The Rhetorical Analysis Of Steve Jobs

Steve Job’s commencement speech in 2005 at Stanford University, which is one of the best university in our country was very memorable and inspiring for Stanford graduates and also for audience listening to speech. In his speech, Jobs inspires students and audience to pursue their dreams and always to follow their heart no matter what even though things don’t always go according to plan and never give up. Steve Job is mainly known for his contributions in the technological world but along with that he is also recognized for his world-renowned presentations. Jobs’ simplicity in delivery and extensive use of rhetoric makes his speech effective and comparable to speeches of famous narrators. In this commencement speech, Jobs uses simplicity in the structure of his speech along with the use of rhetoric such as ethos and pathos besides usage of personal stories to make this speech effective in inspiring his audience and making it memorable.

Given the task of conceptualizing a man who truly changed the realm of technology as we know it today, my mind secludes one person. That person is Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer, now known simply as Apple. For this rhetorical analysis, I will be using three biographies/profiles about Jobs including “The Real Genius of Steve Jobs” by Malcolm Gladwell with The New Yorker (June 19, 2017), “Jobs’ Biography; Thoughts on Life, Death, and Apple” from NPR (October 25, 2011), and “Steve Jobs” from Biography.com (April 28, 2017). Precise attention to the audience, purpose, and tone, allows all three of these profiles to vividly explain and represent Jobs as the truly exceptionally minded man that he was.

“And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle” (Jobs). At Stanford University’s 2005 graduation ceremony, Steve Jobs was invited to give a speech that would serve an impact on those beginning their lives. Throughout the speech, Jobs elaborated on the background story of his life, successes, and failures, which all pertained to the true purpose of his speech. His stories and lessons had the ability to grasp the audience due to his consistent use of pathos, repetition, antitheton, and logos, all of which were enveloped into a short and simple structure that supported his statements regarding how individuals should live their own lives. Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech contains rhetorical devices that all contribute to his exertion of life-changing advice that could benefit all individuals of society striving for success.

A commencement speech as powerful as Steve Jobs sticks in your head and ruminates for a long time. His advice touches home and leaves you thinking about the decisions that you make in your life and whether those decisions will connect to your future. As we make decisions in our lives, we should all remember to follow Steve’s advice do what you love, don’t give

Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, addressed a speech at the Commencement at Stanford University. “You’ve got to find what you love,” he said to point out the main reason for his speech. Jobs was addressing to the students at Stanford, but he is really addressing to students at every colleges and universities. He point out three different stories to engage the listeners/readers. The three stories are the major points of his life. He was addressing them to show his listeners/readers that there is a way for anything even if you are struggling. It is effective, because as a reader; I find Jobs’ speech incredibly inspiring. Jobs uses three different stories that have a huge impact in his life. These three stories point out the strategies that he used to gain the listener/reader’s attention.

Steve Jobs is a household name, at least in most parts of America. He was both the head of one of the most influential companies in the emerging computer field, while also pushing for innovation in both Apple, and Pixar. He starts his speech by saying that he has “three stories from my life”, then goes on to tell the story of how he dropped out of college. By utilizing the technique of ethos, he influences the audience to be able to both trust and respect him.

A variety of tactics are employed when delivering a speech and the speaker’s purpose is accommodated by their method. The emotion and inflection in Steve Jobs’ voice as he relays his past experiences provokes an argument about the future and the past. By passing on his anecdotes and previous experiences, the speaker solidifies his credibility as a representative of what is achievable with effort and determination.

One element that contributes to Steve Jobs’ ethos is the fact that he is so successful in his career. Already knowing who Steve Jobs was, he led the audience to the appeal that we is successful because of his company in which he worked hard for. One of the first things he mentioned in his speech to make it so he is comes off as smart when he says he created Apple, a multi-billion dollar company, and Pixar, the “most successful animation studio in the world.” This adds on to his knowledgeable self, creating validity because the people listening view Jobs as being high in the successful level and makes the audience believe him. Jobs continues with his reliability by saying that he was a college dropout and still went on to be extremely successful.

What this tells us is that Jobs was so dedicated to his work and in the things the built, that he strived to have only the

On June 12, 2005 Steve Jobs had to deliver the commencement speech for the 114th graduating class at Stanford University. Steve Jobs ironically never graduated college, he dropped out after attending Reed college for six months. However, Steve at the time of his death still had an estimated net worth of $10.1 billion and currently, if he were still alive, he would have an estimated net worth of roughly $19 billion. Even though Jobs had no college education, he was for obvious reasons, a highly accomplished man. Jobs had the task of speaking to some of the smartest intellectuals in the country. He went at this task by telling the graduates three stories.

Who knew that Apple would turn out to be a multi-billion company that sells millions of products to its millions of customers, that such a company could rise from a man who had dropped out of college, man who had nothing, no money, no food, no shelter, who spent his early years of adulthood in his parent’s garage finding love, a love for doing something thrill-seeking in life. Steve Jobs, is this man, who is now the founder of Apple Inc. and has a net worth of 10.2 billion dollars. Steve Jobs gave a speech at Stanford University on June 12, 2005, providing insight and reassurance to the college graduates. Jobs explains how people have to work towards what they love, and to not settle until they do, for they have little time to find what

Grigorios Eldada Mrs. Villasenior English III-P 20 August, 2014 Throughout the speech, Steve Jobs successfully persuades the graduates of Standford in 2005 to always pursue their passions by conveying three anecdotes which appeal to logos, ethos, and pathos. He has a strong opening, simple, consistent structure, and a reoccurring theme. Jobs opens up strong, by saying “I am honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world” he not only makes the audience feel good about the college they’re graduation from, but also shows humility by following it with stating that he never graduated from college himself. Moreover, his speech has a simple structure of an opening followed by 3 stories intended to move the audience, and a conclusion. The purpose of Jobs’ speech was to encourage the audience, multicultural Standford graduates, to pursue their dreams.

Steve Jobs gave a speech at Stanford University, to address his feelings toward success and how being near death, due to pancreatic cancer, changed him. He gives a personal narrative on what happened to him, as well as how he felt about it. He describes how life is filled with limitations, reasoning, and fear, but once a person faces death, all reason is forgotten. As he said, “You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” Steve Jobs concludes by showing gratefulness for life, and a respect for death.

On his commencement speech to Stanford students on June 12, 2005, Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple computers and PIXAR animations, used carefully crafted inspirational anecdotes and rhetorical devices like ethos and pathos to move his audience to explore, follow their dream and do what they love no matter the odds.

Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple, Pixar, and NeXT says, “The only way to do great work is to love what you do” during the June 12, 2005, Stanford University commencement address. Jobs gives a speech about his life and the hardships he experienced to further motivate the college graduates to reach their dreams by doing what they love and to succeed even as they get knocked down. Jobs tells the audience. “Your time is limited,” meaning that, when doing something they love, they must keep at it because time is of the essence, and life is too short to hate doing whatever they do or are going to do every day. Taking the audience through the events of his life, Jobs speaks with a humorous and hopeful tone. Steve Jobs successfully