Sunday, May 6, 2007

Pride and Prejudice~~~~~~~~~by Jane Austen


This week I had a chance to see the movie which I had seen last winter again. Before the movie played, I had read the story. I really loved the beautiful and romantic novel which written by Jane Austen very much!

The background of the story was in England in 18th century. The value at that time was different from nowadays. There was a family─Bennet Family, which included Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Lydia, and Kitty. The leading lady was Miss Elizabeth Bennet. She was a pretty and strong- minded girl. At the times, the most important thing for damsels was finding a wealthy and young man to marry, so their parents attend to their future. But Elizabeth had her own idea. She thought that her marriage should be built on basis of love.

One day, there was a young and rich man who named Charles Bingley rented the country seat in the neighborhood. Every girl was very excited, because one of them had chance to marry him. In the ball, these girls acquainted the rich man, Miss Caroline Bingley, and his best friend Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy who was handsome but cold and proud was the leading man in this story. Mr. Bingley fell in love with Elizabeth's older sister Jane, at first sight. But thank to the arrogance of Mr.Darcy, Elizabeth had a bad impression of him at first. At the other side, damsels also knew a officer named Wickham. The officer told Elizabeth something bad about Mr. Darcy, so she had more prejudices for Mr. Darcy. The two characters misunderstood each other.

With the time going by, Mr. Darcy found Elizabeth's wisdom and inner beauty and loved her gradually. One day, Mr. Darcy expressed his love for Elizabeth, but she still had prejudices of him because he blocked Jane's happiness and disdained her family. She didn't know Mr. Darcy had this personality from his growth background. In fact, he was kind and stupid to express his mood. Until her sister Lydia brought about a big trouble─she eloped with Wickham and gave her family humiliation, she finally knew Mr. Darcy verily. He provided assistance of money and arranged Lydia and Wickham a good future with no hesitation, even though Wickham was ever cheated and betrayed him. He would do this out of his love for Elizabeth. At this time, Elizabeth also found that love already replaced prejudices. At the same time, Jane and Bingley also expressed their affections to each other. They were so happy.Eventually, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy got marry and lived with full of pleasure because they loved and understood each other sincerely!

How romantic the story is! In this novel, I learned: When we meet a new friend or new thing, we can't focus on their appearance and part of them. We should treat them fairly. Don't have any prejudice in the beginning. By doing this, we can reduce some unnecessary misconception. On the other hand, we should be humble in lives. Don't be proud. Pride can lead to failure easily. And we should have our own will to decide our lives. Future are controlled by ourselves!

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