“I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.”(Steve Jobs). CEO of Apple and Pixar, Steve Jobs, in his commencement speech for Stanford in 2005, reflects on three experiences of his earlier life. Jobs’ purpose is to motivate the class of students to not be afraid of adversity and strive to find that which makes them happy. He embraces an optimistic tone in order to encourage students to journey into the world to find what makes them happen and to never stop moving forward. Jobs does this by appealing to his audience through ethos, pathos, and logos.
In this speech, Jobs first speaks on the subject of his parents and how he was adopted at birth. He goes on to speak about how he dropped out of college as a full
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Jobs doesn’t need to set up credibility in a sense that he is giving the speech because people know that he is the founder of Apple and look to him for encouragement. Still, he establishes credibility in a sense that he demonstrates that he’s been through typical college hardships as well. He conveys the level to which he can relate with the other students. During his story he spoke about how he had decided to drop out of college as a full time student because he saw no real value in the current curriculum. Jobs talks about how he “returned Coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with,” and “would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.”(Steve Jobs). Jobs tries to establish that he, like many, has experienced that feeling when it seems like money is being wasted on “learning” but its not helping figure out what profession or career would be suitable at all. By establishing this, his audience will see him less as a CEO and more like a guy who also didn’t have life completely figured out at one
Nintendo is the world's largest company in the video game industry. Over the years, Nintendo's video game consoles have been famous for its unique designs, along with its complex but simple controllers. Most importantly, Nintendo is famous for being kid-friendly. In August 2002, Nintendo partnered with Heineken, a famous Dutch brewing company, to publish a magazine ad to inform the public about an upcoming contest. The advertisement specifically utilized the elements of logos and pathos, unintentionally communicating to the reader that underage drinking is appropriate while playing video games.
Today´s society is filled with people that only care about money and a person's profession when it comes to valuing an individual's life. Many people think that having a lot of money, college degrees, and working for a top notch business or company defines who they are, but what about the people who may not be successful in the world's view, but are happy because they are doing what they love to do ? Steve Jobs gave a commencement speech at Stanford University, in 2005, advising the graduates to follow their passions and not to listen to other people's advice about what is valuable or not. He also advised them not to waste their time living someone else’s life. Steve Jobs advocates for individuals to have the bravery to follow your
Disney Parks are held to a high standard when it comes to conserving their values of visitor happiness, imagination, and creativity. In 2007, Disney released a commercial that focuses on showing how a trip to Disney encourages children to dig deeper into their imagination. The children in the commercial envision their dreams and then make it a reality with the support of Disney. By transforming traditional adolescence experiences into out of this world adventures related to Disney films, Disney successfully emphasizes how strikingly different reality is while visiting the Parks through their Year of a Million Dreams Commercial.
In Frank Bruni’s New York Time’s article, “The Imperiled Promise of College,” he argues that college is no longer a guarantee of success because students are not being properly motivated and guided into the programs that will provide them with jobs.
“What Corporate America Can’t Build: A Sentence”, a newspaper article written by Sam Dillon, addresses corporate America and those in the education system coming into corporate America. The message Dillon conveys to his audience is that there is a problem with the clarity and effectiveness in communication as the work force progresses towards written communication, highlighted by how common emails have become. Dillon’s article strongly influences people in the education system that will soon be entering corporate America, along with those who are already in the workforce. The New York Times author manages to achieved this through his use of statistics that show how harmful
In the novel The Life of Pi by Yann Martel, the author expresses a potent message, being that God pardons us if we have to sin in order to survive desperate circumstances. Pi Patel obtains a very conservative definition of the word “sin.” While living in India Pi was a child who possessed strong morals, believing that a sin is an evil act like killing a living thing and eating it. However, while on the lifeboat Pi cannot survive on his vegetarian diet and must therefore resort to killing and eating meat to sustain himself. Since starting to kill food, Pi woefully states, “Lord to think that I’m a strict vegetarian. To think that when I was a child I shuddered when I snapped open a banana because it sounded to me like the breaking of an animals neck. I descended to a level of savagery that I never imagined possible,” it is then obvious that Pi is disappointed in his new
Within an excerpt from, “The United States of Wal-Mart,” John Dicker explains that Wal-Mart is a troubling corporation. Dicker begins his article by discussing why the store is so popular within the news in an age of global terrorism, coming to the conclusion that Wal-Mart has a huge scope in the United States and that it has more scandals, lawsuits, and stories than any other supercenter. Continually, he goes on to explain that Wal-Mart outsources jobs and their companies demands makes it hard for employees to have livable wages and good working conditions. Furthermore, Dicker addresses the claim that Wal-Mart provides good jobs, by destroying this perception with statistics showing how employees live in poverty and that their union scene
Today, a good education and gainful employment are merely the status quo -- these qualifications are no longer a proven formula for wealth and success. A reflection of this statement is the entrepreneur and creator of Apple, Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was a college dropout, and around his death in 2011, his net worth was about $11 billion (Smale). Many more fall under this category, including Michael Dell, creator of Dell Computers, and Rachael Ray, the famous culinary and TV star. These success stories contribute to the idea that success isn’t defined by a college education or degree. Success should not be generalized into one definition or category. Each individual has the right to decide what exactly success means and looks like to them, and whether a university can achieve that definition is ultimately up to the student. School can either be a stepping stone or a road block, but forcing one direction upon a student is unfair and diminishes the fact that students have and should make the choice based on what is best for them and their
He always had the perspective that each job taught him something he would need later in life. Each job was a stepping stone to the next. During Kutcher’s speech the question is raised, “What knowledge can be gained from this message?” Methodology The methodology used was Dramatic Criticism.
Brooks goes on and talks about, how graduates are told to: “Follow your passion, chart your own course, march to the beat of your own drummer, follow your dreams and find yourself.” Then he goes on and mentions how this type of talk is affecting the young adult and causing them to make scared decisions. He gives an example on how a young woman is confronted by opportunities that she had never imagined; none of this was in her plans. Brooks then has a turning point towards the
The article by Nicholas Carr Is Google Making Us Stupid, Carr main argument is as the Internet has become an integral part of our society is changing the way we process information to a simply way of processing information. My interpretation of Carr main argument is that the Internet has made it harder to process complex information and now rendering to process information in a simply manor. The reason he accomplished expressing his argument in a effective manor was his use appeal to Karos, Ethos & Logos; also, with the aid of rhetorical devices.
Jobs begins by expressing his honor to be the commencement speaker. He admits to never actually graduating college himself and explains to the graduates that he will tell just three stories. He goes on to tell the first of three stories that he says is about connecting the dots. He briefly explains how he was raised at an early age and jumps to his short lived college days. Jobs explains that dropping out of college was one of the best decisions he had ever made. From connecting the dots he moves on to his second story of “Love and Loss.” Here he describes the unbelievable success he had from creating Apple Computers out of a garage with his frie...
In Caroline Bird’s “College is A Waste of Time and Money”, it’s argued that there are many college students who would be better off if they were to begin working after high school graduation. Colleges and universities can no longer ensure that one will go on to get a better job, getting paid more than they would have without a higher education. However, high school seniors still stress about where they will be attending college, how they’re going to pay for it and what they’re going to study for the next four years. Bird points out how college has changed over the past few decades and how, in turn, it has set many young adults up for disappointment, if nothing else.
Pepsi is a well known carbonated soft drink that is sold all around the world. With a net worth of millions, Pepsi has featured many famous artists in our society, including the late singer and songwriter Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson, who was already at the peak of his stardom, had partnered with Pepsi for a commercial specifically aimed towards the younger audience who they referred to the ‘new generation.’
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.