Do our families and the people outside our families who choose to mentor or help us mean more or less than the work we put into our developing our own success?

Task

On page 17 of Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell debates whether or not some kinds of success are actually based on individual merit. He argues that “these kinds of personal explanations of success don’t work. People don’t rise from nothing. We do owe something to parentage and patronage” (19). For this paper, address the following question:Do our families and the people outside our families who choose to mentor or help us mean more or less than the work we put into our developing our own success?

Format

Your paper should be at least TWO complete pages in length