Our Nation

From the second Obama stepped on the podium he represented America. He stood wearing a sharp suite matched with a blue tie with an American flag pin that rested on the left side of his body. The colors behind him were red, white and blue which went along with his attire. His goal of his speech was to inspire others to change the future of America, which I think he successfully accomplished. Throughout his speech he portrayed the message of, if we work together as a nation, we can improve the future of America. He kept using the words “we” and “us” to reference us as a community and nation. He made a strong point to repeated certain words to make Americans realize that we need to work together in order to make America a better place. He also referenced old promises and principals we had made as a nation to follow through with in the future. “We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together.” In this quote he shows how we vowed as a nation to move forward into the future together. He strongly tries to argue that without us working together as a whole, America will not be able to improve. “But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.”  Obama is clearly looking at the future of America and saying that with the future comes along new change and new responsibilities and in order to conquer the new we need to work in a collective fashion. Acting alone or singly will do no good; he says that it is crucial to act as a whole.

Obama’s main point is for all Americans to act together to better the future of America. In his speech he refers to everyone as equally free and important. He references a number of occupations in order to show how everyone is needed in order to make America a better place. “Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation, and one people.” Obama is saying that we need everyone in the nation to contribute their goods and ideas in order to successfully improve America. He stresses the point that it is important for us as citizens to work together to shape the future. He goes on to say that it is our duty to put forth our effort and dedication to shape our bright future. He ends the speech with many inspiring words but the quote that stuck out to me was, “You and I, as citizens, have the power to set this country’s course.” Here Obama shows how we as a nation have the ability to change the country not just him. Overall I felt that Obama’s speech was very inspirational and gave a very important message to us as citizens of America.