The critical pointWhat can be considered a critical point in a situation. Is it when a situation changes from bad to worse? Could it be when it changes from good to better? Or could it happen when you go from a bad situation and suddenly turn around and become good? In my essay we will explore the critical point of four different authors: Malcolm Gladwell, Mary G. King, Lynne M. Anderson, and Christine M. Pearson. From the topic: silent puppies, teen suicide, crime, smoking, workplace incivility and the breakthrough of black women in office work. There could be many reasons why there have been flashpoints in these topics, but I will shed light on how hush puppies, which was a fad, brought life back into them and became popular once again. Teenagers began to consider suicide as the alternative to whatever problem they had. Like most smokers they had a particular person from childhood who they looked up to and thought was beautiful. Crime decreased in New York from 1980 to 1992 due to the theory that criminals aged during that time period. Civility in the workplace is easily spiraled into incivility and aggressive behaviors and ultimately the incursion of black women into office work. Malcolm Gladwell (staff writer for The New York) examines what led to the turning point of Hush Puppies Shoes. Hush Puppies were trademarked in 1958 and 1963. Americans wore Hush Puppies at a rate of 1 in 10 adults (www.Ehow.com). It was during a fashion shoot that two executives met a New York stylist who told them that Hush Puppies would be back after many years of suffering. There were some kids from downtown Manhattan who weren't... middle of the paper... ne M., and Pearson, Christine M. “Tit for Tat? The spiral effectIncivility in the workplace. The Academy of Management Review 24. 3 (July 1999): 452-471. Fri. March 18, 2011.King, Mary C. “Black Women's Breakthrough in Office Work: A Professional Tipping Model. “Journal of Economic Issues 27.4 (December 1993): 1097-1125.Fri. March 18, 2011. Greene, Stuart, and Lidnisky, April “From the Turning Point: How Small Things Can Make a Big Difference.” From investigation to academic writing: aText and Reader. New York: Bedford and St. Martin's, 2008. 432-446. Print.Zimbardo, PG 1969. Human choice: individuation, reason and order versus deindividuation, impulse and chaos. In D. Levine (ED), Rationale of the Nebraska Symposium, 237-307. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.