Where have the Classics gone??

Over the past few Christmas’ I have been asking for a few literary classics. Like Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein, The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo, Les Miserable’s, and others to add to my mini library.

I recently started The Three Musketeers, and then a thought crossed my mind. Will any of the novels of our age become ‘classics’? Can the novels of today be classics, since reading have become more of a chore than an enjoyable past-time?

The classics that are force feed to teens are books that pushed the envelope of literature. Taking the people of the day to new places, and new ways of thinking through their characters. They were creative and fresh, belonging to no genre. What books of today can say the same?
You might be able to list a few that you feel strongly about, but will they stand the test of time to become a ‘classic’, read in the classrooms? Has the book market been flooded with people on soap boxes, where we are unable to find the books to define our age?

Have movies, which require no imagination of the audience, diminished out ability to think and grow freely. Movies and TV shows have become our classics, and the written word has lost its power. Have you noticed that in the classroom, more teacher resort to movies than encouraging their students to read and develop thoughts and ideas of their own?

Our own laziness is drowning us. Our culture, our heath, our intelligence, our willingness to learn and challenge ourselves is lost by the way-side.

Can the human race survive this trend and the loss of books that challenge our hearts and minds. Are there books out there that force us to look outside of ourselves and take us to new places of the heart.

I sure hope so, and encourage you to take a trip into the pages of a classic and see what the technology age may be stealing away from us.