Why Read The Classics Blog #8

What is your reaction to the essay? Is it an emotional one or a logical one? My reaction to Why Read The Classics would have to be a logical one. I liked having to read the whole essay in order to find the thesis. I learned a lot from Calvino and I respect his opinions. Before I read this essay I thought the classics were, in a way, pointless. I didn't really understand why people kept reading them over and over and now I do. You can read them again and again and still learn something different each time. The definition Calvino put at the very beginning of the essay: The classics are those books about which you usually hear people saying: 'I'm rereading...' never, 'I'm reading...'(pg:3 p:1) makes sense now that I realize you actually can learn more than one ting from a classic as you grow older. I think now, I will read a classic over and over as I get older once I find one I reallly like. Calvino really put into perspective for me that it is possible to read a classic written in Old English without it being pointless because you cant learn something if you try.