Pride and Prejudice Blog Number 1

Okay, so I'm new to all this blogging thing but hopefully I did this right.

Pride and Prejudice has been a nice read though. I can understand why it's a classic. Sometimes I find myself getting confused in the dialouge and rereading paragraphs to catch all the deeper meaning in their conversations. It's a challenge, but, this is AP...

I find myself getting frustrated with the mother, Mrs. Bennet. She is so caught up in marrying off her daughters, that she loses sight of who her daughters really are as individuals. Their whole society is so wrapped up in rules and hospitality that no one is original and nothing else is valued other than tradition.

I do love Elizabeth, though. She is definitely strong willed and she knows what she wants. She knows what's going on in the world around her and she's not afraid to stand up for herself. I love how she stands by her sister, Jane's, side every step of the way and is not afraid to fight for her in her struggle with the Bingley sisters. By not accepting Mr. Collins' ideal engagement, she put her interests ahead of what everyone else thought was best for her. I gained so much respect for her in that moment. In a society that credits women so little, it would've been so easy just to marry him to get the estate, but she valued her happiness more than the approval of her family and land ownership. However, I don't really know how I would've reacted with my best friend getting engaged to him a few days later. Awkward situation, I guess.

Mr. Darcy is a mystery to me. I know he really likes Elizabeth, but I don't know what his problem is. There is a lot more to him that has been revealed yet, and I'm ready to see the what is behind all those walls he has up. I've never read the book or even seen the movie for that matter, but I do know Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy end up together in the end. And judging by Chapter 34's conversation, a lot is going to have to happen before that can be possible.

And I'm ready to find out.