Analyse von Barack Obama's Victory Speech

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is talking about the American future. In four sentences, he clarifies what "we want" and what "we believe". In addition to that, every single sentence is constructed as parallelism. By that, he emphasizes his points, like the importance of education, constitutional legality and safety. Furthermore, he speaks about the best schools, best teachers, best troops and in general the greatness of America (line 14-29). Another anaphora in the end of the second part sums up all the points, mentioned before and creates a memorable phrase (line 27, 28). The third and last part deals with the American dream. He repeats the "believe", he mentioned several times before. Again, it is about what "we" can do. That hole paragraph is based on a few of structural devices, which complement and relieve each other. Thereby, it is very comfortable to follow his thoughts and to keep and remember them. Furthermore, he underlines the accessibility of the American dream for everybody. The enumeration qualifies all Americans, regardless of which race and origin they are (line 34-36). Taking everything into account, Obamas speech seems to be very well-thought-out and planned before. It shows a closeness to all Americans and has a convincing, but also proud and grateful style. Moreover, the fundamental idea of America itself, probably formed the foundation, the speech was built on. As mentioned in the beginning, looking forward for a great future, unifying, democratic values and the American dream are main points of Obamas speech, as they are values of America too.