Extended Essay

In his book, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell strives to explain and educate his readers over the process and evidence of thin-slicing. Thin-slicing is a term used in psychology and philosophy to describe ones narrow window of experience. His purpose is to provide the reader with details on how to, and what to, observe what the inattentive human eye cannot, for example, body language, tone of voice, or even the slightest expressions someone would use. It’s also to explain how the human brain can jump to conclusions without you knowing it did. And if some still are skeptic Gladwell provides evidence, examples, and scenarios. The mere idea of believing that someone is able to predict your future, or tell you things about yourself, just on the way you act, or saying that thinking without thinking is better than to stop and think is beyond belief and to have the power to write and convince readers to prove what one is addressing is remarkable. His use of repetition and giving examples and then explaining it helps the reader grasp the idea easier. Though many are suspicious of the idea that it is not possible to know so much about someone just based on what you see, or that to stop and think is better, Gladwell gives the evidence and logical outcomes on how it is. Malcolm Gladwell’s book is about what the human brain is able to do, in just a blink of an eye.
Malcolm Gladwell was born September 3, 1963 in Fareham, United Kingdom (Source D). He attended Trinity College, and The University of Toronto. Gladwell has “been honored by the American Psychological Society and the American Sociological Society”. (Source A). Malcolm Gladwell has more than enough of the ability to write, his words move people and give them the power to think and learn more about what is around them. His career has given him the opportunity of credibility to his readers. He has traveled through the world of literature in all his books to propose the suggestion of how ideas are extended. His other books can...