How does Barack Obama use language to create impact in his speech? Barack Obama’s acceptance speech was spoken on the 4th November 2008 after he was elected president. His speech included many different rhetorical devices to enable that it was most suited to the situation and have a huge impact on the Chicago audience but most importantly‚ on the world. Throughout Obama’s speech he continuously creates a sense of friendship with his audience in a number of ways. In terms of structure he addresses
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The United States budget is in major need of reform. Each year the country plunges further into debt due to poor money management and ineffective programs costing the country billions. A large portion of the annual budget is comprised of entitlement programs‚ almost all of which are overpowered and wasteful. The three main ones are The New Deal‚ The Great Society and The Affordable Healthcare Act. While the intent of these initiatives were to aid those‚ their effects in reality are just the opposite
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can mentally place a person a few steps ahead of the majority. That is power. Ones voice being spoken above the crowd to be heard is power. It brings change and awareness. Heroes of history such as Martin Luther King to modern-day President Barak Obama have displayed such power. The voice of one man sharing his dream to the world changed the lives and future of African-Americans in the US forever. Without him we wouldn’t have the President we know today‚ who has motivated the nation to aim for change
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Barack Obama: Back to school Event One of the most important and discussed topics in politics has always been education because of its decisive role in society. Education is the key stone for the generations to come and well educated citizens are a necessity for a successful society in the 21st century. Politicians also make education a high priority because they know it is where votes can be drawn. A politician who also is concerned about the matter of education is President Barrack Obama. And
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Barack Obama is America’s first black president of the United States. That fact means racism is gone and out of this country right? The belief that racism is gone‚ that after president Barack Obama was elected racism was a thing of the past‚ is a lie and only hinders the process of reaching equality. What is racism? Well in order to know that one must first know what race‚ ethnicity and prejudice are. Race‚ as defined by Kathleen J. Fitzgerald in her book “Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power
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he was assassinated from a grassy knoll and his brother who many thought could also be elected was shot before he even had the chance. So what makes Barack Obama‚ a non-white‚ non-Anglo-Saxon‚ and at one point non-protestant‚ think he can become the next President? His ability to overcome cultural obstacles in order to succeed. Barack Obama has all the makings of a cultural melting pot. Born in Hawaii‚ to a Kenyan father‚ American mother‚ and
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The word "race" as I see used in everyday life‚ particularly in the media‚ refers to a way of categorizing people based on similar physical characteristics. It also refers to the culture or identity of a people. By merely knowing one’s race‚ people can affix several meanings to that person’s background. Race seems to be a very crucial part of the formation of ones identity. There is also more of a tendency to describe culture in terms of race. For example‚ there is a "Black culture" or "Latino culture"
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In society‚ people socially construct institution based on sensory perception. Race is in fact a social construct made from systems of constitutive rules. It is used to generalize people into specific groups characterized by supposedly distinctive and universal physical characteristics. Although humans have created this entity‚ there are many sources that provide proof that race is impossible to define biologically. Since colonization began‚ humans have been given racial identities which continue
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Analytical essay of ”Remarks by the First Lady at Education Event with DC High School Sophomores” The speech was held by the First Lady‚ Michelle Obama‚ at the DC High School as an educational event for the sophomores. The overriding subject of the speech is education which is an area Michelle Obama and her husband‚ Barack Obama‚ has spent a lot of time and resources on. After the introduction of the speech she speaks of a goal that her husband has set for America. She tells that it should be the goal
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The Space Race In the beginning of the 1950’s tensions were high between the Soviets and the U.S. The Cold War had become known worldwide as a nuclear arms race between two super powers. However‚ a new kind of race had begun between the two countries‚ The Space Race. This was a race to control the outer space surrounding Earth‚ which could ultimately act as a nuclear missile path. Controlling outer space with nuclear capabilities could mean massive destruction for the world as we know it. The two
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