Gladwell ch. 2

      Gladwell is a very interesting writer and in his book what I found most interesting was that the fate of our country could have been so different. If the people had not listened to Paul Revere we would not have a country. Freedom of free speech, freedom of religion and others freedoms would be just a myth. Men, women and children would dream of a different world, one not ruled by Britain and their monarchy. Revere was a salesman in the fact that he convinced the people that it was time to fight and not a false alarm. Many people even today have become numb to alarms. For example when a store alarm goes off as you walk out the door many people don’t even check to see if you have stolen anything because so many false alarms go off every day. He had to be very careful on his choice of words not to seem like a false alarm, and have no one respond.