Summary:
Essay presents the top five books that should be read before going to college and why they are important. The books are "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, "The Old Man and the Sea" by Earnest Hemmingway, "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller, "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, and "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly.
Going to college is more than a transition in life it's a rebirth. Everything changes so fast that one really has to live off their wits sometimes. New situations arise every day and real life is finally making itself apparent. Responsibilities become a way of life to the truest possible form. Sure there are friends and people to help along the way but self-discipline and diligence become daily watchwords. Living life now is based more on what is already ingrained into the individual versus what mommy and daddy have to say. With the written word being one of the most powerful and inspirational tools in the world, what could be more useful to an individual attending the transition to college than literature? Without books our predecessors would leave us in the intellectual dark. There are so.....
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