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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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    writers fromDreams from my Father” and “The Life you Imagine” used various writing strategies to convey their challenges and experiences. To me‚ the strategies both authors used were very effective in getting the point across to their readers. Colloquial language‚ figurative language‚ academic vocabulary and descriptive details are examples of some common strategies they put in place. Jeter used rhetorical questions and colloquial language to convey his experience about his goals and dreams and reaching

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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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    why did Barack wrote a book for his father? Dreams for my father Barack Hussein Obama was born in 1961‚ in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. His mother was a white American girl from Kansas and his father a black man from Luo‚ a Kenyan tribe. At that time their union was unusual‚ so Barack had to live with that combination of races. He grew up with his mothers family far from his father and thus to his black origins. Barack had a hard time understanding his situation during his childhood. He was lost

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    the shelf because I was intrigued about my president’s background and how he got to where he is. The book Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama captures Obama’s childhood‚ stories about his father‚ and his rocky route to success. Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama dictates that through uncertainty‚ racism‚ and bad choices he made his way to a prosperous life. -The book opens with Obama receiving a phone call from some distant aunt in Kenya that his father has died. -Then the story flashbacks

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    Barack Obama – “Dreams From My Father-A Story of Race and Heritance” Today I want to introduce you United States President Barack Obama’s first memoir‚ dreams from my father. It was first published in July 1995 as he was preparing to launch his political career and republished in August 2004. Author: Since my book is an autobiography I won’t tell you everything about the author‚ I just will give some personal facts about him. Barack Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu‚ Hawaii to Barack Obama Senior

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    A Dreamers Dream When you think of America or an American‚ one thing usually comes to mind to describe the life of an American in general‚ success. For many people the American Dream is a goal of having either a nice house‚ a car‚ a family‚ maybe even a business. The American Dream should be a dream of achieving a stable life when dealing with money and even your own job. It is a dream of living a debt free life and getting a higher education if you choose to. The dream should not involve the

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    Summary and Personal Response of Dreams from My Father February 4‚ 2013 Word Count: 674 Summary In the memoir‚ Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance‚ by Barack Obama‚ Obama writes his memoir in an autobiographical narrative form which discusses about his family and the lessons he has learned throughout his life from his childhood to his adulthood. He describes about how his father’s death affects him and being as a myth to him since his first visit to Hawaii to see Obama when

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    black. This theory relates perfectly the theme of racial identity in Barack Obama’s book‚ Dreams from my Father. In this book‚ Obama discusses racial identity as a means to find yourself in the United States. He does this by allowing the reader to follow his journey through life‚ and discussing the experiences that caused him to question his identity because of the

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    migration. To add on‚ I will inform you about he migration that occurred through out my relatives lives. And finally‚ I will speak upon the migration that occurred through out the movie "Scarface" that starred Al Pacino that played Tony Montana ’s role. My parents weren ’t born in the United States‚ but they were looking for better lives and opportunities‚ so they migrated from Haiti to the United States. My parents growing up in such a poor country that didn ’t provide much opportunity for

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