Rhetorical Analysis Of Steve Jobs Speech

Steve Jobs, known by many, is an incredibly intelligent businessman. Jobs created a worldwide technological experience impacting millions. Although, he is one of the most successful, he lacked the ability to graduate college. Now presenting a speech to hundreds of soon to be college graduates, is stressful. Speaking in front of these adults and admitting you never accomplished what they have done, is extremely maddening. How did Jobs declare this speech while maintain motivation? Simply through insightful word selection and correct use.
Throughout the speech, Jobs covers many key points in his life that brought him to the mad he was. Including these important events and stories allows for personal word choice connecting to the whole audience.
Words like, value, devastating, heaviness and lightness, along with naively and practical show the direct emotions. Reassuring the scholars that he has been there and was capable of overcoming.
Starting with his childhood Jobs describes his mother as, “She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college” (CITE). Jobs develops this sentence through the words relented and promised. These words hide deep details, unlocking his true emotions during this time. The abandonment and treatment of his mother, the changing the tone to ensuring his future and vowing to change his life. Eventually changing countless lives and the world completely.