[astra]

Why live in the past? Is a 100 years or a generation’s approval is a proof of greatness? Greatness in what sense? Entertaining read? Might be. Wisdom? Hmm. A lot of 100 years old wisdom of the so called classics is inapplicable and incompatible with the modern society.
If it is merely an entertaining reading, why not to read something modern and enjoy it? Why listen to strangers, why follow somebody’s advice, why not think for yourself?
Why linger in the past?
Most important though, why insist that everybody else along with you stay there.

It reminds me of something from my home.

Spoiler:

My father is an early riser. A skylark.
My mother and I are typical owls.

My father insisted and brainwashed both of us all my long life till I turned 16 and half and left home for a university, that only lazy people sleep late. It is wrong. One must break this bad habit and wake up early. You must do like I do. Look how much I have achieved in my life. You are a lazy bunch. You should not read a book or watch TV after 23.00. 23.00 - switch off the light!
It is a known fact today, that there are different types of people with different natural internal clocks.

I see exactly the same trend in a must read classics. Some so called wise men who happened to like a certain book and have a power to force their opinion on others, who think they are superior to others, smarter than others, they decided what is classic, what and when I must read. Some people genuinely like it. Horses for courses. There is another bunch. A typical herd minded one. I will follow the rest. I won’t be different. I don’t really like this book ......but they say it is good, it is unpopular to say it is not good. Anyone who says that it is not classics, it is boring is considered to be dimwitted, stupid ....and you know what? I think I like it It is classics indeed! I believe it, honest!