My first reaction to reading this essay was less stressful and full of confidence. It was at first less stressful because I kind of knew what I was doing now. I was also less stressed because the essay was very easy to understand because of the nifty numbers that identified each point I was reading about. They helped me out quite a bit. Another reaction to reading this was confidence. I was more confident reading this essay because I had already completed the other one and I knew I was capable of doing it. As I got farther into the essay, my initial reaction and feelings stayed the same. My reaction to reading Why Read the Classics? was definitely a logical one for I learned more rather than reacted emotionally more. Some of the things I learned that I did not know before included the way people react to classics in other countries as well as ours. I was really impressed that people in France would continue to read a classic they started in school, after they had finished school (Calvino, page 3, paragraph 5). I also did not know that people in Italy related so well to Dickens. Another thing I learned was that even a teacher in the United States' first impression on the classics was proved wrong and found them fabulous. My overall reaction to this essay was, therefore, logical.
Calvino, Italo. Why Read the Classics? London: Vintage, 2000. Print.
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