Barack Hussein Obama is known due to his accomplishment of being the first African American to serve as the president of the United States. Obama was born in the state of Hawaii where his grandparents raised him. He was raised in humble environment and learned to value his education. Obama was already successful before becoming president in which he learned a lot about politics as he was a US senator, a Harvard law president and even a teacher. He later decided to pursue his political career and lead the nation. Barack Obama's early life contributed to his actions of wanting to help the people and bring the citizens of the United States together. Many of his home, educational, political, and religious contexts helped influence his future career as he did become the 44th president and his life before led up to his accomplishment. Barack Obama has always had the idea of one day becoming president ever since college. According to biography.com, Obama got a degree in political science, and later became a state senator for Illinois. It mentions that he became an advocate and worked with both …show more content…
According to Greg Jaffe, “His faith had been central to his identity as a new kind of Democrat who would bring civility to the country’s political debates by appealing to Republicans through the shared language of their Judeo-Christian values.” Obama wanted to make sure he had religious diversity as president which is why he wanted to connect democrats and republicans to further come as one. After converting to christianity he wanted it to be the base of his identity, therefore wanted to pursue it within his presidency. Obama mentions in his autobiography how Republicans had issues with same sex marriage and later Obama passed a law to legalize it. He wanted to have equality within the people of his country so legalizing same sex marriage and allowing gays in the military really changed up the
She had the opportunity to attend prestigious universities and pursue a career in education and consequently a public librarian. Her household consisted of her parents and her, since she had no siblings. She was always reading and her love for reading led her to follow the road of education. She has always expressed her love for education and most of her contributions were thinking about education and making literacy more accessible. She expressed her decision to support her husband’s view when it came to literacy. On the other hand, Michelle Obama comes from very humble beginnings. Her family circle consisted of both parents and a brother. Her father was the household breadwinner, even though her father suffered from a medical condition, the family unit was very close and education was always a priority in her house. Michelle Obama’s parent always made that clear to her and her brother. The commitment to education helped her and her brother to go to college and graduate from Ivy League schools. On the contrary of Laura Bush, Michelle Obama chose to become a Lawyer. She was always interested in the law process and became very successful as a lawyer. Michelle Obama was very involved in creating change to the political landscape. She was very outspoken about the misrepresentation of minority in different areas like education and the law
He reviled both his personal and family history stating, “I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas, “I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slave-owners”, and, I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents”. As Obama is telling his family background, He shows how and why he has an authority to speak on race issues. It then supports the remarks he later makes about the race issues that are affecting America. By Him revealing his own personal history it allows him to gain ethos by creating a personal connection with his audience. This allows his audience to be a lot more inclined to trust him, and support him if they can make a connection to his speech on a more personal
In contempt of Obama’s humble giving spirit, vivid personality, and many accomplishments, a debate is always at hand upon hearing the infamous name Barack Hussein Obama. From his place of birth, religion, and ethnicity Obama’s face a fair share of controversy. At the heels of adversity along with sheer determination to help others Obama became a leader that delivers and one of the most influential people of America. Adversity was introduced to Obama at an early age. With a Kenyan father and Caucasian mother residing in Hawaii, Obama has always stood out in numerous ways. In 1959 Barack Obama Senior was selected from a number of candidates to go to school in the US where he attended The University of Hawaii in Honolulu to
The motivations for Obama's views on religion and politics can be understood as a reflection of his personal religious journey. This journey is, according to Obama, a “realization that something is missing”, and the subsequent quest for “a sense of purpose, a narrative arc to our lives” (3). For Obama, born to a Muslim-turned-athiest and a skeptical child of non-practicing Baptists and Methodists, the journey began after college, when he went to Chicago to work as a community organizer for a group of Chri...
Barack Obama deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. Obama establishes credibility by starting off to tell a story about how he got to where he is today. He talks about how his father had a great opportunity to study here in America. His father’s dream of starting a family in the land of opportunity for himself and for his children. Obama developed an emotional connection with his audience by talking about his family dream for him and for his future. When he refers back to his family, he then goes to talk about his experience and how it would not have been possible for his dream to be achieve anywhere else and that has impacted him to make a difference.
Barack received a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and then worked as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago. This helped him gain a lot of confidence and responsibility. He had many plans and goals to make the community better. He achieved his goals and this was just the beginning of a successful path in his life. He decided to attend Harvard Law School, which helped him bring change for himself, his family, and especially to his community. Also in that school he also gained the knowledge and power of becoming a leader that he wanted to become.
In the course of A Dream Fulfilled: The Story of Barack Obama, Barack Obama delivers three important speeches. One important speech Obama delivers is “A struggl that demands we choose sides. Not between rich and poor. Not between black and white, It’s a choice between fairness and injustice: A choice between right and wrong.” Found in page 41. Another key speech of Obama’s is the one he delivers in the 2004 Democratic National Convention when he speaks about what he stands for and what he hopes to do for the United States. He says, “ In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us, the bedrock of this nation; the belief in things not seen, the belief that there are better days ahead...I believe that we have a righteous wind at our backs and that as we stand on the crossroads of history, we can make right choices, and meet the challenge that face us.” Finally, Obama delivers an important speech at his 2005 Senetor Election, he speaks on his plans for Illinois and what he believes he could help with as he says, “ Where I can probably make me a unique contribution is in helping to bring people together-black and white, rich or poor, even conservative and liberal.”
In Obama’s version of the hero's journey story, he must remember who he is and what he wants in life, and not get sucked up in the life of politics. Just as the Christian church is pictured as a bride, and Jesus is seen as the bridegroom and prince for whom we wait, in government, presidents represents the pastor, the leader of all and the messenger. The union of opposites that Campbell calls Apotheosis does not necessarily require that a man become god. In Obama’s case, becoming one with society lifts him up from the other candidates and gives him a better shot at being the future
Obama emotionally influences the nation to move forward from the issues of race that is hindering America. Without dwelling on his family tree, Obama reminds us that his father was black and his mother white, that he came from Kenya, but she came from Kansas: “I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slave and slave owners — an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles, and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible.
After his former preacher, Jeremiah Wright, gave such exigence for this discussion by making claims that the U.S. government treated black people harshly, Obama was pretty much forced to act. And with great credence and rhetoric, he did. The soon to be president, and also the first African American man to be president, first sets grounds for his speech by inserting himself into the context of the racial history of America, creating the modern-day setting of a war that is centuries in age. He then appealed to pathos by bringing light to his audience with examples of racial corruption and inequality to highlight the huge need for unity and change. And finally, he capitalized on these sentiments by appealing to ethos to advocate methods of change. With the great success of this historic and rhetorical speech, Obama assumed a new podium in November of that same exact year, but this time, to accept his election as the President of the United
Obama's one mistake during his early political career (he later called it "an ill-considered race" in which he got "spanked" by the voters. Barack directed the Illinois Project Vote, which was a voter registration drive aimed at increasing black turnout in the 1992 election. Directing this project, Obama accepted positions such as attorney with the civil rights law firm of Miner, Barnhill and Galland and a lecturer at the University Of Chicago Law School. The Illinois Project Vote helped Carol Moseley Braun become the first black woman ever elected to the Senate. He gain up a staff of from 10 to 700 volunteers that reached their goal of getting 400,000 registered African Americans in the state. This made Barack into the Crain's Chicago Business list "40 under Forty" powers to be. Although, Barack didn’t need to fundraise for the position he was offered, he started an ongoing campaign to raise money for the project. Sandy Newman, who work side by side with Barack Obama for the Project Vote, said Obama "raised more money than any of our state directors had ever done. He did a great job of enlisting a broad spectrum of organizations and people, including many who did not get along well with one another. “During the times of 1992–1996 Obama was teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for about 12 years, as a Lecturer for four years (1992–1996), and as a Senior Lecturer for eight years (1996–2004). While teaching those 12 years he taught courses about the process and equal protection, voting rights, and racism and law. He published no legal scholarship, and turned down tenured positions, but served eight years in the Illinois Senate during his twelve years at the university. Being that he was te...
Just a few years ago, Obama was elected and became the first African American to be president. Obama’s first goal as president was to pulled out some of our troops Afghanistan and Iraq. This past year, Obama Care or “Affordable Care” has been passed and several citizens are discouraged by this policy, but over time accepted the new law.
Across the world, ordinary people find heroes that they aspire to imitate. Comic books portray heroes as super strong men in spandex suits, and although a three-year-old child might aspire to be superman, more mature audiences hopefully find more realistic figures to idolize. Take Barack Obama, the President of the United States; he worked his entire life to attain the highest position in our government, President. Obama was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth but to a single mother in Hawaii. Through hard work and motivation, he went to college and received an education at Columbia University. He later obtained a law degree from Harvard University and began working with the Democratic Party. In 1996 he was elected to the Illinois Senate and acquired a seat in the United State’s Senate in 2004. After only 5 years of experience in the Senate, he was elected the 44th president. Obama’s exponential growth in importance and power could only have been achieved by an exemplary man. His determination, intelligence, hard work, and professionalism all made his success attainable, and he should be admired for these traits. Every country has a national hero and Barack Obama is the United State’s.
In the autobiography, Obama entails on the beginning journey of his life from early childhood to young adulthood. The novel begins with him finding out from his aunt that his father has passed away in Nairobi. Obama’s father left him and his mother when he was only 2 years old. Obama then talks about the family he grew up with, his mother and grandparents, and the racism they dealt with at a time when few accepted interracial relations and even more so marriages. He recalls being made fun of as a young child when other kids would make monkey noises when it was discovered his father was from Kenya. He then moves to Indonesia when his mother remarries, but then at 10 years old moves back to Hawaii where he spent his early childhood. It was with his grandparents that he developed much of his character and learned how strongly education was emphasized in his family. Obama also talks about how fascinated he was with by his father. As he grows a bit older into adolescence, Obama learns more about race relations and reads the book Heart of Darkness. This book helps him to see how white people look at black people, as a white man wrote the book talking about black people. He also delves into his marijuana use, which he used to help him during this confusing and rough period in his life. Obama’s story then ...
To sum up, Obama has always been and will always be a great example of how to succeed in spite of difficulties or obstacles. Such a strong personality is worth to be admired. Obama has left me with positive feelings about the