What David and Goliath Tought Me

           

       David and Goliath is a Story we have all heard a least once in our lives. It’s a story that inspires people to battle their giants in life with a strong hope of coming up on top. Malcolm Gladwell book David and Goliath tells this iconic story and puts it into a new perspective. He compares this story with many other stories of people who battle giants in their own lives. Throughout this quarter we have read three chapters of this book and I have written about them all.

        The first chapter we read which was chapter two focused on the idea that more isn’t always better. This concept for me was very interesting to think about. We as humans are always trying to get more, be more, have more then someone else. But does having more really satisfy you? Gladwell focuses on the life of a man who grew up working for everything he had and is now a billionaire. This man talked about how hard he worked to be where he is now and, his problem with teaching his kids the same lessons.

    The next chapter we read was chapter eight. This chapter told four different stories that showed different kinds of power. We spent a lot of time on this chapter talking about different perspectives and beliefs about power. The story that out to me the most in this chapter was the story of Rosemary Lawlor and the conflict between the Catholics and Protestants. The British tried to use their power to help but ended up making the situation much worse. It is hard to be a leader and to make the right decision, a lot of the time they are wrong and you as the leader must deal with that.

    The Last chapter we read was chapter eight which tied the last to we read and the introduction all together. Gladwell showed a different perspective on the idea of more isn’t always better. He tells the two sad stories of two tragic murders. Each family reacted differently one was in forgiveness and one in a vow for this tragedy to never happen again. These two stories show a very interesting contrast of the idea of more isn’t always better and ties beautifully together with the rest of the chapters.

     Writing and thinking about these chapters have taught me a lot about myself and my writing. I have learned to power of my words and how they can make a difference. This class has given me a knew few of English and writing. This class has shown me that a paper is just a paper on its own but wants you write on it, it becomes so much more important.

     We all have something to say even if we don’t say it, and when you are confident in your words and beliefs you can make a huge difference in someone’s life. Making this blog for everyone to see my work made me a little nervous. I don’t normal like to show people the things I’ve worked hard on because I don’t want them to be negative about it. But I found that it gave me more confidence when I knew people were reading it.

     I will never forget the things I learned in this class and the confidence it gave me to write my own opinion and not worry about what the people reading would say. English has never been my strongest subject but I’ve always enjoyed it. This class made me enjoy it even more be excited for my English classes in the future.