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Read these sentences from Steve Jobs Commencement Address “Steve Jobs's Stanford Commencement Address” and J. K. Rowling’s speech “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination.”

1. It turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. (Jobs)

2. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realised, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life. (Rowling)

Write multiparagraph essay that explains how these ideas contribute to the development of the central idea of each text. Cite evidence from both speeches to support your response. Be sure to observe the conventions of standard English.

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