Pride and Prejudice {blog 2}

     During the next part of the book we are introduced to a couple new characters, one of which is the odd Mr. Collins. He is to inherit the Bennet household after Mr. Bennet dies and therefore that sparks some kind of passion in the mother’s eyes to make it her quest to get one of her daughters to marry him. The mother in this novel sounds like a real piece of work. She is so obnoxious and constantly is making a fool out of herself. It seems to me that the only thing she really wants now is for her daughters to get married just so she can get them all out of the house.
      Back to Mr. Collins, he is interested in Jane but then changes his interest towards Elizabeth when he discovers that Jane will probably be married to Mr. Bingley. Honestly, I think this guy just wants to strike it lucky and will settle for whatever he can get. After a few days, Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth who in turn tries to reject him as nicely as possible because she is interested in another man, Mr. Wickham.
      Mr. Wickham is a solider whom the girls found quite charming when they ventured into town one day. He caught the eye of Elizabeth almost immediately. However when the two of them stumbled upon Mr. Darcy, they had a less than friendly conversation. It turns out that Darcy’s father had left a sum of money for Wickham (who was supposedly like another son to his father) but cheated him out of it and Wickham never saw a cent. Eventually we learn that this is actually just a big lie but Elizabeth doesn’t know that yet. She is invited to a ball that Mr. Wickham is supposed to be attending but is crushed to find out that he is no where to be found.
     Later, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy leave Netherfield and Jane is heartbroken because Mr. Bingley basically told her that what ever they had between them can be no more. Everyone is in shock that Mr. Bingley could have done that to such a sweet and innocent girl, so Jane finds comfort in going to live with the Gardeners in London for awhile to try and get over her recent loss of love.
     Elizabeth is stunned to learn that her best friend Charlotte Lucas has been asked by Mr. Collins to marry him. She is extremely let down by Charlotte because she thinks she can do so much better than him (Elizabeth still thinks that this guy is an annoying creep). Elizabeth and Charlotte fight over this and eventually Charlotte leaves to move in with Mr. Collins. Elizabeth feels badly about what she said to her so she visits Charlotte in her new home and we are just going to have to keep reading to find out what happens there.

Pride and Prejudice {blog 1}

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” The starting phrase of Pride and Prejudice sets the tone for the rest of the novel with two main characters, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy.

           When news of the two of them coming to town spread, all the women within the town went crazy trying to look their best in hopes that one day they would be the spouse to one of these wealthy, handsome and successful individuals. Mr. Bingley is introduced to be the perfect man, subtle yet sweet. His large fortune qualifies him to be a part of one of the highest social classes in all of England. However, he does not pose himself to be an arrogant snob because of his riches, unlike his friend Mr. Darcy.

Mr. Darcy seems to be the most pitiful soul one could lay eyes on. He sulks about treating all others lesser than him like they are the dirt he walks on. Mr. Darcy is described to be just as handsome as Mr. Bingley but keeps to himself and judges others based on their lack of wealth and disapproves of most people because of their social status. I think that Mr. Darcy is going to have to overcome his own pride and prejudices in order to find that love that deep down inside him, he is desperately searching for.

The women of the Bennet family enter the novel as described as getting prepared for a ball in which the two prestigious men will also be attending. The oldest daughters, Elizabeth and Jane are the women that Mrs. Bennet hopes these two men will be choosing as their wives. The younger daughters: Lydia, Catherine and Mary, seem to be interested in nothing more than young love and the desire to run away from their annoying sounding mother. This sounds nothing more than the hopes of a young teenager in the society in which we live in today.

When attending the fiesta, Mr. Bingley dances with Jane and the two seem to hit it off immediately. It is completely obvious that the two like each other, as he stares and smiles at her all night and she laughs and smiles in return. Today many girls that get stared and smiled at in a party will probably run away because nowadays that is known as the creeper style.. am I right? Anyways when Mr. Bingley suggests that Mr. Darcy dance with Jane’s sister Elizabeth he replies with “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.” Now Elizabeth hears this and thinks that this Mr. Darcy fellow is just a jerk and is definitely on the snobby side. This event leads Elizabeth to end up hating Mr. Darcy which later on in the novel makes it even harder for the two of them to come together because of the way that they have each lead their lives at two different levels of society. But love is boundless so we are just going to have to see how this all plays out.