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Connecting the Dots

Maharashtra Board · Class 10 · English

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Key Topics to Revise

1

About Steve Jobs and the Context

  • Steve Jobs (1955-2011) was an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc.
  • He was a pioneer of the microcomputer revolution in the 1970s and 1980s
  • The text is from his famous Stanford University commencement address
2

First Story - Connecting the Dots

  • Jobs dropped out of Reed College after 6 months but stayed as a drop-in for 18 months
  • He faced hardships: slept on friends' floors, returned Coke bottles for money, walked 7 miles for free meals
  • He took a calligraphy class that seemed useless at the time
3

Second Story - Love and Loss

  • Jobs found his passion early and started Apple with Steve Wozniak at age 20
  • Apple grew from a garage startup to a $2 billion company in 10 years
  • At 30, Jobs was fired from Apple - his own company
4

Third Story - About Death

  • Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
  • Initially told to 'get affairs in order' (prepare to die)
  • Later discovered it was a rare, curable form of cancer

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The central metaphor of the chapterJobs' second story about being firedJobs' third story about his cancerJobs' concluding advice borrowed from 'TheThe chapter includes practice with contractions

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