Classics relevant today?

VAwkOb12 · Post by **VAwkOb12** » 03 May 2019, 05:35

Yes classics are relevant.

Examples
Les misérables touches on realities like poverty,injustice and the position of women in the society.

Pride and prejudice touches on real issues eg.social classes and marriage.

Anna karenina deals with betrayal, adultery, divorce.

So it shows that what the authors in the books have written does occur in society and as long as there are people who can relate so these issues these books will always be relatable.

VAwkOb12 · Post by **VAwkOb12** » 03 May 2019, 05:36

Yes classics are relevant.

Examples
Les misérables touches on realities like poverty,injustice and the position of women in the society.

Pride and prejudice touches on real issues eg.social classes and marriage.

Anna karenina deals with betrayal, adultery, divorce.

So it shows that what the authors in the books have written does occur in society and as long as there are people who can relate to these issues these books will always be relatable.

Nikolas Farmakis · Post by **Nikolas Farmakis** » 05 Nov 2019, 07:52

I think many classics are relevant today, such as Oliver Twist.

books_andpoetri · Post by **books_andpoetri** » 09 Dec 2019, 21:36

The Little Prince and 1984 are the first things that come to mind.

Vin Doobs · Post by **Vin Doobs** » 18 Dec 2019, 00:31

The past, present, and future, I believe, are interconnected. The classics allow us to take a glimpse of the past, and how it becomes an instrument in shaping the present and influencing the future.

MustaHarleen · Post by **MustaHarleen** » 20 Dec 2019, 08:08

I will also go with Animal Farm by George Orwell because it speaks a lot about how the governments of many countries are, including the superpower, U.S.A. The top leadership of national governments view themselves as better than others and that's why policies and bills are passed to favor the affluent but to the detriment of the common citizens. 'All animals are equal but some are better than others' still exists.

Jass1011 · Post by **Jass1011** » 29 Dec 2019, 14:43

Crime and Punishment will be relevant till eternity

nicole-adrianne · Post by **nicole-adrianne** » 01 Jan 2020, 13:39

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Lord of the Flies, for sure.

nicole-adrianne · Post by **nicole-adrianne** » 01 Jan 2020, 13:40

Jass1011 wrote: ↑29 Dec 2019, 14:43 Crime and Punishment will be relevant till eternity

I couldn't agree more! Themes of justice, individuality, exceptions to rules, and consequences (plus murder, haha) are timeless.

sevencrows · Post by **sevencrows** » 10 Feb 2020, 09:38

Kind of like art, I believe they will not completely disappear ever. The art of writing the classics can be appreciated, whether they are relevant or not. That being said, classics are often classics because of timeless and universal feelings; while politics change, human feelings and interesting philosophy is similar still.

Thea Frederick · Post by **Thea Frederick** » 21 Mar 2020, 18:34

I think classics are absolutely and positively important and relevant today. I think they are often times more relevant then most modern books.
They seem to dig deeper, look harder, and raise more important questions. Many have the goodness, truth, and beauty in them that lots of modern books lack. But they have this without making the storyline cheesy or perfect or stereotypical.
I think some important classics are:
Crime and Punishment
The Narnia series
The Song of Roland
A Tale of Two Cities
Little Women
The Hiding Place
And so many more!

ellie_rue · Post by **ellie_rue** » 25 Mar 2020, 18:46

I think classics relevant today would be "Farenheit 451", "1984", "Animal Farm", "The Beautiful and Damned" and "The Great Gatsby."
You can see so may parallels between those Author's fears for our society and what we have become. Those all changed my perspective on life.

Carolreads30 · Post by **Carolreads30** » 04 Apr 2020, 08:16

I feel that most classics are still relevant today. Some may read of history or historical events that we do not agree with today, but I still feel they are relevant. Classics like Little Women, Animal Farm, and The Hiding Place still teach lessons that younger people today could learn from.

wendilou49 · Post by **wendilou49** » 10 Apr 2020, 08:52

I think the classics today are as relevant today ad they have ever been. While I force read many in school, I've gone back and read many others and v found them wonderful and inspiring. They tell stories if different times, in different types of speech, and I believe young people and older people alike benefit by reading them. My favourite to this point is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

thaservices1 · Post by **thaservices1** » 19 Apr 2020, 19:48

One I recently read oddly resonated with me as relevant. Vanity Fair left me with many interesting thoughts on why we pursue the things we do in life.

'It is all vanity to be sure, but who will not own to liking a little of it? I should like to know what well-constituted mind, merely because it is transitory, dislikes roast beef? That is a vanity, but may every man who reads this have a wholesome portion of it through life, I beg: aye, though my readers were five hundred thousand. Sit down, gentlemen, and fall to, with a good hearty appetite; the fat, the lean, the gravy, the horse-radish as you like it—don't spare it. Another glass of wine, Jones, my boy—a little bit of the Sunday side. Yes, let us eat our fill of the vain thing and be thankful therefor.'