In the article, “Thresholds of Violence” by Malcolm Gladwell, the author uses Mark Granovetter's argument of riots as example to explain his own argument. Along with Granovetter's argument, he uses the cases of previous school shootings as example to clarify his argument and how school shooters don't have a specific kind of pattern. As example of Granovetter’s theory, he uses LaDue’s case, which goes well with this theory. With this, Gladwell effectively uses Granovetter’s theory to prove his claim of the patterns of school shootings and how they are a slow-motion and ever-evolving riot. Firstly, it is discussed that not all school shooter have had or shown any mental problems or family problems that caused them to do the evil acts, they might