Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States of America. He became the first African American president of the U.S. when he was elected in 2008. He belongs to the Republican party and is a very well-educated man. President Obama was born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii and prior to becoming a president he was a civil-rights lawyer‚ worked as community organizer‚ a teacher and was even elected to be the Senator of Illinois. He has influenced this country a lot and has been able to accomplish so much
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Background and Beliefs: Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born on August 4‚ 1961 to a Kenyan father and American mother in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. When he was two years old‚ his parents separated and later divorced. After his father received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Harvard‚ he moved back to his native country of Kenya‚ where he became a finance minister until he was killed in a car accident in 1982. His mother remarried‚ and Obama moved with his mother and new stepfather
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has to do with the trajectory of his life. In his rise from poverty‚ his self-study and ultimate mastery of language and of law‚ in his capacity to overcome personal loss and remain determined in the face of repeated defeat - in all of this we see a fundamental element of the American character‚ a belief that we can constantly remake ourselves to fit our larger dreams.” (Senator Barack Obama‚ 2005) The above quotation‚ by Senator Barack Obama‚ during the inauguration of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential
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On the 7th of November 2012 Barack Obama delivered his presidential victory speech in his hometown of Chicago. This is a critical commentary of that speech. Barack’s aim apart from thanking voters was to deliver the message that through working together‚ they could drive America forward. The mood was more subdued than the jubilant one of 2008 which carried a similar message of unity. The uplifting tone present four years earlier whilst not replaced‚ was just a little more sombre. It could be argued
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President Barack Obama is given on September 8th 2009‚ at Wakefield High School in Arlington‚ Virginia. Back to School is a speech given to all students on September 8th 2009. President Obama covers topics such as responsibility toward America‚ and how to create your own future. All the way through the text‚ Obama brings up memories from his own childhood‚ and how he made his way through school and education in spite of the critical conditions in his family‚ exemplified when he says “My father left
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Analyzing a Speech Our forty-fourth President Barack Hussein Obama is known to be one of the most profound‚ intelligent‚ and influential speaker in the United States. With confidence Barack Obama has always shown a sense of leadership which is the key to attracting and persuading his audience. In order to make certain that his audience is left with a positive impression and a sense of aspiration for those who are citizens of the United States. One of Barack Obamas famous and highly respected speech is the
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Convention‚ Barack Obama introduced himself as a skinny kid with a funny name. The rising star of Illinois politics was elected to the U.S. Senate three months later. His delivery‚ using rhetoric‚ was full of fervid sentiment that reminds us of what we love about the United States of America. His passionate speech inspired Americans to renew their faith in their country and persist their individual dreams and yet still come together as one American family. On July 29‚ 2004‚ Barack Obama gave the
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Barack Obama once said “When we fail to pursue peace‚ then it stays forever beyond our grasp. That’s where human progress ends.” With that in mind‚ my partner and I negate the resolution. Resolved: Unilateral military force by the United States is justified to prevent nuclear proliferation. Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitions We define unilateral as “done or undertaken by one party without the agreement
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different president after Bush’s tumultuous term. Barack Obama‚ a senator at the time‚ gave a speech at the Democratic Convention announcing his support of John Kerry’s presidential campaign. In his speech‚ Barack Obama uses ethos and its related rhetorical strategies to highlight the similarities and minor differences between themselves to make John Kerry seem like a viable presidential candidate to the common American citizen. Barack Obama uses invented ethos to explain the considerable differences
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Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union (2008) Barack Obama speaks of the time before the civil war‚ when the founding fathers made the declaration of independence. The declarations of independence were good‚ but not perfect‚ it had been left unfinished. The great question of slavery wasn’t properly answered. But separation isn’t over; Obama wants this generation to keep fighting for equal rights among gender‚ creed and color. Obamas tells about his past‚ how he grew up with his white grandparents‚ in
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