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Summary Of Malcolm Gladwell's 'Tipping Point'

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An interesting section in the Tipping Point is when Malcolm Gladwell goes beyond what we know about the low-down streets of New York. He talks about the crime epidemic and how it drastically changed with just a simplistic tactic. He also talks about how our environment can create us as a human being. The crimes in New York were extremely high at one point and a man name David Gunn was just the guy to change it. I was astonished how drastic he lowered the crime rate. His goal was to “clean the subways”, and that’s exactly what he did. He started with the graffiti on the trains. He thought by cleaning the trains and keeping them clean by all means would send a message to all the criminals to stay away. For example, if someone tried
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A tipping point can be viewed as the significant point in a developing condition that precedes to contemporary and irreversible change. This notion has been illustrated in Malcolm Gladwell’s book “The Tipping Point”, he provides us with an understanding as to how we could perhaps induce a tipping point or plague in our own lives. If we obtain cognizance about what makes tipping points, only at that point will we be able to understand exactly how and why things happen in our world. The tipping point is that miraculous moment when a thought, style, or public actions crosses a brink and proliferates like a cell. Gladwell’s ideology can be seen in a variety of settings; some examples are when someone ill starts an epidemic of the flu, when an aimed

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History-Changing Turning Points Turning points, or life-changing experiences, are moments that could be good or bad and can change a person’s life. Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals, “ I Never Had It Made” by Jackie Robinson, and “The Father of Chinese Aviation” by Rebecca Maksel, which highlighted Feng Ru, all had huge turning points. Melba Pattillo Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru all impacted their lives and their countries through their life-changing experiences or turning points. Like Robinson, Melba Pattillo Beals helped blacks have the same quality education as whites had.

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