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ObamaandAmericanDream
Partone,Obama
Obamaisthe44thandcurrentPresidentoftheUnitedStates.SincethemaintopicofthisarticleisabouttheObamaandAmericanDream,wewillnotspendmuchspacetotalkabouthowhebecomesthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.ThemaincontentofthepartoneisaboutwhyMr.Obamacangetridofsomanydifficultieshefacedwhenhewasyoung.ObamaisthetypicalexampleofAmericandream.
Obamaisthefirsthalf-bloodedAmericanPresidentwhospenthischildhoodinIndonesia,andhelivedwithmanypeoplewithdifferentculturalbackground.Inhischildhood,Obamafacedmanydifficulties.
ThefirstdifficultyMr.Obamafacedwithisthathelivedinasingle-parentfamily.Hisparentsdivorcedin1964whenObamawasalittlechild.Itmeansthathedidnothaveaintactfamilyinhischildhood.Itisveryhardtoimaginethedifficultythatachildlivinginasingle-parentfamilyfaces.Hecannotfeelthehappinessthatusualchildrencanexperience.
TheseconddifficultyMr.Obamafacedwithishismultiracialbackground.Afterhisparents’divorce,hismothermarriedIndonesianstudentHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolo_Soetoro"\o"LoloSoetoro"LoloSoetoro,whowasattendingcollegeinHawaii.Fromagessixtoten,ObamaattendedlocalschoolsinJakarta,Indonesia.WhenObamawasyoung,hestruggledtoreconcilesocialperceptionsofhisHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiracial"\o"Multiracial"multiracialheritagebecausehisstepfatherwasblackhismotherwasawhite.WhenObamawastenyearsold,hereturnedtoHawaiiandlivedthereuntilhisgraduationfromhighschoolin1979.Followinghighschool,ObamamovedtoLosAngelesin1979toattendHYPERLINK"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occidental_College"\o"OccidentalCollege"OccidentalCollege.Asweallknow,discriminationexistsinAmericaforsometime.ThepeoplelikeObamawhoarenotthewhitemaybediscriminated.SoitisveryhardforObamatohurdlethesebarriers.Inordertoknowwhohewas,Obamaevenhaddruguseinhishighschool.ButObamaeventuallyhurdlethesedifficultiesalonghiswaytobesuccessful.Becausehebelievedthathecanachievehisdreamsbyhardwork.
Butbecauseofhismultiracialbackground,hehastheopportunitytoexperienceavarietyofculturesin
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