Why Read The Classics Blog #1

What is the thesis? Where is it? Is it implicit or explicit? The thesis of Why Read The Classics is that the classics are a great learning resource and as you grow up, you learn more from them. The thesis is not directly stated, I think. It is more summed up which is why I think the thesis is implicit because you have to think about it in order to find it. Calvino does not come right out and highlight it because he wants you to have to think and gain something from the essay. He wants you to figure out that by searching for something, you receive knowledge. It is the same with the classics. If you search through the text more than once, each time you will take with you a new piece of knowledge. Personally, when I read the classic Great Expectations last year for English for freshman year, I found myself going back and rereading different parts of the book and learning something different each time. I bet if I reread Great Expectations now, I would learn something completely different because, even in a year, I have matured and have learned to understand things differently.