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    Dreams from my father written by; former president Barack Obama. This text shows another side to Obama that many of us has never seen of him before. In class my group and I covered chapters 12-13; our group discussed some of the ideas of Obamas character. As we discussed his experiences early in his career in the community of Chicago had helped him in the future, for his presidency. The text we read showed a lot about Obama as a person it helped me understand Obama even more. Obama is a caring man

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    My Father Speech

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    "Dreams From My Father" by the well known author Barack Obama was one of the most diversified presidents The United States has ever seen. His life began, being born in Honolulu, Hawaii then growing up in Indonesia and eventually living in the middle of Chicago; his upbringing is nothing of the ordinary. Barack's memoir reveals his encounters, stories, and feelings about becoming an African American leader in the United States of America. His diction and use of precise language helps captivate the

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    among voters, especially if you are already in a position in Congress. President Obama did the same thing in 1995 when he began his quest to join the Illinois Senate by writing his memoir, Dreams from My Father and later republished the same book in 2004 when he was running for the U.S. Senate. In Dreams from My Father, Obama’s words are often frank and honest in a way that most people wouldn’t expect from a man that eventually becomes the leader of the free world. He talks very openly about casual

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    Essay: Dreams From My Father Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father is exactly what it claims to be by title, a story of race and identity. Barack Obama comes from a diverse background, which he explores throughout the book. Having a white American mother and black Kenyan father, he has a different experience than the majority of people in society when it comes to race and identity, however still it seems similar to the experience of many blacks as described in William E. Cross’s Black Psychological

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    On July 27, 2004, Barack Obama arguably made his greatest speech, “The Audacity of Hope”, at the Democratic National Convention Keynote Address. All the way through his piece, Obama focuses on connecting himself to Americans. However, Barack Obama was a US Senate candidate for the United States president, and in making this speech, uses this connection to raise his reputation rather than to simply amuse the audience. Throughout “The Audacity of Hope” speech, Barack Obama implements three main devices

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    What is My Identity? Dreams from My Father archives Barack Obama’s journey, and struggles, to find his identity. Obama quickly admits that race is an important part of himself, and it is that quest of race and identity that pushes him to question his own uniqueness. Ultimately spanning both worlds of the vastly different cultures of his life in America and his roots in Kenya causes Obama confusion and self-doubt. It is through the steady love of his family that allows Obama to truly find acceptance

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    Hope, by definition means to look forward to something with reasonable desire and confidence. Hope also means a person or thing in which expectations are centered. When discussing the word hope, one must consider the core values by which the word works around. You could hope for financial success, world peace, or simply hope for some good out of your day. In 2006, Barack Obama wrote the political biography The Audacity of Hope to outline his core political and spiritual beliefs, as well as his opinions

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    relates impeccably the subject of racial character in Barack Obama 's book, Dreams from my Father. In this book, Obama examines racial way of life as an issue to end up in the United States. He does this by permitting the peruser to complete his adventure life, and talking about the encounters that made him doubt his character in view of the numerous trials that occurred in his life. While reading this section of the Dreams from My Father I asked myself what is an origin is it simply the place where everything

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    The American Dream

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    Many years ago, the term "American Dream" can be defined as the hope that anyone no matter their religion, race, ethnicity can be successful, as long as there is hard work and dedication. Many people across the United States think that if they're rich than they're already successful in life even if they haven't worked a day in their lives. Does the American Dream still exist? Yes, the American Dream still exist, because everyone has an equal amount of opportunity and has an equal amount hard work

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    Barack Obama Thesis

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    knows about what else Obama has done. He is also an author who has written around twenty books including a memoir about his early life leading up to his life in law school, and a children’s book dedicated to his daughters. His most famous book Dreams From My Father, a memoir about his early life leading up to law school, is a prime example of what influenced him to write. There were many things that happened in Obama’s life that caused him to write. Things such as the segregation happening in the

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