David and Goliath is the story of a young shepherd whom lacking of any kind of combat training, managed to overcome a giant, who was sophisticated in combat tactics, just using his wit. In modern times, that act is used as an analogy to compare people who against all odds overcome a difficult situation in their lives. As a result, Malcolm Gladwell used it as a starting point of his book “David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants.” Gladwell’s book tells the story of people, whom as David, who overcome difficult situations, Goliath, and become successful, even though all the odds were against them. Therefore, Chapter 2 of Gladwell’s book studies the effects of smaller and bigger classes in countries all around the world, the relationship which money plays in parenting labor, and how assumptions of how thinks which appear to be of our best interest turn out they are not. With the author’s fascination and analysis on biblical tale of David and Goliath, his book managed to lead us to a new way in perceiving weaknesses and strengths, which exist in this world.
David and Goliath is a famous classic story that has been told and retold for more than 3000 years in various forms of delivery such as movies, books, or theatrical adaptations. Still, the story has a huge resonance to its audience until today. This is generally how the story is being told: an underdog (David) with unusual courage, dares to confront a giant warrior (Goliath) and the victory goes to the underdog. Supposedly, it is not uncommon that the story will come out with such a bore to its audience; bear in mind the story has been circling for years. But to the author, the problem with that version of the events is that almost everything about it is wrong (Gladwell, 2013). David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell excel to reach an international bestseller book and has been assigned reading for business-school courses. With the author‟s fascination and analysis on biblical tale of David and Goliath, his book managed to lead us to a new way in perceiving the weakness and strengths, which exist in this world. Bringing out nine relatable modern stories that incorporate the tale‟s values, the New Yorker writer raises our consciousness and lessons that we have already known, yet often forgotten. This only increases our interest to dig deeper in this book since our perception and discouragement and this is where we might have misunderstood or misinterpreted. As Malcolm Gladwell said on his first chapter of the book, page 10, titled Goliath: „Am I A Dog That You Should Come to Me with Sticks?‟ “Giants are not what we think they are”. The writer‟s fascination of the book lies upon the value of how a man‟s story might change a process of thoughts or point of view. Stories within the book carry an unusual beauty of human struggles, spirit, and dreams. Facing a strange odd can really put hard times in life. But with this book, the writer can learn to cope with disadvantages within ourselves. Little, Brown and Company, and Penguin Group USA are among other publishers which published the book for public consumption. For this review, the writer reviewed the book published by Penguin Group USA. The book consists of 305 pages, with paperback covers, purchased at Rp. 129.820,00 rupiah.
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