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The Importance Of Barack Obama's Speech

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In 2008, one hundred and twenty-five thousand supporters waited for their new president Barack Obama all night long in Grant Park. Obama gave a speech movingly to the whole world and announced to everyone that change has come to America. I think it is the most famous speech in the world, not because of its speaker-Obama but its meaning to the whole world. Before analyzing the historical significance of the speech, let me introduce you the president of the United States Barack Obama. Barack Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Hawaii. His father was a student from Kenya and his mother was a white Kansas. His parents broke the marriage when he was two years old. As a result, he was brought up by his mother. In youth, Obama cannot obtain …show more content…

Obama used his own stories to tell the hardships in the election and his better expectations to America. I think he used Ethos here because the president is best qualified to speak on this question. They didn 't start with much money or many endorsements. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It was built by people who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep. It built by young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers. Obama would never forget these kind people and make every effort to help them. America faced many challenges nowadays- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. However, the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime. American may not be there in one day, but Obama promised that we as a people will get there finally. Obama hoped people could support him and give him advice sometimes. Obama hoped American would summon a new spirit of patriotism, of service and responsibility. Obama said: “For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve

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