Calvino's essay is organized in a very different way. Where your typical essay is set up in introduction, body, and conclusion. Calvino set up this essay in a type of statement/explanation sort of way. He first states one of his definitions of what he thinks a classic is and then explains why he thinks this, like he is justifying why he thinks what he thinks. I kind of think he saves his most important statements for the last. He builds up to his more main points. His 14th statement (which is also the last) states that "A classic is a work which persists a background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway." ( Calvino Page 8-9) I think Calvino must like this defintion best because he saved it for last which would mean that he would want you to remember it the most since it was the last one you read.
Calvino, Italo. Why Read the Classics? New York: Vintage, 2000. Print.
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