Obama Three-Body Problem

Obama read a lot throughout his term, it gave him “perspective”.
“The Three-Body Problem” by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin helped him stay grounded, when he thought things were bad, he could look back at this book and compare his problems.
Marilynne Robinson’s novels gave insight on midwestern citizens such as their values and responsibilities.
Writing was his creative outlook, he was able to put his thoughts in words, following the footsteps of Lincoln.
Obama would find people who were isolated and look at their writing for solidarity (Lincoln, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi and Nelson Mandela).
Shakespeare’s writings were beneficial for Obama, “foundational for me in understanding how certain patterns repeat themselves and play
Some novels helped him to better “imagine what’s going on in the lives of people” across the country…”. It normalizes Obama, it makes him appear more relatable. You know that he has good intentions for the American people. It is difficult to imagine Obama as a normal citizen, once he became President he was no longer a private citizen. The White House is drastically different from what we face everyday, Obama spent 8 years in the White House he could have been disconnected from “reality”. He turned to books to make him more grounded and serve as a reminder of what he faced years
The author often made interesting remarks about Obama’s job as President and how reading helped him be a better leader. One line that resonated with me was “Such books were a way for the president to shift mental gears from the briefs and policy papers he studied during the day, a way “to get out of my own head,” a way to escape the White House bubble”. It is difficult to imagine Obama as anything other than the President of the United States. For some reason it has been instilled in my head that Obama has been working around the clock doing his presidential duties. Even throughout this piece it seems like he reads in order to connect to normal