Thus Pegasus can literally mean Fountain Horse. PEGASUS IN POINT FORM. Son of the Gorgon Medusa and the sea god Poseidon. Sprang fully formed from the severed neck of Medusa when Perseus slew her. Brother of the giant (or winged horse), Chrysoar and of the colt, Celeris (or according to some, his father)
âº literature The turning point in a work of literature is the moment or section when the action begins to move toward the climax (= the most important or exciting part). (Definition of âturning pointâ from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press)
Gladwell defines a tipping point as the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point. The book seeks to explain and describe the mysterious sociological changes that mark everyday life. As Gladwell states, Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread like viruses do.ladwell describes the bystander effect, and explains how Dunbar's number plays into the tipping point, using Rebecca Wells ' novel Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, evangelist John Wesley, and the high-tech firm W. L. Gore and Associates.