Malcolm Gladwell's Argument Analysis

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Malcolm is very serious that we are rugged on caffeine because he has so many details and facts to support his argument. Malcolm Gladwell argues that the consumption of coffee resulted in a more productive society. It causes people to be more alert and therefore work more efficiently. According to him, coffee has become a necessary part of life. Society cannot function without it. He provides evidence for this claim by making this statement. “What this flood of caffeine did, according to Weinberg and Bealer, was to abet the process of industrialization-to help ‘large numbers of people to coordinate their work schedules by giving them the energy to start work at a given time and continue it as long as necessary.’” He basically claims that the
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