pride and prejudice

I have started my outside reading book and I must say I am really liking it so far. I love the language (similar to Frankenstein) and just the aire about it. It is very high class society these people are living in and it is interesting to read about. I'm not sure if I would like living in a society like that because it seems so up tight! The fact that the girls are getting married at 19 is disturbing. It's like it is expected of them. It even says Mrs. Bennet's "business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news" (Austen 3). If that's all my mom worried about then nothing would get done! I don't think I could take all the balls and all the people gossiping at the balls. It seems like a bad teenage party; but no doubt, it's really interesting to read about.

So far I really like the character of Elizabeth. Her father favors her while her mother favors Jane. "Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humoured as Lydia. But you are always giving her the preference" says Mrs. Bennet, then Mr. Bennet replies with "They have none of them much to recommend them, they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters" (Austen 3). From there, I knew I'd like Elizabeth because I like quickness in a character. And she proved to be just that. I like her sense of humor, which is quick and sarcastic. She's also a flirt, which I like.

There's something about Mr. Darcy that I like but I don't really know what it is. He is a huge jerk but the fact that he likes Elizabeth is so unlike him. They seem like complete opposites. Darcy is opposite from everyone in fact. Especially his friend Mr. Bingley who is all the rage in Jane's world. It said that Darcy was better looking than Bingley but Bingley had a far better personality which made him, overall, more attractive. But now Elizabeth had coerced with Mr. Wickham and is drooling all over him. But something makes me think that Mr. Darcy is still in the back of Elizabeth's mind. "Elizabeth thought with pleasure of dancing a great deal with Mr. Wickham, and of seeing a confirmation of everything in Mr. Darcy's looks and behavior" (Austen 75). Solely because of this, I think Elizabeth and Darcy might have a chance. I can't wait to find out what happens next! Oh the 19th century drama!