Structure

“David and Goliath, Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants” by Malcolm Gladwell is a non-fiction book that makes the case for the defeat of the strong by the weak which is readily reflected in the title. The book is filled with anecdotes and references to analytical studies and research. The book is broken up into three main sections: Part One: The Advantages of Disadvantages (And the Disadvantages of Advantages); Part Two: The Theory of Desirable Difficulty; and, Part Three: The Limits of Power. Each section is separated into three chapters.

There are graphic representations of charts that contain the inverted U-curve which basically demonstrates the law of diminishing returns. If too many resources are focused on one entity at a certain point, the influx of extra money or people or other resources has little or no impact. In fact, in some cases the inverted U-curve...