Outliers

Outliers Epilogue - Chapter 9

Gladwell ends with the story of his Jamaican grandparents, who were school teachers and whose daughter managed to get to England for an education, where she met and married an English mathematician, whose son is Malcolm Gladwell. Heritage, opportunity, accident, maybe genes after all? He leaves it to the reader to sort out. What is his success? You as a reader what conclusion would you draw and give reasons to support your view.

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The account of Gladwell's family should prompt readers to consider the roles of their own families in determining failure and success, as should Gladwell's final remarks on the universal forces that determine achievement. Successful people "are products of history and community, of opportunity and legacy" (285). Outliers has shown that these forces, though powerful and abiding, can occur in combination upon combination, guiding the most different individuals to meaningful success. Gladwell is a success.

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