Known as one of the most influential men of his time, Steve Jobs was chosen to give the 2005 Graduating Class of Stanford their commencement speech. Jobs aimed to inspire this next generation to use their intuition and follow their hearts to success and happiness. In doing so, he successfully convinced the class to pursue their passions by telling them three stories of connecting the dots, love and loss, and death. By filling his speech with ethos, pathos, and logos he gave a speech that was motivational and inspiring to the 2005 graduating class of Stanford.
In Jobs first story of connecting the dots, he tells of his own college experience which without a doubt is something the audience was able to relate to. When speaking about his college …show more content…
Jobs is able to build ethos by showing the success he had in making one of the world’s largest companies. But in an instant, it is turned to pathos as he tells of being fired from his own company. He had lost everything he had spent the last decade of his life building and was at rock bottom. Jobs then describes how he realized that even though he had lost Apple, he still loved what he did and that he was going to start over, stating he “didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to [him]”. He goes on to tell of how he built two brand new companies, Pixar, one of the most successful animation studios and NeXT which Apple would eventually buy. This story of failure is one that any person can relate to, Jobs story of how he lost the company he had spent most of his adult life building deepened the connection between himself and the audience. Jobs shows to the audience, not the successful man that they all knew but a man is willing to tell of his darkest moments showing that the road is tough for all who travel it. His second story ends again encouraging the audience to never lose faith and always follow the things that they …show more content…
But over the years and now as I am heading off to college soon I can relate to his speech. Jobs has had an enormous impact on my everyday life, the technology he has introduced throughout the years has revolutionized our world. His speech has inspired thousands including myself to pursue the things we love instead of settling down. Jobs showed the world that he was able to build nothing out of something and then do it all again after losing everything he had. He has given me something to strive for and that it is possible to come back from our darkest
In Jobs first story of connecting the dots, he tells of his own college experience which without a doubt is something the audience was able to relate to. When speaking about his college …show more content…
Jobs is able to build ethos by showing the success he had in making one of the world’s largest companies. But in an instant, it is turned to pathos as he tells of being fired from his own company. He had lost everything he had spent the last decade of his life building and was at rock bottom. Jobs then describes how he realized that even though he had lost Apple, he still loved what he did and that he was going to start over, stating he “didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to [him]”. He goes on to tell of how he built two brand new companies, Pixar, one of the most successful animation studios and NeXT which Apple would eventually buy. This story of failure is one that any person can relate to, Jobs story of how he lost the company he had spent most of his adult life building deepened the connection between himself and the audience. Jobs shows to the audience, not the successful man that they all knew but a man is willing to tell of his darkest moments showing that the road is tough for all who travel it. His second story ends again encouraging the audience to never lose faith and always follow the things that they …show more content…
But over the years and now as I am heading off to college soon I can relate to his speech. Jobs has had an enormous impact on my everyday life, the technology he has introduced throughout the years has revolutionized our world. His speech has inspired thousands including myself to pursue the things we love instead of settling down. Jobs showed the world that he was able to build nothing out of something and then do it all again after losing everything he had. He has given me something to strive for and that it is possible to come back from our darkest