the three lessons of joe flom by: amanda sanchez, michael boyle, dylan mcconville, gianna jones, and...
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THE THREE LESSONS OF JOE FLOM
By: Amanda Sanchez, Michael Boyle, Dylan McConville, Gianna Jones, and Taylor Sobel
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JOE FLOM
-”grew up in the Depression in Brooklyn’s Borough Park neighborhood” (116)
-”his parents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe” (116) -his family was desperately poor (117) He claimed that he wanted to be a lawyer since he was six years-old
and later on grew up to be just that (117) All of these are the components (major points) that Gladwell
elaborates on in the chapter
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LESSON ONE: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING JEWISH (121)
• Being Jewish brought down the opportunities of finding a job. “I was…had come far.” (121-122)• He said he felt “uncomfortable” when he went to
interviews “He says…in the library.” (123)• Being Jewish was considered a disadvantage and they were
discriminated against- “But the true… and outlier.” ( 120)
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LESSON 1: CONTINUED
• There were hostile fights in Jewish law firms but it was perfect for Flom “What…be bought” (124-125)
• In the end, the “disadvantage” of being Jewish was an advantage because it separated their ethnicity and Flom was able to do what he wanted to
• “ The…Moore” (127)
• Timing was an advantage as well “If you were not …opportunity.” (123-124)
• In the end, being Jewish was a happy accident for Joe Flom, and it was an advantage rather than a drawback.
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LESSON TWO: DEMOGRAPHIC LUCK (129)
• Demographics is statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.• This has to do with timing
within this lesson
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FATHER AND SON
• Maurice Janklow (the father in this example) was born in 1902 and spent most of his life on the edge of poverty. (132)
• - Went to Brooklyn Law School
• - Closed titles for twenty-five dollars
• “When the Depression…been worse” (132-133)
• Mort Janklow was then born in the 1930s
• - Went to New York public schools when they were at their best (138)
• - Went to Columbia University law School
• - Sold his cable business for tens of millions of dollars
• His timing was much better than his father’s
• More opportunities: education, resources
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LESSON 2: CONTINUED
• Mort started a literary agency in the 1970s, and it is today one of the most prestigious in the world.- (130)
• •RELATION: Chris Langan, was an investigation into how some children with really high IQs who were born between 1903 and 1917
• “The explanation…disruption” (131-132)
• They went through panic in the streets, friends dying, the First World War, the Depression, then the Second World War.
• ‘’They didn’t have much of a chance. That was a very tough period. My father would have been much more successful in a different kind of world.’’ (139)
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LESSON 2: CONTINUED
• Mort gives 2 very significant quotes regarding his father and how he was more successful than him • “ He was… edge” (133)• “My mother… dying”(138)• The focus of this lesson was the contrast between timings of birth and the differences in resources
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LESSON THREE: THE GARMENT INDUSTRY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WORK• Louis and Regina Borgenicht came
to America in 1889 from Hamburg but where Jewish immigrants. (p.139)
• Louis and Regina struggled to provide for their family because they were immigrants (139).
• But Louis recognized the demand of clothing and created his own garments. (139)
• “He was sitting on an overturned box, eating a late lunch of the sandwiches Regina had made for him. It was clothes. Everywhere around him stores were opening- suits, dresses, overalls, shirts, skirts, blouses, trousers, all made and ready to be worn.” (p.140)
Book based on the life of Borgenicht- as well
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LESSON 3: CONTINUED• Their family had the background to be successful
unlike the “peasants”
• “The Irish and Italian immigrants…world.” (149)
• Louis looked at his surroundings and found his success
• “On the evening…for sale” (141)
• The work ethic of the “grandfathers” passed on to the grandchildren
• “The most important…was practiced” (151)
• On page 152- chart which explains the transfer of work ethic
• In the end, Gladwell states that the work ethic was the main element of the garment industry and the success of the grandchildren born at the right time.
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WHY THIS CHAPTER?
•We believe that Gladwell added this chapter to explain that not all that “disadvantages” (the 3 lessons) were advantages in the end.
“ Their world- their culture and generation and family history- gave them
the greatest of opportunities” (Gladwell,158).