Barack Obama: “The Audacity of Hope”, Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dreams

Introduction

The topic is based on a famous book; “The Audacity of Hope” written by President of the United States Barack Obama. This book has been one of the best sellers of its time. The topic revolves around what the book is about, summaries of its chapters, style of writing, reasons of reading recommendations and about its author.

Discussion

About the Book

The book; “The Audacity of Hope”, reflects Obama's hope of a brighter America. In this book, Obama has shared his views about the United States past and present challenges that the country must overcome. The book provides broader views on American dreams and thoughts on achieving these dreams. The book consists of nine chapters whose focus is on the problems faced by ordinary people due to the failure of the political parties to establish generally agreed policies. Further, the book discusses about the need for shared values, application of the constitution, methods of political campaigns, advantages and disadvantages of globalization, concerns about education, healthcare and unemployment. In the last few chapters, the book also discuses about the role of religion, culture and values in solving social issues, injustice faced by minorities and the change in family structure (Lohnert, p.15).

About the Author

The author of this book is the President of the United States of America; “Barack Obama”. Barack Obama was born on 4th of August, 1961 in Hawaii. He received his college education through achieving scholarships and getting student loans. After college, he moved to Chicago and worked for a group of churches and helped them rebuild communities. For further education, Obama went to the law school and became the first president of the Harvard Law Review as an African-American. After graduation, he came back to Chicago and led a voter registration campaign. On November 4, 2008, Barack Obama became the president of the United States. He is the 44th President of America (Thompson, p.9).

“The Audacity of Hope” is one of the two books that Barack Obama has written. It was one of the best sellers of its time.

Summaries of Chapters

In chapter one of this book, Obama discusses about the campaign that got him elected as the junior senator. He also highlights the factors that created support for him in Washington. Obama highlight a fact that in the past, law enforcers used to neglect the differences for the sake of public good. In this chapter, Obama expresses his disagreement upon the usual understanding that the democrats need to build more logical stand against the republicans and, advises his political group mates to remain focused on their strategies of cooperation with the Republicans. In chapter two, Obama agrees to the perception of Americans about the politician's ethical conducts and blamed that the system makes it hard for politicians to remain ethical. He argues that these issues have let the democrats lose control in the congress and other offices. Obama further expressed that compromise and collaboration ...