Dreams From My Father Summary
"Dreams From My Father," is a moving story about President Obama's early years. It focuses on race and its inheritance. It's the journey of a young man searching to discover himself in his roots. Along the way there are friends and challenges to stimulate him. "Dreams From My Father" is an elegant and compelling read.
Composed in 1996, Barak Obama reveals his roots, their discoveries, and the impressions left on him. The book starts with Obama as a young boy living in Hawaii with his mother and her parents. He has no memories of his father, only stories that his mother and grandparents tell. Obama comes from a mixed heritage - a white mother and a black father who lives in Kenya. His mother is open minded, idealistic, naïve in one sense, world-wise in another. His grandparents love him unconditionally.
As a young boy, his mother marries a man from Indonesia and they go to live there. Obama speaks fondly of his step-father, and learns several life lessons from him, but unfortunately his mother's relationship with his step-father doesn't last. His mother sends him back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents so he can attend a prestigious Hawaiian school. Soon, his mother and sister go back to Hawaii, but he stays with his grandparents which give him a sense of consistency. He learns his grandfather's strengths and weaknesses, but never really comes to see him as the father figure he's seeking.
Obama has one encounter with his father when he's ten in Hawaii. Obama is a little in awe, a little overwhelmed. His father's visit isn't long and leaves Obama with more questions than answers.
The book then moves on to cover Obama's life in Chicago as a community organizer. It's challenging work that is rarely rewarding, but Obama gives it his all. Then a relative from Kenya calls to tell him his father has died, but Obama's not quite sure how to feel about that or how to react.
Several weeks later, his Kenyan half-sister, Auma, makes contact with him. Auma gives him a peek into his father's life in Kenya. Obama is intrigued by the life Auma leads and wants to learn more about their father. Before he leaves community organizing to go to Harvard Law School, he makes arrangements to visit Auma in Kenya.
In Kenya, Obama discovers a family he didn't even know. His father had at least four wives, and Obama has a slew of brothers and sisters who are living in their father's shadow. Obama and Auma visit with one their grandfather's wives, "Granny." She tells Obama's father and grandfather stories to him. It's a riveting tale of two people and it helps to define those aspect of Obama's self and his heritage he was seeking.
"Dreams From My Father," is an engrossing read. Verbose at times, Obama's personal stories are heartwarming and easily connect with readers. The book defines the "mettle" behind a man - and a president.
Book Review for "Dreams From My Father"
Written by: Barack Obama
3 Rivers Press
ISBN: 978-1-4000-8277-3
442 pages
$14.95
4.5 Stars
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Friday 10 September 2010
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Barack Obama Credentials
Much has been said about our Democratic candidate for president. He has achieved rock star status. Because of his silver tongue, many look at him as someone who can "save" us from ourselves.
I learned many years ago when something looks too good to be true, it probably is.
After doing much research, I have found out a lot about Obama. There is a lot of fluff on the Internet, much of which isn't true. However If one checks the right resources and double checks against other information, one can be reasonably sure to have arrived at the proper conclusions.
As I have written in other blogs, Obama is a Muslim, regardless as to how they try to spin it, he was born of a Muslim father, Muslim law states that if your father is a Muslim, you are a Muslim. No amount of converting will change that. His name which is the same as his fathers, is Arabic,
Junior's first name Barack, is a deviation of Barak, the name of the horse that Mohammad rode into heaven.
Obama has many, many long time ties to the Islam world, his Harvard education was financed, at least in part by a prominent member of the Arab world, (they recruited Barack many years ago), this same person has ties to the Saudi prince, Oh mar Qaddafi, and every prominent Arab and radical leader in the world. The Muslims have contributed billions of dollars to our American Universities and Colleges, including Columbia. Any wonder that the Iran leader was allowed to speak there?
With the power these influential people have, can you conceive the consequences of having someone in the White House that is sympathetic to their goals of world domination? They are attacking us from within and no one realizes it!
They own many of our financial institutions, including Citigroup. Over the last decades much money has been sent to the Middle East to purchase oil that we should be drilling for right in America. This money has in turn been spent buying us out. Because of this, many influential people in this country are under their thumb.
His associations include terrorists, extremists, and many people who don't like America very well. He has a problem wearing a flag lapel pin, standing at attention during the playing of our National Anthem, has said there are 57 states, (he will know where Alaska is before this is over.) Doesn't know the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran's Day, flipped off Hillary on live TV, called Sarah Palin a pig, (he knew exactly what he was saying), and referred to his Muslim faith on a Sunday morning talk show.
For the most part he spent a lot of time growing up in Indonesia, so he has no idea of what the American culture is all about.
I haven't confirmed this, but have every reason to believe, with his background and the history of the people he associates with, the FBI wouldn't accept him as an agent.
If the FBI wouldn't hire him, should we?
I have traversed the globe in search of truth, my truth, to read some of my views :
http://www.uncommoncommonsense.com
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I learned many years ago when something looks too good to be true, it probably is.
After doing much research, I have found out a lot about Obama. There is a lot of fluff on the Internet, much of which isn't true. However If one checks the right resources and double checks against other information, one can be reasonably sure to have arrived at the proper conclusions.
As I have written in other blogs, Obama is a Muslim, regardless as to how they try to spin it, he was born of a Muslim father, Muslim law states that if your father is a Muslim, you are a Muslim. No amount of converting will change that. His name which is the same as his fathers, is Arabic,
Junior's first name Barack, is a deviation of Barak, the name of the horse that Mohammad rode into heaven.
Obama has many, many long time ties to the Islam world, his Harvard education was financed, at least in part by a prominent member of the Arab world, (they recruited Barack many years ago), this same person has ties to the Saudi prince, Oh mar Qaddafi, and every prominent Arab and radical leader in the world. The Muslims have contributed billions of dollars to our American Universities and Colleges, including Columbia. Any wonder that the Iran leader was allowed to speak there?
With the power these influential people have, can you conceive the consequences of having someone in the White House that is sympathetic to their goals of world domination? They are attacking us from within and no one realizes it!
They own many of our financial institutions, including Citigroup. Over the last decades much money has been sent to the Middle East to purchase oil that we should be drilling for right in America. This money has in turn been spent buying us out. Because of this, many influential people in this country are under their thumb.
His associations include terrorists, extremists, and many people who don't like America very well. He has a problem wearing a flag lapel pin, standing at attention during the playing of our National Anthem, has said there are 57 states, (he will know where Alaska is before this is over.) Doesn't know the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran's Day, flipped off Hillary on live TV, called Sarah Palin a pig, (he knew exactly what he was saying), and referred to his Muslim faith on a Sunday morning talk show.
For the most part he spent a lot of time growing up in Indonesia, so he has no idea of what the American culture is all about.
I haven't confirmed this, but have every reason to believe, with his background and the history of the people he associates with, the FBI wouldn't accept him as an agent.
If the FBI wouldn't hire him, should we?
I have traversed the globe in search of truth, my truth, to read some of my views :
http://www.uncommoncommonsense.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Gary_Wonning
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