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.