Dreams From My Father- Title Significance

            The significance of the title Dreams From My Father: A Story About Race And Inheritance is Obama is to show how Obama tried to be successful like his father. The title relates to the plot because towards the end he has a divided inheritance. The title also relates to the story because his other would always scold him for having things to do with people of certain races. Obama’s mother was not a racist but resentment toward white people because she pitied her husbands. She would often say to Obama “They are not your people.”

            Obama’s father was frequently brought up in the book. Obama became a lot more interested in him after his death. Obama was fascinated with his father after he got to know more about his past and difficulties. Obama definitely discovered many things about his father that it almost seemed as if he somehow knew who his mysterious father was even when his father left he was two.

            The title is literal because Obama actual receives a divided inheritance and had to struggle with racism and resentment toward certain races. The title is figurative in the aspect that his father was a mystery to him even till the time of his death. Obama builds an image of his father through the stories told by his grandparents. So much was discovered about his father that readers could almost feel as if Obama knew his father personally. Obama would also strive to be like the image of his father that he created