Steve Jobs delivered the commencement speech for Stanford University’s class of 2005 before the “iPhones” era. To help the 2005 graduating class, he addressed three main stories about his life: love, loss, and love. His famous quote “Stay hungry” has been a part of his speech for many years. Stay Foolish. Jobs has the ability to tell his stories, from love to death, and to communicate these experiences logically and emotionally.
Steve Jobs was conceived in San Francisco on February 24, 2005. Jobs was taken in by his biological parents to be adopted by Paul Jobs. Clara Jobs later became a major influence on his interest and passion for electronics. Jobs was a student at Reed College, Oregon. He soon discovered the value of college. It was not only because his parents were unable to afford it, but also because he couldn’t see how college could help him decide what to do with the rest of his life. Jobs, a former high school friend and college dropout, met Steve Wozniak in 1976 to start the Apple Computer development in his family’s garage. With their entrepreneurial company, they were able knowingly to revolutionize electronics. They started the company and created multiple computers with a profit per computer of $666.66. The company made $774,000 annually. Three years later, they released the second computer, which saw a 700% increase in sales, resulting in an annual total of 139,000,000. Apple had many model launches, but sales weren’t sufficient to beat other companies. John Sculley was appointed as the marketing expert and believed Jobs was harming Apple. Jobs left Apple in 1985. Jobs quickly created two companies, NeXT Inc. and Pixar. They focused on hardware and software products. This was the easiest way to begin a new route. Toy Story is the most popular animated film studio in the country. Apple purchased NeXT in December 1996. Jobs returns to Apple as the interim CEO, from 1997 to 2004. Jobs and Apple worked together to rebuild the company and create new products. Jobs married Laurene and they had three children in 1991: Erin, Eve, and Reed. 2005 was a landmark year for Steve Job. Apples’ productivity suite iWork and the new Mac mini were the first things Jobs did in 2005. Jobs later announced, on June 6, 2005 the switch from Motorola’s to Apple’s use of intel processors in future Macs. Steve Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreas tumor and underwent successful surgery to remove it. However, the effects of the cancer returned later and were fatal. Jobs quit Apple in January 2011 and handed over all responsibility to Tim Cook, his executive. Jobs, who had been fighting pancreatic carcinoma for a while, died at home in Palo Alto in October 2011. The story is based on his personal experiences. His speech contains hard evidence of his entire life. He mentions some of the most memorable moments of his life. Steve Jobs was able to go to college early in his career. However, he felt that it was not worth the effort and he dropped out six months later. Jobs considered college an invaluable experience, but Jobs stated that Reed College provided “perhaps the most excellent calligraphy instruction in America” and that this class was interesting to him. Jobs used his college calligraphy skills for the creation of the Apple Computer in late 1970’s. “None” of this was ever going to be used in my daily life. However, 10 years later, as we were developing the first Macintosh computers, all of it came back to us.
Jobs speaks out about his pancreatic cancer at the end of his speech. Jobs was diagnosed as having pancreatic cancer by doctors in 2003. “The doctors said that I should expect to survive for three to six months.” Jobs was later diagnosed with cancer after a biopsy revealed that he had a rare form of cancer that could be treated with surgery. Steve Jobs frequently refers to the authority or credibility of the information he mentions in his commencement address. This is to prove that the speech is credible. Jobs is an entrepreneur who is well-respected, respected and highly successful. It is easy to believe that Jobs’ speech was credible due to his success. He is an entrepreneur as well as an American business magnate.
During his speech Jobs discusses Pixar’s success and says that it was the company that created Toy Story, the world’s first animated computer-animated feature. Pixar is now known as the best animation studio in world. Jobs’ statement shows that Pixar has a reputation for being reputable, successful and well-known. This is a perfect example of ethos as Jobs uses Pixar’s success at becoming the best animation company to show that they can be trusted.
Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address addresses the number and value of Apple’s employees. These large numbers can often be used to show that a company’s credibility and trustworthiness is evident.
Steve Jobs’ speech relies heavily on emotion to communicate his message to the audience. Three stories are what he tells during his speech.
The second story is about the time he was fired from Apple. These sentences are about how his work fills a large part in his life. He says that the only way to truly feel satisfied is to do great, meaningful work. He says that the only way to do great job is to love what it is. He uses himself to illustrate this concept. He says that he felt the love for his work when he was fired by Apple. He begins to explain that his love and devotion to his work are what kept him going. They find work they love and can conquer all the challenges life throws at them.
He used a scare tactic to appeal to fear and logical fallacy to tell the story of his last cancer diagnosis. His intention was to make students fear that time will run out. To make them feel happy, he used a scare tactic.
