Final Essay for Pride and Prejudice

In the book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, there are four daughters who go through experiences such as love and marriage. Not every daughter in the book has the best experience with love but somehow they do fall in love. The way Austen describes the book is by using formal English to help set the tone of the book. Austen’s creative style of writing causes people to want to read the book and want to connect to the characters in the book.

The writing of the book sounds very modern with a mix of old English. The dialogue is no work of Shakespeare but it is close by some of the grammar that is used and how some words are spelled or used differently. Back then, people use to speak in formal tones and didn't use any type of slang that were created in the 20th and 21st century. For example, on page 13, Bingley talks to Mr. Darcy about dancing with Elizabeth. He says, “You are dancing with the only handsomest girl in the room,” (Austen, 13). Instead of giving her the compliment that she is beautiful, the word used to describe a woman at the time was handsome. Other examples would be putting the letter “u” in words such as honor and humor. Today, this type of style would have some grammar and spelling mistakes.  The dialogue is sort of the same but Austen puts more depth and emotion in her character’s dialogue. In Chapter 10, Elizabeth (the main character) describes her feelings towards Darcy (the main lead character), “To yield readily – easily to the persuasion of a friend is no merit with you… you appear to me, Mr. Darcy, to allow nothing for the influence of friendship and affection,” (Austen, 50). Elizabeth is saying that Darcy is neither a friend nor a lover. He is nothing to her because she does not like his rude behavior. Austen could have written a passage of Elizabeth insulting Mr. Darcy, but she decided to word it in a way where it sounds somewhat poetic. Austen’s writing is not only to please herself but also to entertain the audience she planned to write for.

     From reading the book, the audience that Austen wrote for were hopeless romantics and young women who can relate to Elizabeth or the other female characters in the book. The book focuses more on Elizabeth, the main character, than her sisters Jane, Lydia, and Kitty.There are many women who can relate to Elizabeth by being independent, smart, but also blinded to love. There are also many women who have a Mr. Darcy in their lives- a man who is rude but charming and likes having money. Hopeless romantics who could be either men or women may love the love/hate relationship between the two characters, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. The connection between the two characters is very intriguing and romantic, “In vain, I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire you and love you,” (Austen, 323). This shows the passion that Darcy has for Elizabeth makes him change his selfish ways for her. He wants to be with her so much by considering his feelings will change her thought of avoiding love. This gives people the idea of how Austen sees love and how she tried to connect with people by emotions.

     Jane Austen’s book Pride and Prejudice is very interesting to people by being able to connect with the characters and making the dialogue very romantic and sensible. The way she writes makes people visualize how the characters look and act in the situation. This helps people understand what each character is going through, which might make them want to read more. Austen is a wonderful author of a book that became a National Bestseller with a story that many women can and will relate to.

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For Kyle:
Your essay is good but there a few things you should change. When you talk about how her style is magical, you should really say her writing is based on fiction and imagery. Also you should give transitions between your three prompts so then your readers won't get confused when they read your final draft.

For Alyssa:
Your essay sounds very good and is well written. However, you should end the essay stronger with a better conclusion- your last paragraph does not sound like a conclusion. Also in your second to last paragraph, there are a few grammar and spelling mistakes. Otherwise, good essay.

For Max:
God essay. There are some grammar mistakes:
"you dies" (?)
"The purpose or the reason in which I believe the author is writing about this, or telling this story is to tell history" (you're basically using words that are the same)
Also, i don't think you need to mention your blog post in final draft.
Also, don't use the word you.
You should talk more about peeta and katniss.

Essay for Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

In the book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, there are four daughters who go through experiences such as love and marriage. Not every daughter has the best experience but they all end up falling in love somehow. The way Austen writes makes the story seem interesting with the dialogue and the story of each character. Austen’s creative style of writing causes people to want to read the book and want to connect to the characters in the book.

The writing of the book sounds very modern with a mix of old English. The dialogue is no work of Shakespeare but it is close by some of the grammar that is used and how some words are spelled or used differently. For example, on page 13, Bingley talks to Mr. Darcy about dancing with Elizabeth. He says, “You are dancing with the only handsomest girl in the room,” (Austen, 13). Instead of giving her the compliment that she is beautiful, the word used to describe a woman at the time was handsome. Other examples would be putting the letter “u” in words such as honor and humor. Today, this type of style would have some grammar and spelling mistakes.  The dialogue is sort of the same but Austen puts more depth and emotion in her character’s dialogue. In Chapter 10, Elizabeth (the main character) describes her feelings towards Darcy (the main lead character), “To yield readily – easily to the persuasion of a friend is no merit with you… you appear to me, Mr. Darcy, to allow nothing for the influence of friendship and affection,” (Austen, 50). Elizabeth is saying that Darcy is nor a friend nor a lover. He is nothing to her because she does not like his rude ways. Austen could have written a passage of Elizabeth insulting Mr. Darcy, but she decided to word it in a way where it sounds somewhat poetic. Austen’s writing is not only to please herself but also to entertain the audience she planned to write for.

     From reading the book, the audience that Austen wrote for were hopeless romantics and young women who can relate to Elizabeth or any other female character. There are many women who can relate to Elizabeth by being independent, smart, but also blinded to love. There are also many women who have a Mr. Darcy in their lives- a man who is rude but charming and likes having money. Hopeless romantics who could be either men or women may love the love/hate relationship between the two characters, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. The connection between the two characters is very intriguing and romantic, “In vain, I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire you and love you,” (Austen, 323). This shows the passion that Darcy has for Elizabeth makes him change his selfish ways for her. He wants to be with her so much by considering his feelings will change her thought of avoiding love. This gives people the idea of how Austen sees love and how she tried to connect with people by emotions.

     Jane Austen’s book Pride and Prejudice is very interesting to people by being able to connect with the characters and making the dialogue very romantic and sensible. The way she writes makes people visualize how the characters look and act in the situation. This helps people understand what each character is going through, which might make them want to read more. Austen is a wonderful author of a book that became a National Bestseller with a story that many women can and will relate to.

Book Review #2

So the book I finished reading was Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The book was very interesting  to me, especially at the end. It's romantic yet sort of interesting when you realize the importance of life and love. The book was not super interesting in the middle but as Austen talks more about the main relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. The weaknesses of the book are that the language can make people confused on what might be happening. Also, it doesn't really seem interesting in the beginning until the main characters hook up. 

In my opinion, this book is for people who are hopeless romantics at any age. The way Austen describes her characters and writes her dialogue makes it seem very romantic and real. It could also be for people who like Renaissance type of books. Her type of writing isn't exactly like William Shakespeare but she is very philosophical.

Book Review

So the book I am reading right now is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The book is about four young women (Jane, Elizabeth, Kitty, and Lydia Bennett)  who are sisters but are all different by personality and looks. The second eldest daughter, Elizabeth is smart but does not interact with men the way her sisters do. Mrs. Bennett wants all of her daughters to be married but is frustrated with Elizabeth.  Mrs. Bennett arranges relationships with Elizabeth but it never works out. Mr. Darcy, the main male character is a spoiled and rich man who Elizabeth does not like but there are other sides of Mr. Darcy that she doesn't know.The language in the book is sort of different and it's much deeper, romantic, sad, etc.

The author Jane Austen is a famous writer who has written other books like Emma, Mansfield Park, and Sense and Sensibility. There have been many film adaptions of her books and many movies that have been about Jane Austen. The purpose of Jane Austen writing this book is to show the depth of romance and real problems like Shakespeare did with Romeo and Juliet, Taming With the Shrew and others. I can tell from the 12 pg. introduction she did where Carol Howard tells about Jane's purpose and how she compares that to the life she lived while writing the book.

 Another purpose that Howard states in the book is,

She became, whether she wished it or not, a professional writer in an age when the market in novels by women and for women was already well established. (xxi)

Jane Austen was modest and wrote more to relate to the audience and not to share her personal experiences or any thing about her life. She did not let her feelings come to the public and kept her life a total secret. However, her books are everywhere whether on a shelf in a library or in the hands of high school students. Jane Austen's work will always be known whether it is being read or seen in a film; she is a great writer and a great symbol for women writers.

Connection of Families

Today, we have to write a blog about the connections of other people's stories. There are many good stories about grandparents or parents who had a wonderful or terrible journey but I decided to write about the connections between Elijah's story and mine.  The way we both connect is how our parents/relatives either go on interesting adventures in life and how this helps connect a family. We both talked about struggles our fathers or mother had to go through at one point.

this story helps me feel closer to my parents by showing me  that they actually had a life before i came along. I love that my parents had this amazing adventure together and it makes me want to have type of adventure when i grow up.

I can relate to this quote Elijah put in his blog because I did not really know my dad went through some of the stuff he went through because of the way he is today. I am not as interested in to music like my dad was but I would not mind having the type of adventure he had when he was younger. Other things that I saw that was a connection was the actions both of our parents made. An example would be helping the family.

but not too long after my mom settled in my mom ended up getting homesick and went back to help out her parents in Texas. However at almost the same time, my dad, who had his own moving arrangements had moved from Nigeria to Huston, Texas to get a better education, was now moving to California to go to school at University of California Berkeley, or UC Berkeley.

The same thing happened with my dad who had to quit singing to take care of my ailing grandmother at the time. By doing this, he had to run the family barbershop and also went to college to support her because of the passing of my grandfather. So, this is how Eli and I connect- by the actions made by our parents and how these actions affect us today. 

Cyclical Blog

There are many ways how the Joy Luck Club stories are cyclical. First, the stories connect at the end and go to the different type of character. It continues to do that but there is always a big step of development. Many of the items that are portrayed in the book at the end were from earlier parts such as the photograph and other items. Other things that are cyclical are the issues they go through such as the trouble of marriage, strict mothers, and trying to find their identity whether it remains Chinese or American. An example of marriage would be both The Red Candle and Magpies which are both chapters talking about marriages of hell. Both Magpies and Red Candle's marriages are arranged and the husband does not seem loyal to the wife.

Some other cyclical examples would be how many mothers are strict or really want to influence their daughters  in the story. Each mother acts differently but they all see the mother as superior. There are many stories where the mothers are very strict towards their daughter so that they can teach them a lesson. An example of that would be Waverly Jong and her mother Lindo who deserts her at the end to teach her a lesson that she should  think about her family. In the last two chapters, the mothers are more looking forward to the future and hope their daughters become independent and wise women. Even if that means put them in marriages which cause chaos for the whole family. However, the attitude of the mother brings everything together at the end and a new step or a generation begins.

Together we look like our mother. Her same eyes, her same mouth, open in surprise to see, at last, her long cherished wish (288)

This shows that the mother can cause happiness and another journey for her daughters and her granddaughters.

The purpose of cyclical elements in the novel is to show how the main idea or character is the purpose of the story. An example of that would be the mother daughter relationships and how they became the strength of the Joy luck Club.