“When I was a kid, my aspirations were simple. I wanted a dog,” the memoir begins. Interestingly enough, by the time Michelle Obama is old enough to have two daughters of her own, so do they. Becoming is a memoir by Michelle Robinson Obama, the former First Lady of the United States (often referenced…
Frankenstein is a classic Gothic novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, initially as a short horror story to enter in a competition between her husband and friends. Upon the suggestion and encouragement of her husband, Shelley succeeded in reforming her story into the renowned novel Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein, the narrator, seems to be a young…
East of Eden is a novel by John Steinbeck, a Nobel Prize winner in literature. Steinbeck considered this work to be his “magnum opus”, his masterpiece. Touching upon complex themes such as the everlasting cycle of sin, the simple yet inextricable relationship between parents and children, and the capacity of a human soul for evil,…