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Essay Topic 1

In the preface, Obama makes the following parenthetical remark: “I still like writing things out in longhand, finding that a computer gives even my roughest drafts too smooth a gloss and lends half-baked thoughts the mask of tidiness” (xiii). Does experience support the position? How so or not?

Essay Topic 2

As Obama writes, he makes repeated references to baseball—to other sports, yes, but to baseball, specifically. What function does the repeated reference serve? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

What is to be made of Obama’s frequent reports of consulting with the women in his life, particularly Michelle? What in the text suggests as much? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 4

Obama writes, “By nature I’m a deliberate speaker, which, by the standards of presidential candidates, helped keep my gaffe quotient relatively low. But my care with words raised another issue...

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