Structure
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Beginning
The preface of Becoming by Michelle Obama starts by recounting a scene from Obama’s past. She mentions being a child and offering a naïve answer to the question regarding what she wanted to be when she grows up: “I used to tell people that when I grew up, I was going to be a pediatrician. Why? Because I loved being around little kids and I quickly…
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Middle
The middle of the preface mostly focuses on Michelle Obama’s life as First Lady of the United States. After making a reference to Melania Trump, the current First Lady of the US (l. 19), Michelle Obama mentions some of the challenges she encountered while in the White House. She recalls elegant fund-raisers (l. 20), the victims of Hurricane Katrina (l. 22), and superficial people (ll. 23-24), as well …
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End
In the final part of the preface, Michelle Obama offers an anecdote about life after leaving the White House. She talks about the joy of being able to prepare food by herself and the feeling of freedom it brought her – implicitly linking this to her descriptions of life in the White House in the middle …
