Dreams From My Father- Connections

Dreams From My Father can be connected to Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza. Left to Tell is a memoir about Immaculee’s childhood during the Rwandan Holocaust. Like Obama, her father was also killed. Immaculee’s father died at the hands of the Hutus and Obama’s father died in a car crash in Hawaii. Obama is who he is today because of his parents and the stories that they told. Immaculee’s parents also was a big aspect of Immaculee’s life. Immaculee’s parent and Obama’s mother, were dedicated to them. Even though they had financial issues they were still extremely dedicated to their children. Obama’s mother would wake him up every morning at 4 A.M. to teach him because education her son’s education was important to her. After dinner Immaculee’s parent would make Immaculee and her brothers and sister sit on the living room floor to teach them math and other topics. Both of the parents taught their children what was wrong and what was right.

            Obama and Immaculee are also similar because their parents are both educators. In Indonesia Obama’s mother would teach English to the foreign businessmen to earn extra money and to save her marriage. Immaculee’s father was a math teacher and Immaculee’s mother would stay at home to do house work. Immaculee and Obama are literally similar because of there parents and influences. They two are figuratively connected because they both had hardships to deal with like racism. Obama was stuck in the middle of two worlds because he was mixed and his mother resented some white people. Immaculee was frowned upon for being a Tutsi. Hutus made up the majority of the Rwandan population so Immaculee would constantly feel ostracizedlike Obama felt. They both did not know or understand many things until they were much older.