Barack obama autobiography book part 2

Summary
This book tells us the journey of a young man who was a student in Hawaii to Harvard University and then ultimately to the White House.

This is the first volume of his autobiography and ends in May 2011, describing Operation Neptune spear. It gives us hope in a democracy when he divulges empathy as one of the most critical pillars on which democracy is built.

A promised land pdf

According to Obama,

“More than anyone, this book is for the Young people-an invitation to once again remake the world, and to bring about, through hard work, determination, and a big dose of imagination, an America that finally aligns with all that is best in us.”

What I learned from this book
1) Race and Class
Obama’s childhood was arduous due to absence of his father.

He also had to face quandaries related to race like everyone else growing at that time.

“I started asking questions about how it was I’d come to live in a place where few people looked like me