Comparisons Of Steve Jobs And Stephen King

Steve Jobs and Stephen King both employ the idea of death to inspire their audience to strive for greatness while taking chances and to give back money where it belongs, respectively; however, Jobs uses simple and complex sentence with formal language to convey his message with short, easy-to-remember business mottos while King balances mostly informal and formal language, with both complex and simple sentences as well to increase the effectiveness of their arguments. They approach their mottos in different ways but are both individually successful due to their backgrounds, as Jobs has a background in business, strengthening his business-like mottos and King has a more relatable background as an “everyday guy,” strengthening his informal mottos,

However, their tones are different, as Jobs formally delivers the mottos, while King approaches them in a more informal tone. In Jobs commencement speech, he discusses his termination from Apple, but how he continued to work even though this significant failure in his life occurred. The following sentence after the anecdote is “Don’t lose faith” (Jobs). Jobs approaches these mottos formally and delivers them as business mottos because he is highly involved in the business world. King hypothesizes the Vassar Graduate’s potential impacts on society and the American economy, and how they cannot mess it up like the previous generation. The following few sentences are “That’s your time. This is your moment. Don’t miss it” (King). King approaches these mottos in an informal manner and more as an “everyday guy,” allowing the mottos to be more relatable for the audience . These simple phrases hammer in King’s argument to give back and fix the corruptions of the world. Kings argument is overall more effective that Jobs because it relates more to the audience and allows them to apply the mottos more easily to themselves, while jobs provides more formal mottos, which the audience may see as