1.Use Walt Disney for example to apply the book of Outliers: The Story of Success to explain how can he achieved success.
2.You must be able to apply Gladwell’s principles to Walt Disney ,so you should avoid figures.Divine favor is not really a principle in this case.
3.You may define success however you like , but it must be a logical defintion.
[In this paper you will discuss how this person’s success had to do with social and external factors that Gladwell discusses in his novel,Outliers:The Story of Success.Furthermore,you will address if this person’s success was due in part to the more conventional notion of the individual talent that is inherent in an individual . In your discussion of this successful person , you need to tie Walt Disney’s success to at least THREE of the phenomenon Gladwell talks including but not limited to following ideas: *The Matthew Effect *10,000 hours of work in order to attain mastery * Advantageous era of birth * Threshold effect * Born in a demographic trough * Exposure to meaningful work * The ability to express to someone what one wants (the presumption of being heard)* Cultural practices which encourage success]
Requirements:
1.Paper must include a Works Cited as last page
2.Paper must have the Outliers and TWO other sources that you research on your own
3.Paper must have THREE quotes minimum—one from EACH of your THREE required sources
4.Paper requires one clearly stated logical main idea(THESIS),which address this topic, and no other topic and clearly stated logical main idea statements (TOPIC SENTENCES) for each paragraph .
Block Format:
Intro of Gladwell and Walt Disney
Body 1~4 : Background of person.In what areas did he attain success? Why?
Body5~8: Gladwell’s principles to success- Perhaps a paragraph for each ? One for Matthew Effect , one for Exposure to Meaningful work,etc.
Conclusion:Summary/Significance/Implications
Sources:
The Book of Outliers:The Story of Success
Article:Smile Factory
One more sources that need to research on your own.
2.You must be able to apply Gladwell’s principles to Walt Disney ,so you should avoid figures.Divine favor is not really a principle in this case.
3.You may define success however you like , but it must be a logical defintion.
[In this paper you will discuss how this person’s success had to do with social and external factors that Gladwell discusses in his novel, Outliers: The Story of Success.Furthermore,you will address if this person’s success was due in part to the more conventional notion of the individual talent that is inherent in an individual . In your discussion of this successful person , you need to tie Walt Disney’s success to at least THREE of the phenomenon Gladwell talks including but not limited to following ideas: *The Matthew Effect *10,000 hours of work in order to attain mastery * Advantageous era of birth * Threshold effect * Born in a demographic trough * Exposure to meaningful work * The ability to express to someone what one wants (the presumption of being heard)* Cultural practices which encourage success]
Requirements:
1.Paper must include a Works Cited as last page
2.Paper must have the Outliers and TWO other sources that you research on your own
3.Paper must have THREE quotes minimum—one from EACH of your THREE required sources
4.Paper requires one clearly stated logical main idea(THESIS),which address this topic, and no other topic and clearly stated logical main idea statements (TOPIC SENTENCES) for each paragraph .
Block Format:
Intro of Gladwell and Walt Disney
Body 1~4 : Background of person.In what areas did he attain success? Why?
Body5~8: Gladwell’s principles to success- Perhaps a paragraph for each ? One for Matthew Effect , one for Exposure to Meaningful work,etc.
Conclusion:Summary/Significance/Implications
Sources:
The Book of Outliers: The Story of Success
Article:Smile Factory
One more sources that need to research on your own.
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