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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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    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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    From afar‚ life in America seems to be a wild dream to those in foreign countries. But as fairy tales tell us‚ dreams do come true‚ and for Angel this is his dream come true. Having a one on one conversation‚ Angel tells me what he experienced and what kind of adversity to make the leap into‚ what is now‚ the best decision he could have done for his life and the lives of the ones in his family. Born to a poor family of six and raised in the rural areas of Mexico. There was slim to no chance for

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    the arms of our father. I love my father best and no one can replace his in my heart. My father is 57 years old. He is a famer. He tall and thin. His hair cut short and he is grizzle-haired.his clothes is very simple. With me every thing in dad is special‚he way he moves‚ the way he speaks‚ the way he behaves. He is a person that dose not show his feeling a lot‚ he might not kisses and hugs me every single day buts when i do a good thing‚ he smiles. It make me happy. My father likes going fishing

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    My Father In my family‚ the person who I admire is my father. He is over 40 years old‚ not very tall but has got a medium built‚ his voice is low and his movements are slow and cautious. In a word‚ he is a good--looking person in my eyes. My father is a very successful businessman‚ and he always tells me the way to be a man‚ how to succeed in my life and how to cherish time. He is always gone through a lot of ups and downs in his life‚ but my father faced the difficulties with great courage

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