Barack Obama

of the most compelling and influential voices in American politics, Barack Obama published powerfully affecting memoir. Dreams from My Father reveals the story of Obama’s struggle to deal with his racial identity being that he is the son of a white American mother and a black African father. His struggle takes him from America to the African village of Alego where his great-aunt resided. The story begins in New York, where Obama discovers that his father, a man who was not present in his life…

“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave”, written by Frederick Douglass, the narrator experiences prejudice and racism towards him because of the color of his skin. Likewise, in the autobiography titled Dreams Of My Father, by Barack Obama, the author describes his early life growing up and how he dealt with the discrimination that he was faced with throughout his life. In both of these stories, the two writers opposed the inequality against them simply based on their…

march, President Obama in his speech raises the issue of freedom and equality of all citizens. He starts his speech with memories of how fifty years ago, people from all corners of the country gathered together in Washington to protect the civil rights, voting rights, the eradication of legal discrimination. Barack Obama emphasizes that many of these people had only “the few dollars they scrimped from their labor”, therefore they were forced to get hitchhiking or go walking (Obama, 4). Despite…

story of Michelle and Barack Obama is captured in Southside With You. This movie follows their first date, or lack thereof. In the beginning, it shows how each of them gets ready for their day. Michelle is getting dressed and helping around the house. She assists her dad in getting him to the table, later telling Barack that her father has multiple sclerosis (MS). Michelle insistently tells her mother that she is not interested in dating, and this in fact, is not a date. Barack is sitting in his…

The authors from the four memoirs overcame their childhood obstacles by bonding with family members. Gary Soto accepted working in the fields with his family. Laurence Yep realized that his father accepted him after the rat hunt. Barack Obama accepted his father. Julia Alvarez accepted going to the United States of America. Authors from the four memoirs describe overcoming obstacles to teach readers that it is possible to overcome any problem. Gary Soto accepted working in the fields with his…

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Obama Synthesis In the three gathered articles by authors Bill Chappell, Peter Baker, and Michael Shear, Barack Obama have made decisions as president that would affect the United States from now until the end of time. The main subcategories that his presidency have been divided into is war, education, and work. Examples of his choices that had an impact included abandoning ranking systems for colleges and universities, continuing the war over in Iraq, and demanding federal contractors to…

44th President, Barack Obama, in his 2009 Inauguration speech, mitigates the concerns of the American people through his reassurance of impending change. Throughout his speech, Obama acknowledges the existing turmoil in the United States; however, he combats these concerns with optimism and hope. He employs a patriotic tone in order to urge the American citizens to join him in his endeavors towards mending the country. He does this by strategically implementing the following appeals: fear and…

Barack Obama’s inaugural speech and George Washington's inaugural speech, have many similarities and differences. Both of them had some in things in common to say. Obama’s was more in depth than Washington's, understandably so, because Washington, was the first to ever give an inaugural speech, and he did not have any guidelines to work from, from other presidents, because there weren't any others. Washington focused mostly on how he will take the people’s advice, and how he believes god will be…

Donald Trump was sharply denunciated by Barack Obama. He criticized Republicans for this choice and said their nominee unfit for presidency. Trump repeatedly criticized Barack Obama. He called the politician the disaster and the worst US President. Obama didn’t leave a favor unanswered and brought out his opinion about Trump’s presidency even before he became a leader of the US administration. "The Republican nominee is unfit to serve as president," Obama said at a White House news conference…