BARACK OBAMAS RISE TO PRESIDENCY      pt3  2400w

In his book he also claimed the fundamental promise of America-“that no matter where you come from, or what you look like, or who your parents are, this is a country where you can make it if you try.” (Obama, Change We Can 2) and he introduced his vision for America rooted in the values that have always made America the last best hope of Earth. The people he met believe in personal responsibility, hard work, and self-reliance. They also believe in fairness, opportunity, and responsibilities they have to one another. They believe in an America where good jobs are there for the willing, where hard work is rewarded with a decent living.

Whether in his speeches or in his books, the American Dream has been the core of Barack Obama’s message to American people. He seemed to try his very best to make the American Dream known to all the Americans and to make them believe that the American Dream should not be forgotten, that the American Dream is still alive and possible in American contemporary society and for