2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address

Hope is more than a word and more than an idea. It is a state of being that is not limited to one person. It is undefinable because it fits in so many categories. Barack Obama uses hope as a main idea for his 2004 Keynote Address speech for the democratic party. This speech is thought to be one of his greatest speeches and even inspired him to write a book called The Audacity of Hope. Throughout The 2004 Keynote Address, Barack Obama uses multiple devices to sway voters to chose John Kerry as president, these devices include, anaphora, vivid imagery, as well as dramatic sentence structure. During his speech, Obama uses anaphora to help illustrate Kerry’s goals as well as why Kerry should be president. An example of this is when Obama starts…

The American voice can be characterized by many themes. It all depends on the person’s perspective and personal opinions. In the past poems and speeches they’ve expressed the American voice as hardworking, optimistic, and united. The American voice is characterized by the theme of hardworking . This theme is demonstrated in Walt Whitman’s poem, entitled “I Hear America Singing” in line 7 when he states “ The woodcutter’s song, the plowboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or…

The Democratic National Committee invited Barack Obama to give the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention. This news came as a surprise as Obama had not yet gained national attention, and was not an obvious choice when compared to other candidates. After his inspiring speech however, Obama became well known throughout America which was good news for John Kerry, as Obama’s speech was intended to persuade voters to support Kerry as president. Obama uses rhetorical devices such as climax…

With Barack Obama’s statement in, Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, “the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don’t talk about it, or the healthcare crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it” (Obama 80). This statement by Obama helps explain the economic state which was present in 2004 to before 1980, this shows the lack of support for the American Dream that was present during his keynote during 2004, with the many jobless…

On July 27th, 2004, then Illinois Senator Barack Obama addresses the audience of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. As the keynote speaker, he is responsible for setting the stage for the ideals of the party and its chosen candidate and why he is best fit to hold the title of President of the United States of America. This is a tough time for America, for the previous four years held the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the war against Afghanistan, and the war against Iraq (George W. Bush…

it is a universal feeling that billions of individuals experience throughout their everyday lives. They hope because they yearn for something better, whether it is being able to afford to put food on the table without financial strain, getting accepted into a good school, or even the hope that school will be cancelled the next day due to poor weather conditions. Hope is one of the many aspects of humanity. Speaker Barack Obama harnesses these aspirations from the American citizens in order to…

America the Dream The American Dream is a matter of perception. It is what you as an individual perceive it to be. I believe that with the right motivation and proper guidance, the American dream is possible. In today’s society, more opportunities for a higher education are provided for us but so few are eager to take it. Programs such as FAFSA are resources provided to us in order to give us that extra push we need in further educating ourselves, but to some it still isn’t enough to consummate…

Barack Obama’s keynote address, “The Audacity of Hope”, at the 2004 Democratic National Convention went down as a pivotal early moment for the senator, setting the foundation for his presidential run and eventual victory in 2008. But the speech itself established that he wanted Americans, including republicans and independents, to vote for John Kerry as president in 2004. This convention was just after democrats had nominated Kerry as the party’s bid for president, so they wanted to immediately…

California, Los Angeles, and has served on the board of overseers for both the American National Election Studies and the General Social Survey. He is the coauthor or coeditor of numerous books, most recently Racialized Politics: The Debate about Racism in America, Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology, and The diversity Challenge: Social Identity and Intergroup Relations on the Multiethnic Campus. He is recipient of the 2002 warren E. Miller…

“More than 200,000 Americans have inquired about service in VISTA (the domestic peace corps) and that, according to a Gallup survey, ‘ more than 3,000,000 American college students would serve Vista in some capacity if given the opportunity. Said by William Zinsser in the article ‘The right to fail’. The data shows that people are still living the dream while participating in VISTA and other organizations like that. On the other hand, people can go to school to achieve the dream. “Through hard…