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    værdimæssigt- uddyb gerne denne pointe)In the third part he notifies that he knows that the way to success can be a challenging road and it doesn’t come easy to anybody. Barrack Obama engages his audience by mentioning that there are some children from the kindergarten starting their first day in a new school and there are some seniors out there with just one year to go. “(…) No matter what grade you’re in‚ some of you are probably wishing it were still summer‚ and you could’ve stayed in bed just

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    DREAMS FROM MY FATHER Our past makes our future. The experiences one endures throughout our past evolves us into the person we are to become in the future. In Dreams From My Father‚ author Barack Obama explores how not only his past made him who he is today‚ but also how his father’s life achievements and failures as well as insight on his family’s culture molded him into becoming the man who would presides over the nation the we all call home. This book helped me discover interesting

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    August 4‚ 1961 in the state of Hawaii. His parents were Ann Dunham (from kansas) and Barack Obama Sr. (from Kenya) who met at the University of Hawaii and they married February 2‚ 1961. Barack Obama Sr. divorced Ann in March of 1964‚ when Barack II was two‚ eventually he continued his studies at Harvard University went back to Kenya. Barack’s mother married Lolo Soetoro of Indonesia in 1965 and Barack lived in Jakarta‚ Indonesia from six to ten years old‚ being raised in multiple cultures. In 1970

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    The main point of this book review will be to summarize the main points and parts of My Fathers Paradise‚ while giving insight in to specific Jewish customs visited throughout the novel. In addition‚ the themes of Jewish unity and Jewish diversity will be visited. Finally‚ this book review will highlight my own connection to this novel‚ and will analyze how my own experience with Judaism was heightened and altered after reading this book. An ancient community of forgotten Jews lived in a hidden corner

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    Personal Response Number One Title: Dreams from My Father ‘A Story of Race and Inheritance’ Author: Barack Obama Genre: Autobiography‚ Life Memoir Before Barack Obama was a Politician he was an author. ‘Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance’ is an Auto-Biography written by Barack Obama. The book describes Obama’s life in three parts‚ from his birth in Honolulu‚ Hawaii up to the final part of the book which includes his emotional and revealing trip back to his father’s homeland;

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    Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Summer Reading Assignment 1. Explain the author’s purpose for writing this book? The author of this book is Barack Obama‚ and the reason I believe he wrote this book is to share his experience growing up and for people be able to understand his personal background. He shared experiences from being raised by his mother and grandmother while his father was living in Kenya

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    exactly defines ones identity? According to Merriam Webster‚ identity is defined as the distinguishing character or personality of an individual. One’s quest for true identity can be quite the struggle as it was for Barrack Obama in the story‚ Dreams from My Father. Throughout Obama’s journey‚ he was faced with many factors but still fought to discover his individual identity. Among the many factors Obama was faced with‚ the communities he was raised had a significant impact on his perceptions of the

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    Chapter 1: Dreams From My Father President Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father examines significant aspects of feministic influence throughout the book. One of the most influential characters in Barry’s life is his mother. We first see an influence of Obama’s mother in the preface. Obama mentions how differently he would have written the book‚ if he had known his mother wouldn’t survive her illness. He would have written it with a drastic difference in the way his mother is portrayed throughout

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    Remembrances of a Gay Boyhood‚ Truth Serum‚ A Year of Rhymes‚ Guess Again‚ and most recently The Bill from My Father: A Memoir. Cooper is art critic for the Los Angeles Times and frequently contributes to The New York Times Magazine‚ Harper’s‚ Nerve‚ The Paris Review‚ and five previous editions of The Best American Essays. His work has received the PEN/Hemingway Award‚ the O. Henry Prize‚ and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation‚ the National Endowment for the Arts‚ and the Getty Museum. He currently

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    The American Dream The idea of the American dream began when immigrants migrated to America in hope to become successful‚ have financial stability‚ and receive rights they could not in their country. The American dream however was not only fancied by immigrants. Americans also had faith and wanted to pursue the American dream. The confidence in the American dream has diminished over time due to several economic developments and government policies that has widened the gap between the rich and the

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