Tali Papouchado’s Reviews > Pride and Prejudice > Status Update

Mrs. Bennet obsesses on the marriage of the two, as well as looks for other high class men for her other daughters, such as Elizabeth, to marry. We can see, especially after what happened recently in the story, Elizabeth won't let others decide for herself.

The exposition of Pride and Prejudice is very important when being able to understand the story. The setting is in England, during the late 1700s, early 1800s. The Bennet family of five girls, an old father, and a loud mother, were common folk. Jane, the oldest and most fair is admired by Mr. Bingly, a sweet, wealthy man who seems to notice no other girl but Jane.

Elizabeth travels there and stays to look after Jane. In the narration, another guest, Mr. Darcy, is growing an admiration for Eliza. Once Jane is once again recovered, the girls return home to their family, where they meet their cousin, Mr. Collins, who will inherit Mr. Bennet's property following his death. In addition, Mr. Collins seems to have planned to ask Elizabeth for her hand in marriage.

So far, I am very much enjoying this book. My reading picked up when Jane got an invitation from Miss Bingly to come and have dinner, so they can better get to know each other, since her brother, Mr. Bingly, seems to have an obvious admiration for Jane. After walking there, though, Jane catches a cold, and has to remain at the Bingly residence.

In addition, it is said that he rarely smiles or talks to anyone, and has a lot of wealth. I can infer by this that he is snotty and full of himself. I think that society might force that on him, because they might judge him for how appears to be and not by his actions, but I also think he defined this identity, because he does truly seem to be proud and full of himself.

The character I'm choosing to define as far as identity is Mr. Darcy. Since I'm not very far along in the book, I have to make assumptions about him in the perspective of someone in the society. I believe that Mr. Darcy is a very proud man, and not in a good way. We see this when he is at the ball, and refuses to dance with any girl because nobody is handsome enough for him.