The American Dream in the Speech "Yes we can" by Barack Obama

Pre-University Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: USA, grade: 1,0, , language: English, abstract: This paper examines the speech of Barack Obama ¿Yes we can¿. The focus lies on the used concept of the American Dream. The second focus involves a statement that Hillary Clinton made during the primary campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The work concentrates on Barack Obamäs own biography ¿Dreams from My Father¿, his book ¿Audacity of Hope¿ describing his thoughts of reclaiming the "American Dream", and Jim Cullen¿s often cited book ¿The American Dream¿. The main sources for the analysis of the speech are Harald Frank¿s book ¿Rhetorische Analyse der ¿Yes we can¿ Rede von Barack Obamä and Shel Leanne¿s book ¿Say it like Obamä. For the concluding evaluation of Barack Obamäs political achievements various articles and statistical data are used.