https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw en-us 2021-09-09 01:20:08 UTC 2021-09-09 14:02:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728100518 2021-09-09 13:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728100518 bartono https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728108538 A little while back I read Little Women. The book is what I imagine classics to somewhat resemble. While a lot of description was used, I believe it wasn’t as enjoyable from a plot standpoint. If I had appreciated the description and language used I may have enjoyed the book more overall.]]> 2021-09-09 13:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728108538 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728111018 I have not read any “old” or classic books because the only books I enjoy reading are graphic novels (and I barely read in general). I imagine these books would have influenced current literature a lot, maybe that would show through in the writing. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728111018 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728114726 I have never read a classic book on my own. I think the reason behind this is because old books don’t really catch my attention and it is hard to understand the language they use since the way they speak is very different from how people speak today. I like books I can relate to/books I understand the events and language because they are happening in real life. I did not like Shakespeare at all, it was super confusing and just not an enjoyable read. I imagine old books to be confusing and use unfamiliar language. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728114726 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728115104 As a child I read Heidi. The plot was good but at that age I did not appreciate the writing enough to find it super enjoyable. I think if I reread it now I would enjoy it a lot more.

I also attempted to read a Sherlock Holmes book as a child, but never completed it.]]> 2021-09-09 13:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728115104 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728115913 I haven’t read any old books besides Shakespeare because I don’t really think they would be interesting and engaging. The topics most of them cover don’t really appeal to me when I read for fun. I imagine old books to have language I don’t really understand and references I wouldn’t know, not that that would stop me from reading an older book its just how I think of them. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:53:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728115913 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728116628 I have not read any classics aside from Shakespeare and I think the reason for this is I don’t really know many other famous authors who wrote the classics. I did like Shakespeare though and I imagine that all “old” books are similar in the sense that they all use the same type of language and style of writing. I think that these books are also similar to our current books in terms of themes and motifs. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728116628 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728116643 I have never read a classic because I always assumed that I would enjoy newer books more. I would imagine “old” books to be harder to understand with different concepts than typical books today. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728116643 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728116685 What classics, apart from Shakespeare have you read? How was the experience? If you have not read a classic (from before 1900), why not? What do you imagine “old” books to be like?

“Old” books are like the foundations for the literature we have today, although some may beg to differ. When I was younger I read the Little House on the Prarie Series, and that was probably the first instance when I read an “old” book. I didn’t particularly enjoy it, but I understood the cultural significance. Books were how Mrs. Ingalls Wilder documented her long and exciting life on the prarie, which would otherwise be told through journal entries/diaries. Since then I’ve read the Wizard Of Oz, although it was quite different from the story we all know today, along with some other titles that I’ve started, like Great Expectations or A Christmas Carol, or Little Women.]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728116685 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728116841 I have not read as many classics as I thought I would have read. I find old books less appealing to me just because of the time period and how they wrote. I tend to lean more toward book in the late 1900s and early 2000s. I prefer the style and what the books are actually about. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728116841 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728117158 I haven’t read any classics, and I think it’s because when I think of an “old book” I tend to avoid it, because of the different language old books commonly use. To me, not being able to understand a lot of the language in a book isn’t appealing. Not being able to understand the book’s plot, and concepts isn’t something I’m necessarily interested in.]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728117158 savinol https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728117775 Alice in wonderland

Chronicles of Narnia

Lord of the rings]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728117775 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728118197 I haven’t read any classic books before for multiple reasons. One of which is that I don’t really have access to classic books that often, but also I feel that I can connect to the characters  in newer books more because they have been written to fit more modern ideas and stereotypes. I’m also worried slightly that classic books will be harder to understand than newer books. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728118197 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728118492 I recently read My Antonia and enjoyed it because I liked reading about someone else who lived in a different time period and seeing what their life was like. I liked to see what has changed from that time and what similarities there are in comparison to my life. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728118492 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728119703 I have tried starting classic novels many times such as, Little Women, Swallows and Amazon’s, Lord of the Flies and Emma but I never finished any of them. Either I was too young and didn’t understand the writing or I just wasn’t interested in it. I am interested in reading classics as they are different from what I am used too and I think that would be interesting.]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728119703 menonk https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728119961 I have never read a book that was written before 1900 other than Shakespeare last year. Classic books just never seemed interesting, and it is a lot harder to relate to the characters in those books because they were written such a long time ago.]]> 2021-09-09 13:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728119961 ponipireddys https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728120186 I haven’t read any classics because I’m not really into the “old” style of books and I like to read more recent books with settings of more recent times. I don’t think I would enjoy them that much but they did influence the writing today and if I try reading a classic I might like it. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728120186 absolonnef https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728122827 I have not read many “classic books”. I typically tend to gravitate more towards books written after 1900. I am not quite sure why, but this might be because they are a little more relatable. Also, I find that I don’t appreciate the language and plots as much.]]> 2021-09-09 13:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728122827 kangsa1 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728124105 A book that is widely considered a classic that I’ve read and enjoyed is ‘The Great Gatsby’. Which was written in 1925, so it isn’t exactly old, old. I haven’t read many older books because I subconsciously labeled them as boring and too western. The Great Gatsby was very different than this idea of older books that I had created, it creates the morally grey character, Gatsby, who draws the reader in with his mysterious aura. ]]> 2021-09-09 13:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728124105 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728127241 I’ve read few classics that come to mind now
-Treasure Island
-Secret Garden
-Anna Karenina
-Picture of Dorian Grey
-Christmas Carol
-Moby Dick
But I mainly read modern Classics (20s-50s era)

The experience has always been a bit forced, the books don’t flow as well and the vocabulary takes a bit to adjust to.

Old books talk about another time, but are classic because they hold transcendent ideas and experiences]]> 2021-09-09 13:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728127241 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728128237 I didn't really read any books before 1900. But I did listen to a Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Treasure Island and Little Women in audiobook form. I think the reason that I don't really read any classic books is because I don't really like to read really old books. I think that in general they are quite wordy and very long. Though I did listen to a lot of classic audiobooks.]]> 2021-09-09 13:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728128237 mehtaa1 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728129010 I haven’t read any classics (that I can remember right now). I usually read newer books, which I find easier to understand and appreciate, since older books I have read (like Fahrenheit 451, The Fellowship of the Ring, etc.) tend to have extremely long paragraphs of description or progress very slowly, and I assume that classic books before 1900 would be similar.]]> 2021-09-09 13:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728129010 https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728143317 What Grace said but add some other books.]]> 2021-09-09 14:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sohara5/9lli8bzomwrk8msw/wish/1728143317