The conclusion is characterized by the last definition. The very first definition he uses as the introduction and the last definition he uses as the conclusion. The introduction is the first defintion where he starts by saying "The classics are books which we usually "I'm rereading" never "I'm reading." (Calvino, Page 3) Which is starting out the essay by a simple statement of the classics by saying that everyone rereads the classics. He ends the essay with "A classic is a work which persists as background noise even when a present that is totally incompatible with it holds sway." (Calvino, Page 8-9) With this statement Calvino is pretty much summing up the whole rest of the essay, therfore it is a conclusion. (:
Calvino, Italo. Why Read the Classics? New York: Vintage, 2000. Print.
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