Ethos:
Gladwell became knowledgeable about success by researching and through his family history. In a chapter called, The Jamaican Story, he tells the story of a young woman named Daisy Nation who mothered two twin girls named Faith and
Joyce. They lived in Harewood, a tiny village in central Jamaica and the girls went to school in an Anglican church and then later went on to a private school called Saint Hilda's after they both received scholarships. But Joyce didn't get her scholarship right away. Joyce failed to pass the scholarship exam and while her sister did. Daisy however wanted both of her girls to get a good education so she went to a Chinese shop in a neighboring town and borrowed money from a man named Mr. Chance. Even though no one knows how much she borrowed, they say Mr. Chance gave the money to her because she was an honest woman who
school-taught his children. And when Joyce signed up for the college, she got in. She was college educated thanks to the help of W.M MacMillan, a man who fought for Jamaican education, Mr. Chance for the money, and most of all, her mother Daisy Nation. Daisy turned out to be Gladwell's grandmother, and Joyce to be Gladwell's mother. Gladwell learned that having the help of other’s in big or small ways can make someone successful, and he saw that through his own family. For researching, he wanted to “explain the careers of really successful people” because he knew of “lots of people who are really smart and really ambitious, and they aren’t worth 60 billion dollars.” So he went to research outliers like a man named Chris Langan, who is to be the smartest man in the world. At the end of his research, he said that writing The Outliers, was a “memorable experience” and he got to "share the key to success."
Joyce. They lived in Harewood, a tiny village in central Jamaica and the girls went to school in an Anglican church and then later went on to a private school called Saint Hilda's after they both received scholarships. But Joyce didn't get her scholarship right away. Joyce failed to pass the scholarship exam and while her sister did. Daisy however wanted both of her girls to get a good education so she went to a Chinese shop in a neighboring town and borrowed money from a man named Mr. Chance. Even though no one knows how much she borrowed, they say Mr. Chance gave the money to her because she was an honest woman who
school-taught his children. And when Joyce signed up for the college, she got in. She was college educated thanks to the help of W.M MacMillan, a man who fought for Jamaican education, Mr. Chance for the money, and most of all, her mother Daisy Nation. Daisy turned out to be Gladwell's grandmother, and Joyce to be Gladwell's mother. Gladwell learned that having the help of other’s in big or small ways can make someone successful, and he saw that through his own family. For researching, he wanted to “explain the careers of really successful people” because he knew of “lots of people who are really smart and really ambitious, and they aren’t worth 60 billion dollars.” So he went to research outliers like a man named Chris Langan, who is to be the smartest man in the world. At the end of his research, he said that writing The Outliers, was a “memorable experience” and he got to "share the key to success."