Gladwell - Franklin - Reading Table
Gladwell’s Arguments
Environment
For example the college Bill Gates went
to and a bug in the computer gave him an
opportunity to practice on a computer, a
very rare type of computer at time,
unlimited time.
Timing
In the stories of Joseph Flom, Bill Joy, Bill
Gates and Canadian hockey players we
can see the era they were born, the year
Franklin’s Autobiography
Since Franklin lived near the water he
learned how to swim well and manage
boats. These skills of his allowed him to
lead his friends.
Franklin's father was a known man and
people were consulting him, and
frequently chosen as an arbitrator.
While Franklin was a printer he had a
chance to meet people with a book
collection and they let him read their
books.
Franklin writes poems with the
encouragement he got from his brother
but his father convinces him not to write
poems.
When Franklin decides to not work for his
brother, his brother talks to other
newspapers to not employ Franklin.
Franklin decides to go to New York.
Franklin asks for a job at a newspaper in
New York. The owner says he doesn't
need new workers but his son in
Pennsylvania may need one. He decides
to go to Pennsylvania.
When his father saw his letters and liked
the grammar on them, and encouraged
Franklin to write, Franklin met with an odd
volume of the Spector.
they attended school, and even the
month a person was born can affect a
person's success with giving them
opportunities only can be given by the
time.
Opportunity to work hard
For example the Beatles had to play 8
hours a day in Hamburg and this led
them to practice huge amounts of times.
This is the same with the elite canadian
hockey players born in the first half of the
year and Bill Gates because they had an
opportunity to practice more than their
peers they become successful.
Cultural Legacy
In the story of Joseph Flom he couldn't
get employed because of his cultural
legacy and he starts to work in a small
company. In this company they get every
customer with hostile takeover cases who
is rejected by white shoe companies, this
leads them to gain experience on hostile
takeovers which will become so popular
later years.
Social Class
The social class of the families in which
While he was working in the brother’s
newspaper in business, and when his
brother’s gets confined, he managed the
newspaper.
Franklin's father put him into grammar-
school at age 8 but after a year because
his father couldn't pay the tuition he sent
to school for writing and arithmetic.
Because of Franklin's interest in books his
father makes him a printer.
With his practises on writing his version of
the Spector and comparing with the one
he had opportunity to implore his methot
or the language then he decides that he
would be a tolerable English writer.
While working for his brother's printing
business, he sees people who are writing
in newspapers and decides to write in
newspapers but writes them
anonymously.
Franklin's family came from England to
the Colonies.
Franklin was born in a poor family.
babies are born has an effect on the kids'
future success. There are two types of
raising a kid: concerted cultivation and
accomplishment of natural growth.