Reading contemporary novels and stories has been one of my passions since childhood, i read up to this day alomst every day. Throughout the years, I have changed the genre considerably, yet never ventured into classical authors until this semester. Unlike the contemporary books I've read, these classical works demand much more reader participation and involvement. Two examples of such demands of their readers can be found in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and "The Dead" by …showed first 75 words of 1069 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1069 total…had never felt like that himself towards any woman but he knew that such a feeling must be love" (Joyce 2523). The two authors move the reader to begin a process of self-examination of his or her own life. The complexity of both stories seduces the reader, forcing him or her to see the true value of human life and to view it as more than just a body but a psycho-sensual, emotional, and spiritual existence.