When I was younger, I remember my fifth grade teacher reading Pride and Prejudice. Titles were important to me when I was younger; they were the source of attraction that drew me into reading. Both the words pride and prejudice were obscure, unfamiliar, and uninteresting. Not only was the name unappealing, but the size of the book itself was intimidating. My childish mind believed that anything over 150 pages was much too long for any practical enjoyment. How could a book of nearly 400 pages ever interest me in the slightest? I wrote the book off almost instantly after seeing it. Little did I know that six years later I would find myself so fervently enticed by the hypnotic plot and style of Jane Austen that putting the book down was out of the question.
Mr. Darcy, although not the main character of the story, captured my attention from the beginning. Being able to see his thoughts helps counter act his somber and somewhat snooty countenance. His emotions and attachment early on, though unrevealed through his actions are shown in his thoughts and create dramatic irony because only the reader knows how ardently he loves
Luckily, Mr. Darcy re-entered and experienced immense character development after his rejected marriage proposal to
Jane Austen filled this novel with a twisting plot, unexpected events, and social commentary of social class and the human institution of marriage itself. Drawing many parallels with Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice focuses on the pressure and desire for young girls to find a soul mate and the difficulty of rising but ease in falling of social class. She describes marriages as arrangements for security and the acceptance of society like
I loved what you wrote about Pride and prejudice, it makes me almost want to read it and get caught up in the world of Jane Austen.
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