Monday, April 20, 2009
Dreams from my father final summary
In the end Obama is a different man then he was in the beginning. In the beginning he was someone that noone really knew except for his friends and family, but and the end we know what he did and who he was exactly. Obama in the beginning was a man that was a great leader and at teh end was still a great leader. The book intailed some of the most memorable parts of Obamas life that were exciting to him and him only. Closer to the end of the book Obama finds out more about his father and what his father was doing when he wasn't with Baracks mom. Obama didn't go to his fathers funeral for the simple fact the he didn't know his father very much.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Chapter 12
In chapter 12 Obama's main focus is his job. They open the MET Intake Center. I found out that Barack's job was more important than I thought. Obama has to get favor from both the mayor and different state officals. he works with these people to make his community a better place.
Chapter 11
In chapter 11 Obama meets one of his siblings that he has never met before that his father had concieved with another woman back in Kenya along with a brother named Roy. When Obama meets his sister Auma for the first time ever, he didn't know what to think about it. Obama finds some things out about his dad that he never knew before. When he meets Auma he also finds out that Auma has a step mother named Ruth. Obama also finds out that their father said that on his trip back from Hawaii he was going to bring back Obama and his mom to meet Auma, Roy, and the rest of the extended family.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Chapter 10
This chapter is about Obama and how he is a community organizer. Some of the people in the community get involved in the efforts, as well as their own reasons for why the are supposed to help. In this chapter Obama gets to know some of the community leaders very well, he also makes a difference in other peoples lives. Obama and a woman that has been actively involved in the community go out on a date. Chicago is overcome by death; all of these people are have very deep reasons as to why he or she are getting involved that Barack didn't expect.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Chapter 9
Obama and the Chicago projects.
Obama thought that the projects were different then he had originally thought that they were going to be. The projects to him were somewhat of a different sort which he could eventually deal with. He lived in a part of Chicago on which was called The Altgeld Gardens Public or The Gardens for short. He felt that The Gardens as well as all of Chicago needed some work to look better then what it looked right then and there. When he was at the meeting that he was at he looked out the window and saw some boys throwing some rocks at an old boarded up building that had been boarded up. When he saw this he said "What is going to happen to those boys? The alderman? The social workers? The gangs?".
Obama thought that the projects were different then he had originally thought that they were going to be. The projects to him were somewhat of a different sort which he could eventually deal with. He lived in a part of Chicago on which was called The Altgeld Gardens Public or The Gardens for short. He felt that The Gardens as well as all of Chicago needed some work to look better then what it looked right then and there. When he was at the meeting that he was at he looked out the window and saw some boys throwing some rocks at an old boarded up building that had been boarded up. When he saw this he said "What is going to happen to those boys? The alderman? The social workers? The gangs?".
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Chapter 8
How was Obama's life different when he moved to Chicago from New York?
In 1983 Obama decided to become a community organizer. At the time there wasn't much time for detail to the idea. Some of his classmates in college asked him what exactly a community organizer does, and he couldn't answer them directly. Instead he would proununce on the need for change like is doing today and did during the campaign. Change in the White house, where Regan and his minions were carrying on their dirty deeds. According to him change would come from a grass roots. The change for Obama from New York to Chicago was sorta big one for him.
In 1983 Obama decided to become a community organizer. At the time there wasn't much time for detail to the idea. Some of his classmates in college asked him what exactly a community organizer does, and he couldn't answer them directly. Instead he would proununce on the need for change like is doing today and did during the campaign. Change in the White house, where Regan and his minions were carrying on their dirty deeds. According to him change would come from a grass roots. The change for Obama from New York to Chicago was sorta big one for him.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Chapter 7
I thought that this chapter was interesting in many ways. One of those many ways is when during Obama's dream he said that he was at a jail after his fathers death and he felt like the judge, jury, and jailor all in one. In this chapter he also said that he didn't go to his dad's funeral because he really didn't know his father at all. During his dream Obama was at jail were he saw his father in a jail cell awaiting his execution. My opinion on this chapter was that Obama started to pour out his feelings as well as show a different side that he has never shown us before.
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