Obama’s inaugural speech commences with him trying to bring him and the American people together. “My fellow citizens” and “We the People”. By saying, this Obama tries to act like a normal American citizen instead of the newly elected American President. It is interesting to look at the way Obama redefines the American people. He describes them as a people who are shaped by every language and culture, drawn from every end of this Earth into the melting pot that is America. The American people must now “…set aside childish things” and …pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America”. Obama wishes to start a new era, and therefore he redefines for the American people what they are or what they must become.
