Address to the Nation on Immigration | Analysis

Her er Studienets omfattende study guide til Barack Obamas tale "Address to the Nation on Immigration" og til eksamensspørgsmålet i skriftlig Engelsk A på STX med netadgang fra 30. maj 2016. Opgaveformuleringen lyder:

Write an analytical essay (800-1200 words) in which you analyse Barack Obama’s speech “Address to the Nation on Immigration” and discuss the issue of undocumented immigrants in the USA.

Part of your essay must focus on how Obama argues his case and on his intention.

In your essay you must include references to:

Barack Obama’s speech
1-2 other internet sources

Præsentation af talen

Titel: “Address to the Nation on Immigration”
Taler: Barack Obama
Dato for talen: 20. november 2014

Barack Obama (f. 1961) er USA's præsident og sidder i sin anden periode. I talen "Address to the Nation on Immigration" fra 2014 annoncerede Barack Obama en række administative indgreb vedrørende immigrationspolitikken i USA i kraft af sine beføjelser som præsident i kølvandet på, at kongressen fejlede med at indføre en ny, omfattende lov om immigration.

Uddrag

Symbols

In the speech, we can identify one powerful symbol – the young immigrant Astrid Silva whom Barack Obama mentions towards the end (ll. 115-125). In the address, Silva becomes a symbol for all the illegal immigrants whom Barack Obama wants to help through his measure of granting them a legal permit to stay in the US. Her example becomes symbolic of the illegal immigrants who are victims of the faulty immigration system Obama wants to change.