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Power is something that each story shares.

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Power is something that each story shares.

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I really wish you could've spoken up, I know the conversation went by very quickly but I'm sure the group would've welcomed you in.

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I feel like you were actively listening, I could see you were paying close attention.

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Holden in The Catcher in the Rye doesn't seem to be a truly fleshed out character, but rather someone who serves as a symbol for the story.

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We shouldn't treat reading these classics as something to brag about. Many of these classics have meaningful messages that people should read about, and we should respect that.

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It's evident that not everyone is represented by our classics. 

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It's evident that not everyone is represented by our classics. 

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Classic often challenge a societal norm or conformity, that we're all facing. Are there any classics who don't do this, but are still considered a part of the canon?

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Participated and shared intriguing ideas, added his thoughts to really deepen the discussion.

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Use notes more actively. You had good notes but you didn’t share many of them.

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Representation should play a bigger role in today's classics.

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Since the main characters are farm animals, its themes are universally applicable to anyone. Animal Farm is really about the abuse of power, an issue that is still prevalent today.

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The canon, in general, upholds unfair power balances because most of the authors are white. Oppression should be avoided by including more books from different backgrounds.

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By definition it is a classic, there is a lot of cultural relevance. Lee utilizes the characters like chess pieces throughout the book.

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The story's themes of not wanting to group up/face responsibility are applicable to the real world. Our protagonist is both afraid of facing the responsibility of being an adult, he constantly complains about it. During his upbringing, he was rather spoiled. Landon believes that the Catcher in the Rye lacks a sense of creativity, he doesn't think the book should be considered a classic.

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What justifies a book's status as a classic?

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What justifies a book's status as a classic?

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Challenging a major societal concept

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Max speak up! I know you have some great things to say, use our book club notes!

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I believe that The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams should belong in the Avenues Literary CanonTM. Douglas Adam finds a perfect balance between absurdity and momentary existentialism in a world set in outer space. In one moment of the story, a depressed robot struggles to find meaning in its own life and consciousness. In the next moment, our protagonist is made fun of by his alien companions for being socially awkward at a party where they met him. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a well-crafted mix of comedy and science fiction, all in the pursuit of a universal truth: the meaning of life. (which happens to be the number 42) In a world that’s often so depressing, there should always be a moment of humor as a distraction from it all. In a way, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is similar to Star Wars. While both are drastically different, both stories contain a protagonist who is initially skeptical that they have some bigger role to play in the universe. Arthur in The Hitchhiker's Guide, and Luke Skywalker both find themselves having to fill important roles later on. For Arthur, it is managing to survive in the cold emptiness of space with the help of his friends, while for Luke, it is toppling a totalitarian dictatorship where his absent father is the right-hand man of an evil emperor. Both characters find a greater meaning: for Arthur, it is the truth of who created humanity and the Earth, along with discovering the nature of the universe itself, and for Luke, it is confronting Vader and bringing Anakin back from the dark clutches of Emperor Palpatine. Hitchhiker's Guide is much more existential than interpersonal, while Star Wars focuses much more on interpersonal relationships. Ironically, the first Star Wars movie is called A New Hope, and the actual Guide to the Galaxy in HGTTG has the signature catchphrase of: “DO NOT PANIC”. To summarize, I think the Avenues community would benefit most from books that lean towards being more light-hearted, though I think many of us would enjoy a Stephen King book once in a while

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To Kill a Mockingbird adheres to the attributes of a literature classic by presenting early 20th-century racial discrimination and prejudice in the American South through the eyes of an innocent but maturing child named Scout. For example, the night after Dill, Jem, and Scout sneak into the Radley’s backyard, when Scout goes to bed she states that “... every scratch of feet on gravel was Boo Radley seeking revenge, every passing Negro laughing in the night was Boo Radley loose and after us; insects splashing against the screen were Boo Radley’s insane fingers picking the wire to pieces” (Lee, P.62). At the beginning of the book, Scout is not aware of the racial prejudice in Maycomb, as she develops her own misconceptions/prejudices of Boo Radley. However, at the advent of the Tom Robinson trial, Scout starts to break down after confronting a drunken mob trying to kill Robinson before he is taken to court, “The full meaning of the night’s events hit me and I began crying. Jem was nice about it: for once he didn’t remind me that people nearly nine years old didn’t do things like that” (Lee, P.177). After standing up for Tom, Scout starts to be aware of the implications of race in her hometown, which is amplified when she attends Tom's trial herself. As Atticus told Scout in chapter 1: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view . . . until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."