Patrice Tseh
E102
Professor Worke
02/18/2018
Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Steve Jobs' “You’ve Got To Find What You Love” Speech
In the speech “You’ve Got Go Find What You Love,” by Steve Jobs, the author talks about certain events in his life that led him to become the successful CEO of Apple computer and of Pixar Animation Studios. He explores with great details, the fact that he dropped out of college, was fired from a company that was founded by him, and how he feared he was going to die after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer to explain how all these events helped him find what he loved to do and was able to do it. He talks about how his biological mother was a young unmarried college graduate student, who wanted him to be adopted by college graduates but, later allowed a non-college graduate couple to adopt him because his adopted parents promised that he would attend college someday. However, in this speech, he admits that he never graduated college and dropping out of college after only six months of attending college was the best life changing decisions he ever made. Thus, by using descriptions of his personal life, logical reasoning, his personal …show more content…
In addition, the second story helps the understand the author’s love for what he does and what when went through after losing it. The last story of his speech talks about how he “lives each day as if it was his last,” meaning that he is prepared to die if death came. However, he became afraid when he thought he was going to die when he had cancer. Therefore, Steve Jobs’ utilization of the mentioned elements of persuasion, provided a compelling argument that was effective in persuading his
E102
Professor Worke
02/18/2018
Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Steve Jobs' “You’ve Got To Find What You Love” Speech
In the speech “You’ve Got Go Find What You Love,” by Steve Jobs, the author talks about certain events in his life that led him to become the successful CEO of Apple computer and of Pixar Animation Studios. He explores with great details, the fact that he dropped out of college, was fired from a company that was founded by him, and how he feared he was going to die after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer to explain how all these events helped him find what he loved to do and was able to do it. He talks about how his biological mother was a young unmarried college graduate student, who wanted him to be adopted by college graduates but, later allowed a non-college graduate couple to adopt him because his adopted parents promised that he would attend college someday. However, in this speech, he admits that he never graduated college and dropping out of college after only six months of attending college was the best life changing decisions he ever made. Thus, by using descriptions of his personal life, logical reasoning, his personal …show more content…
In addition, the second story helps the understand the author’s love for what he does and what when went through after losing it. The last story of his speech talks about how he “lives each day as if it was his last,” meaning that he is prepared to die if death came. However, he became afraid when he thought he was going to die when he had cancer. Therefore, Steve Jobs’ utilization of the mentioned elements of persuasion, provided a compelling argument that was effective in persuading his