Inauguration of Barack Obama

President Barack Obama Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America on January 20, 2009. Obama is the first African American to become President. With his presidency, he promised to make changes that would liberate Americans from crisis and into a new beginning, despite some unsuccessful policies along the way. Taking a look into how he rose to be successful, the triumphs he has provided, and some of his unfortunate improprieties, helps to paint a better picture of the…

he only Inauguration I have attended, and probably the only one I ever will attend, was Barack Obama’s first, eight years ago. My wife and I were nearly broke, but we gathered money from the life insurance left by my mother, who had died of lung cancer six weeks before the election. We wrapped our California kids, ages five and three, in a million layers of clothing and hats, filled thermoses with soup and hot chocolate, shared hand-warmers among us, and packed as though we were braving the…

Barack Obama became the first African American to become President of the United States on January 20, 2009. With his presidency, he promised to make changes that would unshackle Americans from crisis and start a new beginning, despite some unsuccessful policies along the way. Taking a look into how he rose to be successful, the triumphs he has provided, and some of his unfortunate improprieties, helps to paint a better picture of the man we call our President. Obama prepared himself as a…

Rhetorical Analysis Of Obama 2nd Inaugural Speech In January of 2013 Barack Obama addressed the country for his second term as president of the United States of America. Obama graduated from Harvard Law School and first became the 44th president in 2009. During the speech not only did he address the nation, but he also gave them a sense of empowerment. Barack Obama successfully executed a multitude of rhetorical techniques throughout his inauguration speech to certify that the people of our…

dedicated to President Barack Obama and the public’s opinion of the United States.1 This study is unlike others in the media priming field since instead…

presidency the expectations of the president can change over time. Take, President Barack Obama. For example, going into 2009 there were certain expectations of president regarding the economy that were not met. Especially that Barack Obama performed some decisive economic decisions for example; the fiscal stimulus, the rebuilding of Detroit’s car companies, and doing this apparently averted a depression. In 2008, Obamas true believers, were looking for this change, they would be let down…

Barack Obama’s 2009 inaugural address is a speech that relays a message on his supporters. Obama is the forty-fourth president, who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Before he became a president, he was in the United States Senate in 2004. I chose this speech because I found it interesting and wanted to know more about how presidential inaugurations work. I also chose his first inaugural speech because it was a huge change from Bush to Obama. Rhetorical devices are used to give readers an idea of…

Donald Trump’s Inauguration Speech of January 20, 2017, is a confliction of assorted topics. Critics have described President Trump’s speech as being populist, aggressive, and dark, in contrast to former President Obama’s, January 20, 2009 inauguration speech that was the most anticipated speech in American history. It was longed for numerous reasons. One being change, and a black president in the White House. The other was for his inspiring words of hope and unity. People declare Mr. Trump…

Inaugural Address, former President Barack Obama analyzes the crises the United States was going through at the time and defines what he intends to do to fix them. Obama’s purpose is to build faith in his people and encourage them to take action. He adopts a confident tone in order to empower the citizens of the United States. Obama effectively evokes feelings of pride and determination in his audience through use of parallelism, metaphor, and anaphora. Obama begins his speech by describing the…

In a time where diversity is steadily increasing, it would be rational to think that an increase in diversity would prompt a breakdown of racial stereotypes and an increase in communications between people of different ethnicities. But, through our observation of contemporary American culture, what we have learned is a stark contrast: racial stereotypes are increasing, tensions between persons of different ethnicities are leading to violence, and neighborhoods are being separated by the color of…