Perspectives

In this part, we will help you put Michelle Obama’s Democratic Convention speech from 2008 in perspective. At first, we will focus on the speech’s connection to Barack Obama’s presidency and secondly we will suggest some other speeches you may compare it …

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Current issues

Barack Obama was president of the United States from January 2009 to January 2017. Since Michelle Obama presents some of her husband’s goals for the US in her speech, it might be a good idea to look at how successful Barack Obama has been in achieving his goals during his two presidential campaigns.

Firstly, note that in his first days in office, Barack Obama gave orders to the US military to start planning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. His …

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Textual perspective

After Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States in 2016, Michelle Obama’s Democratic Convention speech returned to the media’s attention. Seemingly, Melania Trump’s speech given at the Republican National Convention in 2016 plagiarized Michelle Obama’s 2008 speech. Melania Trump’s speech also mentioned the need for hard work and the importance of respecting family values. Part of Melania Trump’s speech seems to copy Michelle …