This essay has two main ways it is organized. One way Why Read the Classics is organized is with numbers of the definitions Calvino makes about the classics. Calvino puts the numbers right before large paragraphs to show what he will be talking about next, which makes this essay simple to read and comprehend. It is a tad slow, but that is not the fault of the organization.
Calvino also puts in large paragraphs after the numbered points. He does this to explain what his points mean and to describe what we should be doing, in almost a persuasive way. Also, this essay is organized almost chronologically in my opinion. I think this because the first definition of a classic is simple, and what a fifteen year old would think. But, with Calvino's last definition he shows one of the deepest definitions that someone older than me would think. By the end of this excerpt, Calvino makes the younger audience stretch what they know and to think more about what the classics mean and the real definition of classic.
Calvino, Italo. Why Read the Classics? London: Vintage, 2000. Print.
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