Identify the method(s) of introduction. What characterizes the conclusion? In my opinion, the method of introduction in Why Read The Classics is defining a word or phrase (TE p:31). In this case, it is a definition. The definition of a classic is, "The classics are those books about which you usually hear people say 'I'm rereading...' never 'I'm reading...'"(pg:3 p:1) I do not believe it's an actual dictionary definition, I think it's Calvino's definition of a classic. Now, what characterizes the conclusion? I the conclusion restates the thesis in this quote from Cioran: 'While the hemlock was being prepared, Socrates was learning a melody on the flute. "What use will that be to you?", he was asked. "At least I will learn this melody before I die,"'(pg:9 p:4). The melody represents a classic, I think. The classics are something you learn from as the years pass. It may take a few years or a lifetime to fully understand what the classics have to offer and to learn from it, but as Socrates said, "At least I will learn this melody before I die."(pg:9 p:4), you will get it if you go through the text more than once through the years.
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