Obama and the Peace Prize.

I was surprised to hear that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. I could not believe that our president, who has been in power for nine months, received this prestigious award. I learned that you received 1.4 million dollars if you win this award, and that the man, Alfred Nobel, was inventor and created dynamite. He made dynamite so that miners would have an easier time clearing out land. When he found out that people were using his invention as a weapon he was furious. He wrote in his will that when he dies that his fortune would go to creating a foundation that would award people for their good deeds.



I was glad to hear that he won this award but also shocked, because he hasn’t really done any life changing events that would cause him to get the award. Yes, he did speak at the United Nations about Iran and how we should live without nuclear weapons, but he didn’t do anything about it just suggested the idea. Now if he created a treaty with the rest of world declaring that nuclear weapons were against the law against the whole world, then i would be thinking that he deserved it very much. All he did was speak about how the world needed to get rid of nuclear weapons, which is a very big step, but it just isn't enough to get the 1.4 million dollar Nobel Peace Prize. I hope that in the future Barack Obama does more than just tell the world that we need to get rid of nuclear weapons. I hope Barack can rightfully earn his Noble Peace Prize.

I am very happy that he got the prize I just wish that he did more than just speak, i wish he did an action to deserve the award.