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Barack Obama

A Promised Land

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

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Essay Topics

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Discuss the title of the memoir in relation to the founding principles of America and Obama’s presidential campaign message. 

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Obama wrote his memoir after the election of Donald Trump. How do you think the election of a president with diametrically opposed views inflects Obama’s writing?

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What are Obama’s views on family and community? How did these views inform his presidency?

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