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1 A JAMAICAN STORY Chris Kallensee, Keith Corbliss, Emily Mariotti, and Jack Kahvejian

2 ROAD TO MALCOM  Daisy Nation  Donald  Anglican  Faith  Joyce  Christian private school

3 JOYCE’S TRIUMPH  William M. Macmillan  1937 riots  Exams  Scholarships  Centenary award

4 GLADWELL'S PAST  William Ford- Daisy Nations Great Grandfather  Bought a slave and he saw her at an alligator dock  And they had a son named John

5 MALCOM'S OPPORTUNITY  Malcom's Great Great Grandmother was bought at that alligator pond  Gave John Ford the privilege of not becoming a slave  And gave there family that opportunity to become what they are now.

6 KEY CONCEPTS  Family  Education  Relationships  Overcoming Adversity

7 FAMILY  Great great great grandma  Very religious  Daisy was always supportive of the here kids and always faithful that here kids would become successful.  Donald was not as supportive “ If I’d asked my father, my mother says, he would have replied we have no money” (Page 275).

8 EDUCATION  Education is very important to Daisy  Hard to get a good education in Jamaica at that time period.  Joyce seems to have to work a lot harder in school than Faith.

9 RELATIONSHIPS  Joyce and Graham  Daisy and Donald  Joyce and Faith

10 OVERCOMING ADVERSITY  Joyce and schooling  Rioters and Macmillan  Finances

11 OVERARCHING QUESTION  The reason why Gladwell decides to put this chapter in the book is because he wants to know what other families would be like that lived that life of fulfillment, and have that chance. (Page 285)


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