Something Borrowed Malcolm Gladwell Analysis

In this world there are several features that are undefined; such as mathematical variables, ethics, and even aspects of day to day activities. Encased in these undefined aspects is plagiarism, or at least it is per Malcom Gladwell. Gladwell, in “Something Borrowed”, expresses his views on, what he considers, three central issues with plagiarism. His first issue is that when it comes to academics or literature it has become never acceptable to copy another’s work. Gladwell’s second concern centers around the question of what does and does not hinder creativeness. Finally, his last dispute with plagiarism is that people have been encouraged to believe “that a writer’s words have a virgin birth and eternal life” which is simply not true. Over all, Gladwell’s key argument is the question of where is the line between borrowing another’s work tolerable and transformative, and when is it blatantly stealing? By examining Gladwell’s three central issues, it can become apparent there is almost no line amongst borrowing and stealing another’s work because plagiarism is quite undefined, in a generalistic sense.
However, why is it that this type of extremeness is applied to the definition of all plagiarism, when it is viewed in an academic or legal point of view, even if a person is drawing inspiration from another’s work? In Gladwell’s “Something Borrowed” this is his first central issue with plagiarism. He goes on to state “we have somehow decided that copying is never acceptable.” This is of course one way to look at the concept of plagiarism since it is rather undefined. Nevertheless, this interpretation is closed minded, and stunts creative innovation in the ever-globalizing