Tone
- Inspiring
- Motivational
- Reflective
Ethos is used thoroughly throughout the speech by his many uses of personal experiences.
Three Stories:
First: Connecting the dots
Second: Love and Loss
Third: Death
Purpose
Audience
The purpose of the speech was to better prepare young adults by sharing personal experiences. In the speech, Jobs talks about three stories in which he faced major obstacles. He wants the graduates to realize that not everything will always be perfect and that no matter what they do.
- The audience in this speech is the young adults graduating.
- "Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation."
- He is talking to the young graduates who are about to face the many obstacles of the "real" world.
Speaker
Occasion
June 12, 2005
- Steve Jobs is giving a speech to the 2005 graduating class of Stanford University.
Steve Jobs
- Born February 24, 1955.
- San Francisco, California.
- Went to Reed College but soon dropped out.
- Jobs is the co-founder of Apple.
- Died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56.(Pancreas Cancer.)
Steve Jobs: Stanford Commencement Speech