. The story of David and Goliath is about, David, a young shepherded boy who volunteers to fight Goliath, a giant, in order to end the standstill between the Israelites and the Philistines. Saul, the king of Israel, has no choice but to let the young shepherded fight the giant, because none of the other warriors were brave enough to fight Goliath. When David walks down to Goliath, Goliath becomes very annoyed that the Israelites sent a shepherded boy to fight him. Before Goliath could react to the young boy, David hurled a stone from his sling, and the stone hit Goliath on the forehead right between his eyes. One of the most obvious things to conclude from this story is that David is the underdog of this fight, but Gladwell makes a compelling argument to make you believe otherwise. …show more content…
In the beginning of his argument, Gladwell explains why it is a mistake to believe that David is the underdog. Even though all David had was a sling and five stones to fight a massive man, it is important to remember that David had lots of practice using the sling to defend his flock. Another factor to consider is the stones that David had were twice the density of a normal stone. David did not have extravagant armor or weapons, but he had the simplest weapon to defeated Goliath successfully. Gladwell used logos as his mode of persuasion by incorporated facts in his argument that caused me to agree with him that David was not the