Perspectives

When analyzing Barack Obama's announcement speech we recommend that you consider putting the text in a wider perspective, by looking at its relevance today, thematic and social perspectives, or similar speech…

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Current issues

Barack Obama's announcement speech was delivered in 2007, announcing Obama’s first candidacy for President of the United States. Since then, Barack Obama has served two terms as US President from 2009 to 2017. Consequently, the speech might be useful today for an evaluation of Barack Obama as US President, to see whether he delivered the promises he made in…

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Societal and thematic perspective

Obama’s speech focuses on several social, economic, and political issues in the US and has the importance of American unity in overcoming such issues as an overall topic. We encourage you to reflect on whether American society is more united today or not. Consider r…

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Textual perspective

In your analysis, it might also be interesting to compare Barack Obama's announcement speech to other speeches he made or with similar speeches made by other politicians.

For example, you could look at Obama’s address to the nation on immigration from 2014, in which he presented a series of measures he proposed to better integrate immigrant…