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Paul Revere Passage Analysis

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In Gladwell’s passage regarding the success of Paul Revere, he introduces the idea of a Connector. Paul Revere and William Dawes both carried the same message on the same night: the British were coming. Their message was sticky because it was significant to their audience. Revere and Dawes needed to spread the word that the British would be attacking and the local militias needed to prepare. However, Paul Revere’s midnight ride is the one everyone remembers, and many are not aware of William Dawes’s midnight ride. This is because Paul Revere knew many different types of people and was able to spread this news to the right people at the right time. This passage is pivotal in The Tipping Point because Gladwell references Paul Revere numerous times throughout the novel. He not only uses Paul Revere’s story to illuminate the Law of a Few, but he also analyzes the stickiness of Paul Revere’s message. …show more content…

Sadler was at first unsuccessful in attracting a large audience after church to listen to her presentation on breast cancer prevention. Sadler then employed Gladwell’s methods in an attempt to make her campaign tip. She decided to change the location of the presentation from churches to hair salons. This seemed like the perfect solution because the women getting their hair done would be at the salon for a couple of hours, and they had a trusting relationship with their stylist. Stylists tend to be natural Mavens, Salesmen, and Connectors. They know a lot of people, they know how to hold a conversation, and they know how to read their customers. Without this passage, readers would not be able to see an everyday example of the benefits of employing Gladwell’s methods to make an idea tip. His example of Georgia Sadler creates a sense in readers that they too are capable of making their own ideas

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Patrick Henry was a political leader during the American Revolution, who was educated from home. He gave a speech on March 23, 1775 at the Virginia Convention that has became a great part of history. Henry’s speech was considered to have started the American Revolution. His speech caused the House members to fight for their freedom; he showed them reasons why they shouldn’t want peace, but freedom. He took charge and gave a speech that went down in history.

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At the Virginia convention in 1774, the delegates such as Patrick Henry, gather to decide their course of action, in a time where their primary goal was to rid themselves of their oppressor, Great Britain. Patrick Henry addresses the other delegates and discloses his opinion on what course of action the people should take. In his speech at the Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry forcefully influences the audience to go to war with Great Britain through diction, figurative language and rhetorical devices and by confronting them with their current position of danger in the face of the inevitable British Invasion. Patrick Henry emphasizes his opinion of the necessary war by using diction such as ethos and logos, through appeals to their senses that make connections for the audience. Through Henry’s repetitive utilization of ethos

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