“Death is the destination we all share.” While a somber statement‚ the words came from a commencement speech that Steve Jobs‚ CEO of Apple and Pixar Animation‚ gave to Stanford University’s Class of 2005 this Tuesday. In his speech‚ Jobs shared “three stories”‚ anecdotes of being adopted‚ fired‚ and diagnosed with cancer‚ among others‚ to approach themes of life‚ death‚ love‚ and the future. The first detailed his adoption and early college education‚ the second‚ his being fired from Apple in
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In this address‚ Steve Jobs gives us his view on life and how life as we know can be taken for granted. Life in reality shouldn’t because tomorrow’s not promised and we’re all going to die eventually. This mentality helps job make important decisions in life which keep him from having the fear of failure or embarrassment because he doesn’t want to waste his life doing something that he truly doesn’t love. Jobs also gives his perspective on how it feels to be told you only have a few months to live
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DIRECT NARRATION Although it may be referred to by other names (direct exposition‚ objective narration‚ summary exposition‚ or simply narration)‚ direct narration is where the narrator of the story addresses the reader directly. When conveying information by direct narration‚ the narrator simply states the information without any pretext of channeling it through a character or exposing it through some sort of prop. As noted by Ansen Dibell in Plot‚ the simplest way is to just slip the information
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Introduction “Things don’t have to change the world to be important”. Do you know who said this? That is a humbling quote from Steve Jobs‚ one of the most impactful people in history. Steven Paul Jobs created some of the most famous devices in history‚ which all started with him creating computers in his garage. Steve Jobs has had a massive impact on the technological development of our country because he co-created Apple and helped make Pixar into the company it is today‚ revolutionized the electronics
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WRC 1013 22 September 2013 Compare/Contrast: Steve Jobs & Bill Gates Steve Jobs (born in Green Bay‚ Wisconsin on the 24th of February 1955) is best known as the co-founder & CEO of Apple Computer and somewhat less so for his leadership of Pixar which is a computer animation studio. On the other hand‚ Bill Gates (born in Seattle‚ Washington on the 28th of October 1955) is known for the creation of the Windows operating system‚ as well as being the co-founder and current Chairman and Chief Software
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Historical persons such as Steve jobs are among the many historical figures in America who their work really left a great impression on the people of AMERICA through his numerous contributions. To start with‚ Steve jobs being an American information technology innovator born in 1955‚ San Francisco California‚ he was a successful entrepreneur
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STEVE JOBS: THE INSPIRATION OF MANY HOW STEVE JOBS HAS CHANGED THE WORLD WITH APPLE Steve Jobs was one of the giants of the information age‚ and his influence will be felt for decades to come. Jobs introduced us to multiple products that have changed the lives of many. Job’s was born in 1955 in San Francisco‚ California. He was a US electrical engineer and computer inventor. In 1976 along with Steve Wozniak they formed Apple Computers (Hefner 2005) Getting to know Steve Jobs personally is not
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college dropout. Steve Jobs was one of the greatest businessmen in America and he has had major impact on the world because not only because of his innovation and ingenuity but because of his ability not only to meet the needs of consumers but to exceed them. Steve Jobs has a quite unusual story but it could not correlate more perfectly with his pathway to success. Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955 to John Jandali and Joanne Schieble in San Francisco‚ California. Steve Jobs was adopted as
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Creative Thinker: Steve Jobs Derrick Mitchell OI/361 Professor Doug Pacella November 19‚ 2012 Creative Thinker: Steve Jobs Creative thinkers have been critical to where we are today. Going back to caveman times‚ the humans who thought outside the box were the ones that survived. But‚ not only barely survived‚ survived as the alpha predator. The invention of fire and weapons‚ paved the way for human civilizations. Each period of time has creative thinkers that have advanced the human
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