David and Goliath by Malcom Gladwell: Chapter Four Analysis
David and Goliath are a novel by Malcolm Gladwell, this novel discusses the sociology of underdogs, misfits and the art of battling the giants. David and Goliath indicate two main points, they are lopsided battles that sometimes ended with an underdog of victories as it may seem. In other words, the true capabilities of our opponents are assessing them on attributes they might not value themselves. The other point, Gladwell tries to interpret his readers into understanding the advantages and disadvantages in the mindset of showing difficult events to lead to great success if a person is facing those struggles to their advantage. A quote that I thought was interesting from chapter one is, “The powerful and strong aren’t always as they seem”. (Gladwell pg. 29) That quote typically refreshed the advantages and disadvantages between the opponents.
Now that I have analyzed, the main points Gladwell interprets his readers to understand. In other words, I am going to interpret the readers a little bit of what I learned about chapter four and the way Gladwell used the terms of “They say/ I say.
In chapter four (Desirable Difficulties), Gladwell typically provided several benefits of how and why dyslexia were related towards the underdog misfit. In other words, Gladwell writes; “the fact of being an underdog can change people in ways that we often fall to appreciate.” The quote referred to Typically, the main points Gladwell, proves that there are people struggling and lacking by themselves in which parents couldn’t get their children help, but it is harder for dyslexics to gain recognition of their conditions from educators or early diagnosis that is effective from many dealt with the same problems. A person Gladwell, pointed out that had similar issues with dyslexia was a lawyer David bole, who was involved with the same issues struggled for a while, but he knew that he couldn’t give up and turned his weakness into his strengths after all the struggles he received his blessings and became a lawyer to practice corporate law. Gladwell argues that David’s are considered the underdog because if of their strengths and accuracy, goliaths are the ones who are weak as clumsy and slow. He also argues that people suffer from the disadvantage of dyslexia have the advantage and some social aspects to weld their way up into becoming successful. Most tend to become successful because they had to overcompensate when they were young for their difficulty reading, another reason is that he thinks parents are most difficult for the poor. In other words, Gladwell connected his readers, into asking “You wouldn’t wish dyslexia on your child, or would you? No parent should want to consider wishing dyslexia a child, or to struggle with reading and writing but other consider because that’s the only for them for them to receive success in the long run of their lives. It was an early inability to read that which gave them the ability to focus diligence. The evidence Gladwell provides is how he illustrates the possible challenges how successful people can be when dealing with dyslexia especially what David boles experienced. The biggest meaning towards “desirable difficulties” refers to the quote, example when one door closes another door opens provides many blessings, in which the evidence provided David boles experiences into becoming a lawyer in turning his weakness into greatness. Gladwell uses Nayser for many reasons, example; he describes how those who work in elite environments become victims of their own success and lose confidence in their abilities because they compare their progress towards their peers and those who are operating highly selective microcosm. This could often lead to disillusionment and failure in appreciating accomplishments and overall values on a more global scale. I say, Gladwell’s arguments win because he wants others to become successful, but it starts with the person working to be able to overcome dyslexia and know that they can strive better success for their lives. Others say dyslexics may or may not have contributed to the success of very high achieving individuals. In other words, the biggest meaning Gladwell makes is that he doesn’t claim success works for all dyslexics, it typically means the underdogs can win but not always win. Gladwell does uses metacommentary a lot with the topic of dyslexia by describing and illustrating the strategies dyslexia could be resolved and how people cold turn their weaknesses into strengths. His opinion made a big difference brought readers attention that underdogs had the ability to achieve and do anything they wanted to do if they had confidence and strengthen themselves and believe that they could do it.
In conclusion, desirable dyslexia disabilities presented unique challenges which force Gladwell readers to have the to make them believe they could become successful and prove to motive them to want to do better.
