Malcolm McLaren

Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers-The Story of Success, gives a unique view on the subject of success. Gladwell disparages the standard “rags to riches” stories, where an individual can rise to success solely because of individual merit and talent. He argues that one’s circumstances and external forces hold a significant amount of importance in regards to achieving success. Through Gladwell’s analysis on success stories such as Bill Gates and the Beatles, he deems a mixture of one’s upbringing,…

While reading Outliers, one may ask themselves; what are the factors that influence a person's success? In this non-fiction novel, Malcolm Gladwell analyzes the factors and circumstances many attribute to success, ultimately concluding that a high level of natural intelligence does not always reflect a prosperous future. Instead, Malcolm attributes a combination of factors such as one's upbringing, socioeconomic standing, efforts, opportunity, and luck to their success. Gladwell begins the…

The international political thinking of Thabo Mbeki 1. Biographical particulars Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on the 18th of June 1942 in Idutywa, Transkei, to Govan and Epainette Mbeki, whom were educators and activists. Thabo spent lengthy periods away from home, and was often raised by extended family and friends because Govan, as a prominent figure of the African National Congress, was concerned that they might be arrested by Apartheid police. Thabo also became politically active when he…

MLK Rhetorical Analysis The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was a transformative event that changed the course of American history forever. Having long been denied their god given rights, African Americans had claimed victory in their long and tumultuous crusade for equality. However, some still vehemently opposed the movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, the face of black America, took on critics of his methods in his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. Exposing the hypocrisy of the eight…

African-American Civil Rights activists, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Though the two activists had a common goal (which was racial equality), their ideas of equality and how they proposed to achieve it very much differed from one another, and as a result, the two leaders were portrayed as contrasting leaders during the African-American Civil Rights Movement. In this paper, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X’s…

Success mean’s accomplishing your goals. A successful person is the one who achieves his/her desired aims or attains prosperity. A successful person does not have to be wealthy. You can be successful if you achieved your goal that you had set for yourself. Outliers, is a book about twentieth century it offers a fascinating look at how people became successful. Malcom Gladwell is the author of Outliers. Gladwell’s main goal in Outliers is to help people understand how success happens. Gladwell…

the stereotype by reading relentlessly and with all the knowledge he gained, he later became a professional writer. Alexie’s passion for reading is comparable to Malcom X’s who ended up understanding the language thoroughly while imprisoned. In Malcolm X’s “Coming to an Awareness of Language” he expresses his lack of knowledge of the English language. He knew how to make his way around the streets with slang, but until he ended up in prison, he then realized that he needed to know the meaning…

People tend to notice things that are different. If something stands out or is different than the rest, it immediately draws attention, and attention draws scrutiny. By doing something different or simply by naturally standing out, a person is inviting scrutiny and judgement as to whether that difference is a positive or negative thing, or, as Turkish philosopher Mehmet Murat Ildan insightfully and correctly put it, a blessing or a curse. Changes in policy or thinking are often noticeable…

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were two of the most influential civil rights activist. Both civil rights leaders shared many similarities and differences in their philosophies, speeches and how they were received by society. Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. philosophies differed but both impacted the public. MLK’s “I Have a Dream” and X’s “The Ballot or the Bullet” speeches gave the audience two different ways of viewing the Civil Rights Movement. Lastly, the way African Americans…

The civil rights movement emerged in the late 1950’s through the 1960’s. This non violent movement was a great change in the history of America through two men who had a great influence, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Both individuals had different outlooks on the idea of civil rights, but both wanted society to better serve the African American community. In Martin Luther King, Jr's “I have a Dream” speech, King gave many African Americans hope by demonstrating the real promises of…