The article seems to be a compilation of various quotes, statements and previous news headlines from the 2008 presidential election along with the writer's personal experience at the inauguration of President Obama. The article is written by Thomas L Friedman a well known columnist of the the New York Times. The article appeared in the New york times on January 20 2009. The article was written to show how far America has come, from slavery, to the civil war, the great depression, the civil rights movement and now a black president. The article was written to encourage Americans, to stand up and work with their government to bring stability back to the country and to show that the government can choose to bring about change for it's people or decide to do nothing and allow the country to perish. The Author was also trying to make readers see that despite President Obama being called a radical by his opponent and other critics, that we do need a so call "Radical" in office "because this is a radical moment" for our country.
The article was directed to all people and all Americans; young, old, blacks, whites, Hispanics, Indians. The article was not limited to any specific generation. The basic argument of the article is that America have come a long way, but we should not stop here just because we have a black president. The argument is that the president will not fix the economy, the health care system, the banking systems, etc by himself; we as a nation need to come together to help rebuild our country's failing healthcare system, economy and banking system. "We need to work on our country and our planet in wholly new ways." the author is encouraging all Americans to take an active part in bringing change to our country and help save the planet.
The article was directed to all people and all Americans; young, old, blacks, whites, Hispanics, Indians. The article was not limited to any specific generation. The basic argument of the article is that America have come a long way, but we should not stop here just because we have a black president. The argument is that the president will not fix the economy, the health care system, the banking systems, etc by himself; we as a nation need to come together to help rebuild our country's failing healthcare system, economy and banking system. "We need to work on our country and our planet in wholly new ways." the author is encouraging all Americans to take an active part in bringing change to our country and help save the planet.
