Analysis Of A More Perfect Union

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Have you ever come across someone who couldn’t want anything more than for people to stop judging each other by color, religion or origin? Well, if you have, I guarantee they’re not as dedicated as Barrack Obama is to creating a society that is equal in all aspects. In “A More Perfect Union”, Obama expresses that people should not be focused on physical or background differences, they should be focusing on the issues that we all face in society. The issues such as, schools, healthcare and jobs. How do you we focus on the issues we all face rather than the discrimination and the judging? This reading explains exactly how we accomplish this. I will admit, I’m not into politics, however, I did find A More Perfect Union to be a very moving speech …show more content…
Obama explains the other attributes of the Reverend, expressing the kind and generous things he has done, not only for Obama, but for others as well. Barrack Obama uses a lot of patterns of development in his speech. Obama explains how this is exactly the kind of thing that we need to over-look in order to come together and face the real problems this country has. Obama explains how we can continue to discriminate and judge others by race, origin or religion, but nothing will ever get accomplished or resolved if we if continue these types of actions. The real problems we face will still be there unless we come together as a union and solve them together. “For we have a choice in this country.” (704) Obama states this to let readers know we can all change for the …show more content…
The emotional as well as logical and reputable words used was very persuasive in understanding where and why he was expressing what he truly believed in. He provided good context and background as well as effectively reached a broad audience of multiple ethnic groups. I also do believe that the patterns of development were extremely useful in getting his point across. The speech covers just about all of them to get his point across so the readers truly understand what he is trying to say. Obama was specifically trying to relate to people the bigger picture. Rather than focusing on small petty issues, let’s look from a broader perspective, become one, and make this country better than it ever has

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