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Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech at Stanford University in 2005 is considered an extremely effective speech because of his use of rhetorical devices. Steve Jobs uses his background and upbringing to play upon his rhetorical approach. During his speech to the new graduates, he tells several life stories of love, loss, discovery, death, and adversity to encourage them as they continue on in their lives. He encourages them to pursue their dreams, and do what makes them happy, even if what makes you…

First, Steve Jobs achieved his personal dreams through commitment. In addition, passion drove Ashton Eaton to winning gold medals in the olympics. Finally, determination is what led Derek Jeter to winning five world series. The American Dream can be difficult to achieve, but Michael Oher achieved it through hard work. The American Dream can be achieved through commitment, passion, and determination. Commitment is in fact a key factor to achieving the American Dream. For example, Steve Jobs was…

On December 28, 1732, Benjamin Franklin began publishing a humble endeavor, an almanac to be exact. He titled his creation “Poor Richard's Almanac” and assumed the identity of Richard Saunders, a somewhat dull, but otherwise lively country man who extolled the virtues of hard work and frugality. He wrote this pamphlet expecting to sell enough copies for a small profit, but nothing more. After all, almanacs were only good for the local population they covered, so they had a limited range of…

Are mistakes really a bad thing or rather something that’s helpful? In medusa and the snail, a book by Lewis Thomas, he claims that mistakes are the base of human thought and that trial and error is actually a good thing not a bad thing. In the article he says, “ We learn, as they say, by “trial and error.” (Line 10) Learning is the base of human curiosity and this human curiosity got us to the technology and information that we have today. None of that would've happened if we didn't have…

Equality is a young man who is very intelligent, self-involved, and curious. In the book ¨Anthem¨ by Ayn Rand, Equality's primary motivation is his own self discovery. He realizes that he is unlike the rest of the others and he becomes very interested in the things that he can do as one instead of as a group. Equality discovers the power of electricity, while in his underground tunnel. He goes to the tunnel every evening, to perform experiments. Equality manages to go to the tunnel during…

correct. Susan Cain points out how we have distanced ourselves from our main goal which is to have geniuses, putting people skills over creativity. Consequently, workers have lacked in creativity and productivity. She then goes on to tell us how Steve Woznick, the creator of apple, came up with the idea of a “user-friendly computer.”…

In Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tweaker", he discusses the brilliance of Steve Jobs, and how he was a man with more than good taste, who had a sweeping visionary that saw above and beyond. "Jobs sensibility was editorial, not inventive" (3). Even before bringing Apple to its tremendous glory and success, Jobs always had an eye for productivity. As seen with how he questioned the trade-offs with European washing machine and its efficiency. He would later bring…

Technology is in everyone’s daily life, but Today's American’s don't really understand what technology is really used for nowadays. Yes i feel like the Americans are being too dependent on technology For example is new iphone or samsung cellphones have made a big jump from the old Days and people have to understand the ways technology is going. Thanks to the efficiency of the internet and the growth but middle class and jobs are disappearing maybe in the next 10 years. you might not see…

William Powers in his book “Hamlet's Blackberry” in Chapter 9 Inventing Your Life, he talks about how to improve digital life, that was no e-mail Fridays. Powers states, “When numerous studies and media reports cited it as a possible answer to the problem of distracted, insufficient workers” (157). Powers is talking about how people were getting distracted and off course by getting on there email, they had to do something to help. Companies and other businesses knew something had to be done,…

In the movie, Monsters University directed by Dan Scanlon, they’re a variety of themes surrounding the overall plot and Dan portrayed this through the experiences of the monsters. One of the themes that related to the movie; as well as, myself as an individual is the fact that there is always more than one path to your destination. They’re many connections that one can relate from the firm determination of the protagonist, Mike. From the beginning, Mike had a strong belief of pursuing his…