This book, simply put, claims that America, regardless of the nationalities, identities, and ethnic groups who are living in it, shows the light at the end of the tunnel to every individual. Then this book is trying to come up with ways to make it happen.
Chapter 1: Republicans and Democrats
Obama believes that if the party he is representing wants to have people’s votes it has to look for ways to interact with the opposite party instead of constantly quarreling over every sigle issue. This way, Democrats will find their way to people’s hearts.
Chapter 2: Values
The most important issue in this chapter is Obama’s complaint over the fact that the current political system of the US, itself, pushes every single politician, regardless of their party, far away from American values.
At the end of this chapter Obama asserts that for American polity to be successful the counterparts of the system must be cooperative. Then he says America is far from desired status quo right now, for its constituents are preoccupied.
Chapter 3: Our Constitution
In this chapter we see a lawmaker Obama whose opinion on the Constitution of the United States is that it has to perform a little stretchier so that it can reach out to every detailed need in the rapidly spinning world. Though, through the tone of this chapter one can easily grasp Obama’s true heart in the Constitution and its historical importance.
Chapter 4: Politics
Obama points to the root of corruption in the American political system which is the political system itself. He asserts it is as bright as sun that the politicians in order to win support or raise funds most of the times, unfortunately, promise too much and then they later on become, to harshly put, puppets for those interest groups which are providing them with the enough money for campaigning. So, they are forced to choose their interest groups’ benefits over that of their constituents'.
Chapter 5: Opportunity
In this chapter he sheds light on the fact that in America the odds are, most of the times, against the poor; they cannot properly benefit from country’s economic and consequently educational system.
Chapter 6: Faith
Obama reflects his own experience from atheism to faith and its efficacy on moral behavior.
Proven by polls, Americans are highly religious people. Using this, Obama suggests to his party members to make the most of this opportunity by adding a sort of easy-going with religious subjects.
Faith should be the common ground to stand on for both democrats and Republicans.
Chapter 7: Rcae
Obama, based on his family conditions has a multi-racial personality which has been the result of living in different places such as American Midwest, Hawaii, and Indonesia.
Obama believes people’s obsession with racism is not necessarily, and mostly, race based but rather it’s because of the constant insensitivity or indifference.
Chapter 8: The world Beyond Our Borders
US defense budget and military strategy is in some ways remote from that of rest of the world’s. Plus America, seeking multilateralism in foreign policy, is aiming to give a share in responsibility over the international regulations and checking to American allies.
Chapter 9: Family
For Americans in order to sustain, both parents of the family have to work and thus this fact leads to resulting in a very hard condition for American families. In that, family members do not get to see each other that much and therefore cannot spend time together. This is considered as an element which weakens the family relations and understanding.
Republican opinion over this issue is that they want to find a way to enable the previous traditional folkways which Obama strongly condemns.
At the end, Obama urges that specific political support is needed for American family foundation so that children can grow up in a healthy environment.
Obama’s political style and outlook is mild, like his perspective on the issue of race, and somewhere in between. He seems to stand on a reasonable and realistic ground, compared to the democratic beliefs which are idealistic and the Republicans’ extreme mottos.
This book, as its title reads, has been deployed to convey the message that America stands for hope and equal opportunities. Obama in this book expresses a profoundly stable personality; a person who resists ceasing no matter what the ups and downs in life would leave him with. Obama in a way represents the true spirit of America.
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