You get sadden by some dumb things then.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

*your

by Anonymous 11 years ago

the poor grammar and dumbness of this comment go well with your profile picture

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Nice try...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I don't really think it' sad, it's just how it is few teenagers do read classic literature so that's why its shocking

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Why is it bad that teenagers aren't reading classical literature frequently? At least that's the message I got from your post.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's bad that it's such an infrequent occurrence that people are shocked when it happens

by Anonymous 11 years ago

But what makes it bad that the average teenager doesn't enjoy classical books enough to read them in their spare time? What is wrong with that?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Classic books are classic for a reason- there's good lessons to be learned from them. It makes me sad that most teenagers don't give those books a shot because they're "old." Yes, there are some classics that are just not an enjoyable read but there are some that are amazing

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I think many teens don't give them a chance because they can be difficult to read because of language, vocab, older themes, etc. Many teens would not want to struggle on their own time when they can do it with the help of a teacher when it is assigned. Also, when you can't understand a book, it tends to be "boring." I notice that good English students are usually the ones who don't mind classics.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

"but there are some that are amazing" This is of course true, //as it is true for every genre or group in general of books//. If people don't enjoy the styles of a lot of older classics, which most certainly do not encompass even close to the wide variety of books that exist today, why is it sad that they choose to read books that they find interesting made more recently, instead of older books? I don't really understand your reasoning.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It really makes me sad that people- of any age- would rather talk about Tom Cruise than read and discuss The Great Gatsby.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Why The Great Gatsby in particular? Personally, I hated that book. I enjoyed other books we had to read in school, such as The Catcher in the Rye, but Gatsby just didn't appeal to me. All that happened was rich people being stupid.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I just picked Gatsby because it happens to be right next to me and I adore it.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Thing is, old books are so often crap that reading one for that slim chance of it being good seems like a chore.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

The thing about classics is that they're outdated. No longer are the ideas in them very original. There have been so many spin offs and books that develop the ideas in classics even further that now, classics seem uninspired. Also, the writing style of classics is outdated. Sure it sounds sophisticated and intelligent, but what's the point of learning how to understand language like that if nobody uses it nowadays? There are plenty of good contemporary books that better prepare you for speaking eloquently in the modern style, which is much more useful.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

An idea doesn't become unoriginal after it's been repeated. I mean, of course it depends on which novels you're referring to but there are definitely many of them - the golden notebook, lolita, war and peace, the brothers karamazov, the divine comedy, etc - that are still relevant and extremely readable and meaningful today.

by Anonymous 11 years ago