The Life Of Steve Jobs, By Walter Isaacson

George Larres
Mrs.Vande Kerkhoff
AP Language and Composition
10/26/17
Steve Jobs Long Form
Title: Steve Jobs Author: Walter Isaacson
Published: October 24, 2011
The Author:
Walter Isaacson was born May 20, 1952 in New Orleans (Skinner 1) He attended Harvard University and the University of Oxford. Isaacson then joined Time magazine in 1978, eventually becoming the magazine’s 14th editor in 1996 (Zindulka 2). He was inspired by David Halberstam, Michael Lewis, Brian Greene, and Anthony Lewis (Walter Isaacson 11). Walter Isaacson and his works are highly regarded for the most part.

Subject:
The text’s direct subject is Steve Jobs. In the book Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson’s central focus is on the life of Steve Jobs and how he grows as a businessman, entrepreneur, and most importantly, an individual. In the beginning of the book, Isaacson discusses Jobs’s childhood and his experiences with coping with his adoption and his first interactions with technology, inspiring him

It can be inferred that the book will be on the life of Steve Jobs, hence the title Steve Jobs. The author assumes that readers will know some facts about Steve Jobs already, such as founding Apple, but he wants to be able to go more in depth, and expand onto the reader’s knowledge of Jobs and introduce his personality and characteristics to those who may have not known about them already. The title, Steve Jobs makes the reader think and wonder about what the author has to say about Steve Jobs. Before reading the book, readers may think that the book’s main focus is on Apple, as Steve Jobs made it into a world famous, household name. Instead, after one reads through the book, they will realize that the book is not just about Steve Jobs and creating a successful company, but it’s about the intensity, passion, and his sense of perfectionism, that were all reflected in his