Question

how does the text evidence that malcolm gladwell provides in chapter 2 of outliers help you identify and understand his central idea or claim ?

Answer 1

Gladwell launches into a discussion about the existence and nature of “innate talent”—the aptitude, intelligence, and capability we are essentially born with. Gladwell concedes that innate talent exists, and that Joy probably had buckets of it. But, he argues, innate talent will never become expertise without practice—lots of practice.