Tesk Tesla Spacex And The Quest For A Fantastic Future

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An individual who pursues his or her lifestyle helping the community out for the great or good is truly a honorable action that one can do. Some may say that it’s best to help others because it is a very good action to do which is true but very difficult to pursue, but to Elon Musk this is surely a task he can accomplish. Elon Musk went from living in a poor environment to owning a multi-billion dollar company, Ashlee Vance, author of Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, gives us an in-depth look into the tasks Elon Musk had to undergo with throughout his life and how he was able to become the successful entrepreneur that he is at this very moment. The book is written with first hand sources to help make sure his …show more content…

Helps immensely throughout the creation of the book. The reason as to why it helps with the creation of the book is due to the fact that it helps provide in depth information from people who offer their testimonies to the writer who will use these stories as valid information towards the book. For example, Ashlee Vance tells a story about how Tesla and SpaceX both worked and functioned under Elon. Within that section, he also describes Musk to not only be a hard person to deal with but also a person who thinks of how he can make perfection correlate to his works (Garner). This is a perfect example of a testimonial evidence due to how Ashlee Vance gives his personal opinions on the entrepreneur and how he handles his 2 major companies. In conclusion, in the making of the book, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, testimonial evidence is useful for creating the biography in which it helps provide the readers with factual information and background on the multi-billionaire, Elon …show more content…

Allusion is a form of rhetorical technique in which consists of indirect and indirect references towards a person or thing, and without a doubt Ashlee Vance uses this type of technique in his book for which it helps make the case on how magnificent Elon Musk really is. For example, in the article, ‘Elon Musk,’ a Biography by Ashlee Vance, Paints a Driven Portrait, We have Dwight Garner, Publisher of the article, expressing his thoughts on Elon Musk by saying, “Where Mark Zuckerberg wants to help you share baby photos, Musk wants to ... well ... save the human race from self-imposed or accidental annihilation.” (Garner). This Allusion helps makes the portrayal of Elon Musk look more fascinating as an individual in the sense that Garner makes him look more as a hero than a typical businessman whose interest is finding ways to make more money than helping out his fellow people, and that’s what makes allusion so useful in this biography in regards to making Elon Musk look and sound great. In conclusion, Allusion is used within the biography, Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, for it helps with implementing good and reasonable remarks towards