input: Write a python function to parse a JSON string to a Python object.
  assert parse_json('{"name": "John Doe", "age": 25, "hobbies": ["sports", "gaming", "reading"]}') == {"name": "John Doe", "age": 25, "hobbies": ["sports", "gaming", "reading"]}
  assert parse_json('{"city": "New York", "population": 8000000}') == {"city": "New York", "population": 8000000}
  assert parse_json('{"fruit": "apple", "quantity": 10, "is_ripe": true}') == {"fruit": "apple", "quantity": 10, "is_ripe": True}
output: import json
  
  def parse_json(json_string):
      return json.loads(json_string)