iSad
The iPod, iPad, Mac computers, Toy Story and other Apple merchandise have become hallmarks of our generation. The inventor, Steve Jobs, is now dead at age 56. The author of iSad, uses details to show that Jobs wasn’t just an inventor, but a true inspiration to the world.
The use of details helps us to see how people were in enthralled with Jobs and his products. “On the sidewalk beside the Apple…Jobs' fans…created a shrine to his memory. They left flowers, lit candles and placed fresh apples on the concrete. The same spontaneous tributes occurred…in London, Paris, Tokyo and elsewhere around the world.” If no one cared about Jobs, they wouldn’t have created shrines, especially ones with such creativity as a fresh apple. According to the article, people flooded Facebook and Twitter with stories “about their first iPod or Macintosh”. Apple has become a worldwide sensation with its cover boy as Jobs.
Steve Jobs wasn’t always a success. As the article details, he was “kicked out of the company he co-founded” in 1985 and went on to fail at selling the NeXT personal computer. His fist major success after leaving Apple would come with Toy Story where he sold millions of tickets. He then slowly made his way back into the high ranks of Apple, creating a true inspirational American story of hard work paying off.
Steve Jobs has been called “the Thomas Edison of our age” and has a sotry that has inspired people all over the world. With his death, he will be missed along with the inventions he might have been able to produce.
I feel like in this you did more discussion about Jobs than of the actual article "iSad." But your analysis of details is good, and I agree that including these details really shows how loved and respected Jobs was. I would suggest trying to incorporate more elements of DIDLS as well. Maybe you could discuss the imagery of the shrines or the diction used when talking about Jobs. But, regardless, well done!
ReplyDeleteFirst thing I noticed is that I cannot find the link to the article; this is essential to our understanding and critique of your analysis/the teacher's as well. The next thing that jumps out at me is that you only analyze details, when it is required of close readings that we use 3 literary techniques; this will inevitably lead to poor teacher reviews despite the fact that your use of details is accurate and probably well placed (I cannot double check; there exists no article link). However, while the final quote you provided is necessarily a detail, it is an essential tidbit of information to the article and is not necessarily an intended add-in for the purpose of creating meaning, and I see this in other quotations; it seems that the article may be primarily informative and may not contain very strong voice, so you may wish to scout out other details or seek a new writing.
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