Why Read The Classics Blog #4

What passages capture your attention, arouse a reaction? The passage, "What this shows is that reading a great work for the first time when one is finally an adult is an extradordinary pleasure,one which is very different(though it is impossible to say whether more or less pleasureable) from reading it in one's youth. Youth endows every reading, as it does every experience, with a unique flavour and significance, whereas at a mature age one appreciates(or should appreciate) many more details, levels, and meanings,"(pg:4 p:2) I like this passgae because it relates to the thesis. Calvino is right when he said, "Youth endows every reading, as it does every experience, with a unique flavour and significance, whereas at a mature age one appreciates(or should appreciate) many more details, levels, and meanings,"(pg:4 p:2) The reading experience is different when you're younger. You don't sometimes understand what the author says or means in their writing and you get confused. As you mature and grow older, the things you once didn't understand, click, and you th ink yourself as silly for being puzzled in the first place. So, when you read the classic for the first time as an adult, you'll enjoy it more than you did when you were younger because the events and details make more sense and you understand them more.