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Malcolm Gladwell

What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

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Essay Topics

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How does everydayness bear upon Gladwell’s approach to writing? What does a study of people and objects that impact our daily living do for our understanding of life and history?

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What role does adventure play in Gladwell’s oeuvre? How does an adventurous approach to writing differ from a purely argumentative one?

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How does Gladwell present the gap between information and interpretation? Why do an abundance of statistics and increasingly accurate imagery do little to help us solve our most pressing issues?

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