Yet, when Obama was young and trying to come to terms with his ownidentity, hereadtheautobiography and it affectedhim more deeply thaneventheworksof Richard Wrightand James Baldwin.
"One soldier had been fighting in the jungles for years. And I don't know if it had affected him or not, but when the clerk handed him a tweed suit to try on he spent three hours searching through the fuzz for snipers."
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He heard about the accident, went to bed, woke up, found she passed away and itaffectedhim deeply.