Rhetorical Analysis Of Steve Jobs Speech
In Steve Job’s Commencement speech, Jobs divides his speech into three parts. Trust in your future, don’t give up on what you love, and keep having the desire to do your passion. Overall Jobs urges us to see great value in our lives. Understanding what Steve Jobs has experienced, I feel compelled to agree with his statements about how we should live our lives.
Within the three divisions of his speech, Jobs also has the other messages for those who have read and or heard his speech. In his first part of the speech Jobs discusses “connecting the dots”. Basically, Jobs is saying we can only connect the dots backwards not looking forward, meaning we need to have faith in what our future has to hold and pay more attention to what is happening to our current lives so we don’t waste our youthful time worrying about the future. In his first third of the speech Jobs tells us about how he dropped out of college but stayed around as a drop-in. I found that interesting because before, I didn’t think you could take other classes you weren’t assigned to, but as Jobs states in his speech, he took a calligraphy class because he found the art of typography in the school very …show more content…
Because of his near death experience Jobs now feels compelled to ask himself, “If today were to be the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” This quote alone is interesting to reflect upon when finding yourself getting bored of everyday life. It is often said that we should be prepared to face death and accept fate. Remembering that we will be dead soon helps us make the big choices in life. “Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important”(Jobs,2015). In other words, Jobs is saying that reminder allows us to feel more appreciative with
Within the three divisions of his speech, Jobs also has the other messages for those who have read and or heard his speech. In his first part of the speech Jobs discusses “connecting the dots”. Basically, Jobs is saying we can only connect the dots backwards not looking forward, meaning we need to have faith in what our future has to hold and pay more attention to what is happening to our current lives so we don’t waste our youthful time worrying about the future. In his first third of the speech Jobs tells us about how he dropped out of college but stayed around as a drop-in. I found that interesting because before, I didn’t think you could take other classes you weren’t assigned to, but as Jobs states in his speech, he took a calligraphy class because he found the art of typography in the school very …show more content…
Because of his near death experience Jobs now feels compelled to ask himself, “If today were to be the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” This quote alone is interesting to reflect upon when finding yourself getting bored of everyday life. It is often said that we should be prepared to face death and accept fate. Remembering that we will be dead soon helps us make the big choices in life. “Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important”(Jobs,2015). In other words, Jobs is saying that reminder allows us to feel more appreciative with