“I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months”. This quote came from Steve jobs when he delivered a speech at a Stanford University graduation ceremony. He came to the graduation, to deliver a speech that had an allegory to motivate people to follow their dreams and passions. Separating his life into three stories, of how he came to be successful and the obstacles that he had to overcome. The speech begins with the first story of how he was planning to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife but then took a sharp turn when the family that was going to adopt him decided last minute that they wanted a baby girl instead. The irony of that is Steve Jobs whole entire life might have completely changed if adopted by this couple …show more content…
A short while after entering college Jobs makes an enumeration about college and how he doesn’t see the value in college anymore. Making significant points on how he still does not know what he want to do with his life and had no idea how college was going to solve that issue for him. Even after making a digression from college, he continued to drop in on classes that interested him. One class in particular will alter his future significantly. He became a poor sleeping in others dorm rooms and returning bottles for five cents, that way he could eat. Continuing to drop in on classes, he drops in on a calligraphy class that interests him. This class makes a large impact on his life ten years later. If not for dropping in on that class, his first large success the Macintosh would have not had multiple typefaces or evenly spaced font that the calligraphy class inspired him to put into the computer. Jobs makes a euphemism on how Windows copied the mac and that no personal computer would have them if it wasn’t for him. This pun creates the audience to show pathos toward to speech making them laugh. He proceeds to make an aphorism on how he couldn’t connect the dots on how that calligraphy class was going to help him, and how sometimes “you have to trust in something- your gut, destiny, life, karma whatever. He used Logos to show how this approach towards life has never let him down, using logical thinking to come to his
The American diet is becoming extremely harmful to the health of especially children. The new generation has different trends in regard to health compared to those of perhaps their parents. In the documentary Fed Up, Soechtig uses data and statistics, as well as narratives of emotional events to highlight the long run issues with American’s poor diet and also to criticize the food industry. By doing this, the director hopes to spark a change in diet.
In chapter 6, "The College Dropout Boom" talked about the idea of how higher education, meaning colleg...
Director Steven Spielberg and auther Markus Zusak, in their intriguing production, movie Saving Private Ryan and book The Book Thief, both taking place during World War II. However , in Saving Private Ryan Spielberg focus on a lot of complications that occur during war , but guilt was one difficulty that stood out to me. Zusak, on the other hand , showas that having courage during war can be a advantage and also an disadvantage depending on the situation. Both director and author grabed the audience attention with emotional and logical appeal.
Dillon uses the anecdote “Hi KATHY i am sending u the assignmnet again” (Dillon 417) as an example of a poor email that a student has sent. This is a use of logos because he is stating a fact that this type of email was sent and he wants his audience to realize that if the writer of that email had the proper education, an E-mail like that wouldn’t be sent in the first place. Another type of anecdote that Dillon uses is appeal to fear. Dillon states “Hundreds of inquiries from managers and executives seeking to improve their own or their workers’ writing pop into Dr. Hogan’s computer in-basket each month, he says, describing a number that has surged as e-mail has replaced the phone for workplace communication. Millions of employees must write more frequently on the job than previously. And many are making a hash of it” (Dillon 415) Even though this could also be considered an anecdote, the rhetorical appeal pathos is what Dillon is using when he made this statement. Dillon was trying to scare his audience into realizing just how many people are having issues with professional writing. Dillon can’t fully convince his audience though until he proves himself and his sources as
The outcome of the twenty five percent graduation rate is clear to all that live in the neighborhood. In his book, Kozol quotes a reporter asking a sixteen-year-old dropout about how much she would like to ...
A rhetoric analysis can be defined as the breakdown of components used to make a persuasive argument or judgment on a particular subject or topic. The ability to make a conclusion or decision on a given thought or idea in a moment of seconds is a result of rhetorical analysis. “Because media rhetoric surrounds us, it is important to understand how rhetoric works. If we refuse to stop and think about how and why it persuades us, we can become mindless consumers who buy into arguments about what makes us value ourselves and what makes us happy”. In Carroll’s essay “Backpacks Vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis”, she discusses the nature of rhetorical analysis, how it affects our everyday lives and explains the role context plays.
In the speech, “You’ve got to find what you love,” by Steve Jobs, Jobs uses the opportunity at the convention address to inspire young people to find something they're passionate about. In his speech Jobs uses a very uplifting tone. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice,” (paragraph #25) by saying this, Jobs encourages his young audience to not give up on their dreams.
Living every day like it is your last is good way to live. He wanted to know what his life was worth. So he decided to make something of it. He went to Stanford dropped out, best decision of his life, then started up his own company. He realized that one day you can be the richest man on earth then th...
College campuses have an increased rate of reported crimes in recent years. How can this be reduced? What can be done to improve this situation? Security can only cover parts of the campus at a time. Spontaneous outbreaks of crime can be thwarted if students actively participate in stopping crimes. Allowing students who have obtained a Concealed Handgun License, CHL, to carry a gun on campus will make campuses safer and reduce the amount of school shootings and other forms of crimes common to college campuses. In order to obtain a CHL a person has to be “21 year of age or older, clean criminal history, not be under a protective order, not be chemically dependent, not be of unsound mind, not be delinquent in paying fines, fees, child support, etc., and must complete the required training” (TCHA, 2013). A poster about the benefits of carrying a legal concealed weapon solidifies positive reasons to allow students and faculty to defend themselves from mass murderers and other criminal acts.
Work. How many different ways can there be to write about work? Well, the author of "Serving in Florida", Barbara Ehrenreich, lives a privileged lifestyle which gives her the option to leave her low income job allowing her to be more critical and judgmental of low income jobs in comparison to Lars Eighner, the author of "On Dumpster Diving", who is trapped, being homeless, so he is more accepting of people who have low income jobs, or no jobs at all. Although, there are many similarities between these two pieces, the author's background plays a large role in their writing style and opinions of similar topics.
In Alison Bechdel’s comic “Compulsory Reading”, she creates an image of how she feels about the world of creative writing. Bechdel mentions different authors and well known titles like “Beloved”, Romeo and Juliet”, and Charles Dickens. She also mentions her distaste to novels as well. Bechdel uses media and design, rhetorical patterns, and tone to communicate how she feels about literature.
Jobs, Steve. "'You've Got to Find What You Love,' Jobs Says." Commencement Address. Stanford. 14
Entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, in his commencement address at the University of Stanford, “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish,” describes his life in three very different stages. Jobs’s purpose is to explain what he went through in his life and to inspire the people who have just graduated from a very prestigious university. He adopts a sincere and motivating tone in order to relate his story and situation to his audience.
Jobs starts his speech with humor. He said, “I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation,” this statement instantly added an element of humor to his speech and this was well observed by the audience. The opening statements of the speech automatically lightened the mood. Steve jobs’ introduction appeals to the emotions of the audience, giving Jobs a valuable opening into the rest of his speech. In the whole speech, Jobs recites three stories from his personal life, which gave him inspiration.
After only being at The University of Akron for three weeks, I dropped two classes. Shortly after dropping those classes, I received an email from my advisor asking to schedule an appointment. While in my academic advisors office, she proceeded to tell me that most students who drop two or more classes tend to not graduate. These words frightened me and even made me regret the decision to attend college as a whole. I sat there and thought about how disappointed my family would be and wondered if I would be successful in college. Since then, I have learned that there is a lot more to being successful