Obama: The Representation of America

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The paper describes Obama's background with all its hardships and how it reflects the reality of American life and offers hope to so many others who do not experience the privileged life past presidents have enjoyed. The paper outlines Obama's ideas in "Dreams of My Father" and "Audacity of Hope" and looks at the parallel expressions found in King's letters from a Birmingham jail. The paper asserts that Obama brings hope and dreams to the American people by giving them a voice and by representing all the diversity of Americans in that voice. The paper emphasizes how it is not a voice beholden to corporate interest groups or manipulative old guard politicians from old money rich families, but it is the voice of all American society, and the diversity that her people represent.

Outline:
Introduction
Obama's Life
The Evolution of Obama Between "Dreams" and "Audacity"
Parallel Expressions in King's Letters from a Birmingham Jail
Barack Obama's Projection of Hope and Dreams
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Telling a story with different cultural backgrounds. Being able to adapt through understanding that each individual is coming from a different culture and background. Sharing different points of view in life and respecting each other. This can be found in Barack Obama's life, and this is what he represents. President elect Obama is, in a word, diverse. Not only is he of mixed racial heritage, he lived in different places when he was young. In this day and age, in our multicultural society with a globalizing economic market, a diverse leader who represents diverse voices is what this country needs, and this is why he was elected. However, diversity of experience alone is not enough to make someone appropriate to lead the United States. Obama is also eloquent, passionate, sensitive and intelligent, and most of all he is honest."

Sample of Sources Used:

• King, Martin Luther. (1963) Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Retrieved November 28, 2008: http://www.africawithin.com/mlking/birmingham_jail.htm
• Obama, Barack (2006). The Audacity of Hope. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2006.
• Obama, Barack. (1995) Dreams from my Father. New York: Three Rivers Press.
• Obama, Barack. (2008) Transcript: Obama's acceptance speech. Retrieved November 28, 2008: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl135
• Obama, Barack. (2004) Transcript of speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, July 27, 2004. Retrieved November 28, 2008http://www.librarian.net/dnc/speeches/obama.txt

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