November 29, 2017 / spatel / 0 Comments
I disagree most with the statement ‘Pretending to be someone you’re not makes you a weak person’. Acting like another person doesn’t make you weak at all, in fact it causes you to experience things that may be very hard to take in, in which case you have to be strong. Actors pretend to be other people all the time, so are they weak people? Exactly, they aren’t. You can also pretend to be people for your own fun, like dressing up on Halloween in costumes. It’s still not being weak if you are trying to be someone else to hide from yourself, but if this is happening, try to be yourself because you should be proud of who you are. All in all, I highly disagree with this statement.
November 6, 2017 / spatel / 0 Comments
My Eminent Person: Steve Jobs
Exposition: Introducing Jobs, started Apple computer in 1976 with Wozniak, huge success
Conflict: Next few Apple products had severe design flaws
Rising Action #1: IBM surpasses Apple in sales
Rising Action #2: Apple releases Macintosh in 1984, but despite positive sales, it’s not IBM compatible
Rising Action #3: CEO John Sculley thinks that Jobs is hurting Apple
Climax: Steve Jobs was fired from Apple
Falling Action #1: Steve Jobs created NeXT Inc, and also purchased an animation company that later became Pixar from George Lucas.
Falling Action #2: Pixar was very successful, netting $4 billion whereas NeXT wasn’t doing so well.
Resolution: Apple bought NeXT in 1996 and Steve Jobs returned as CEO of Apple
