Reclaiming the American Dream

I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere denne tale, som Barack Obama holdt i 2007 i forbindelse med sin valgkamp op til præsidentvalget i 2008. Udover hjælp til analysen kan du også finde information om den politiske kontekst for talen, samt ideer til diskussion og perspektivering.

Præsentation af talen

Titel: "Reclaiming the American Dream"
Taler: Barack Obama
Hvor: Bettendorf, Iowa
Hvornår: Den 7. november 2007

Barack Hussein Obama (f. 1961) var den 44. præsident i USA fra 2009 til 2017. Denne tale blev holdt under Obamas valgkampagne. Da talen blev holdt var det stadig usikkert, hvem der ville ende som Det Demokratiske Partis nominerede kandidat til valget i 2008 (Barack Obama og Hillary Clinton konkurrerede om posten). Republikaneren George W. Bush var den siddende præsident i 2007.

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Allusions

One of the most interesting allusions (indirect references) that Obama makes in his speech is to Fannie Lou Hamer, an American rights activist and a Civil Rights Movement Leader in the 1960s. When asked why she continued to fight for her civil rights, Hamer gave an answer which became famous: she stated that she was sick and tired her entire life, and that she finally found the courage to become sick and tired of being sick and tired. In his speech, Obama makes an allusion to her and connects her famous words with living under the Bush administration: “We're ready for the Bush Administration to end, because we are sick and tired of being sick and tired.” (ll. 69-70)