Chapters 6-7
In chapter 6 of Blink by Malcolm Gladwell, the rhetor discusses how facial expressions dictates one's interpretation of another's feelings and inner thoughts. However, sometimes, people can misread the expressions of others in a process known as mind-reading failures. These misunderstandings result in disagreements, arguments, and hurt feelings. Others do not even look in the eyes of the person they are talking to. Autistic people, for example, look away and read the signs of the environment to pick up a vibe from these people. In the final chapter, chapter 7, Gladwell discusses society's bias to others as we use our eyes and ears to judge rather than our instincts. He leaves the audience thinking about if resists the temptation of rapid cognition through immediate tasks rather than intuition, this could possibly change our reality for the better, or for the worse.
In the final chapters, Gladwell uses narratives to later describe the cognitive reasoning behind these examples. This arrangement pattern helps the audience to connect a story to the science behind that problem. In addition, Gladwell's use of scientific diction enhances the piece and establishes credibility for the rhetor, for it reflects knowledge and in-depth research of the psychological field. However, Gladwell's use of the sophisticated words still pertains to the audience because he explains each term through his work, which helps the audience understand what he is talking about, as well as to make connections in one's repertoire. Finally, the syntax of the piece is very diverse, which is appealing to the audience and grabs their attention through the varied length and types of sentences.
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