Individualism In Steve Jobs Speech

Americans are characterized by many traits, some more often than others. In the excerpt from Fredrick Jackson Turner’s, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” Mr. Turner names several of them to name a few: individualism, tenacity, and inquisitiveness. In Steve Job’s, “Stanford University Commencement Address” he talks about how inquisitiveness helped him build his empire. Likewise in President John F. Kennedy’s 1962, “ Address at Rice University on the Space Effort” the President asserts his views on the tenacity of Americans and how it improves our lives; there is also one trait both speakers used and it is individualism. Both men discuss the power and effect of individualism in America. In Fredrick Turner’s essay he states, “ That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients…” are some of the enduring traits of America and Americans when it comes to modernization and invention. Steve Jobs, the creator of Apple, one of the most high tech and inventive companies of the twenty-first century, lists the trait of inquisitiveness has one of the value to his creative process when coming up with new ideas for his multi-billion dollar company. In Mr. Jobs speech, he tells us three stories and in effect …show more content…
Individualism. Individualism is defined as the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. In America we respect and understand the values of the individual person and how it betters us as a nation. In Fredrick Turner’s speech he lists individualism several times as driving force of American life. Kennedy talks about it when he talks about diversity and our, “hopes for