Barack Obama - The First African American Us-President The American Dream

Research Paper (Pre-University) from the year 2011 in the subject English - Applied Geography, grade: 12, Maria-Theresia-Gymnasium Augsburg, language: English, comment: In diese Seminararbeit oder wie sie fruher hiess Facharbeit habe ich sehr sehr viel Arbeit geteckt. Bis ins Detail hab ich sie perfektioniert, sowohl inhaltlich als auch sprachlich. Ich habe Barack Obama hinsichtlich des "Amerikanischen Traums" von Grund auf analysiert. Ich habe mir unheimlich viel Muhe fur diese Arbeit gemacht und hoffe, dass deshalb diese Arbeit Ihr Interesse weckt und eventuell Ihnen hinsichtlich Ihrer eigenen Arbeit behilflich sein kann., abstract: The main topic of our seminar is "the American Dream in 20th Century Film, Music and Literature." The aim is to get a deeper understanding of the American culture and identity in the 20th and beginning of the 21st century. My purpose is to analyze Barack Obama's career in terms of the fulfilment of the American Dream. Obama is considered a symbol for a post-racial era and his career is supposed to be the evidence of the success of the black Civil Rights Movement and the overcoming of the racial discrimination in the USA. Obama's sky rocketing career is also characteristic of what Americans cherish about their own country namely social permeability, support of talents and advancement opportunities regardless of origin and skin color. Obama, an African American had an exceptional career. He had an excellent education, took up the reputable profession of a lawyer, has earned a lot of money and has reached the pursuit of happiness within his family. Obama made that career for himself because of his path through life. It involves his social environment, his search for identity, his pursuit of happiness, his constant willingness and assertiveness, his hard work in school and at university, his dedication to the underprivileged of the Chicago ghettos and finally his professional and political experiences. All these phases of his life made