Published in 1995, Barack Obama’s first book, Dreams from My Father, was a highly personal memoir that focused heavily on his private life and his thoughts on the issues of race, identity and community.
With The Audacity of Hope, Obama updates the reader on his life since publication of his first book, focusing on the themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and offering his dream of reforming the political process so that people’s faith in their government is restored.
Themes and Core Values
The first chapter in The Audacity of Hope is entitled ‘Republicans and Democrats’ and in it Obama examines the recent political history of the United States. Obama seems to feel that politics has become too confrontational and that politicians now too frequently rely on personal attacks on their opposition rather than on philosophical differences.
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