pride-and-prejudice-book-report

BookreportofPrideandPrejudice“PrideandPrejudice”waswrittenbyafamousBritishwriter--JaneAusten,showingitsoppositiontothepopularsentimentalwritingstyleofthattime.ItdescribedtheemotionalentanglementbetweentheproudheartedunmarriedteenDarcyandtheprejudicedlittleMissElizabeth,arichsinglenoble,soasBegleyandJean.Theso-called“pride”inthisbookreferredtothecharacterweaknessofteenDarcywhohadawealthybackground,ahigheducation,andasharpsight;andtheso-called“prejudice”referredtotheemotionweaknessofElizabethwhohadamiddlebackground,agoodeducationandasmartmind.DarcyandElizabeth,onehadasharpsight,theotherhadasmartmind,meetingeachotheronafamilydancingparty,butnotleavingagoodimpressiononeachother.JustasIhavementionedabove,firstimpressionsarehalfthebattle,withtheadditionofwomen’scommentslateron,causingtheloveandhatredbetweenDarcyandElizabeth.ElizabethoncetalkedtoDarcy,“bothofushaveaverysimilartemperamentthatwearedissociable,asmumasamouse,andunwillingtostarttalking.Exceptthatourwordscanelectrifyourlisteners,likemottosthathavegloryandspreadhistorically”.Justbecauseoftheunityofthinking,theyhadbeenhamperedintheirmarriage.Whileatthesametime,theyhadagoodmarriageintheendduetoit.IfElizabethlivedinmoderntime,shemightbeafeministwhocaredabouthersisters.ItwasherstraightforwardbutimpoliteandnaughtycharactersthatattractDarcy.Themoreimportantthingwasthatshewasgoodatanddaretosaynotothepeoplewhohadahighersocialstatusthanher.Accordingtothenovel,Elizabethhadintelligence,courage,foresightandgoodself-esteem.Andshewasgoodatthinking.Justbecauseofthesekindsofgoodcharacters,shemadeherselfhaveindependentideasonloveandmadeherandDarcyagoodfamily.Inthisnovel,accordingtothedifferenttreatingmethodsofmarriageofBennett’sfivedaughters’,itreflectedtheauthor’sopiniononmarriagethatit’swaswrongtogetmarriedsimplyformoney,possessionsandstatus;butit’salsofoolishifleavingthosefactorsoutthought.Thus,shewasnotonlyobjecttogettingmarriedsimplyformoney,butalsoobjecttotreatingmarriageastriflingmatter.Sheemphasizedtheimportanceofidealmarriageandconsideredthelovebetweenmenandwomenasthefootstonetomakeanidealmarriage.TheheroineElizabethinthisnovelwasbornofsmalllandlordfamily,lovedbyrichgenerationDarcy.AndDarcyproposedtoherregardlessofthedifferencesoffamilystatusandwealth,butrefusedbyElizabeth.Hermisunderstandingsandprejudicesagainsthimwasareason,butthemainthingwashispridethatmadehimdisliked.Actually,Darcy’spridewasareflectionofstatusdifference.Aslongastherewasthiskindofpride,hecouldn’thavecommonthoughtsandfeelingswithElizabeth,aswellasanidealmarriage.Butlateron,ElizabethobservedDarcy’saseriesofbehaviors,especiallyhischangeofhisformerproudmanner,eliminatinghermisunderstandingsandprejudiceagainsthim,establishingagoodmarriagewithhim.Elizabeth’sdifferentattitudetowardsDarcy’sproposingactuallywasareflectionofafemale’spursuittoindependentpersonalityandequalrights.AndthiswasaprogressivesignificanceofthecharacterElizabeth.ThisnovelwasavividreflectionoftheconservativeandblockingcountrylifeinBritainfromlate18thcenturytoearly19thcentury.Itssocialpicturelikewritingstylenotonlyattractedalotofreadersofthattime,butalsogavereadersofmoderntimetheuniqueartenjoyment.Theauthor,JaneAusten,wasthefirstonetodescribetheordinarylife,beingaconnectinglinkbetweentheprecedingandthefollowingofBritishhistoryoffiction.Althoughthematerialinhernovelwasabitnarrow,andthestorywasquiteflat,yetshedidwellinshapingsharp-cutcharactersindailylife.RegardlessofElizabethandDarcythatwasworthofbeingaffirmativebytheauthororWaukeganandCollinsthatwassatirized,wereallvividlydescribed.Meanwhile,thewordsofJaneAustenwerewelltinkered.Shealwaysusedhumorousandfunnywordstovividthecharacteristicsofpeopleinthenovel.Andthiskindofartcreativitymadeherworksfulfilltheirownuniquefeatures.PrideandPrejudicewastheperfectcombinationofwordsandemotion.IfwesaythattheDreamofRedMansionsisthe“gentlewoman”ofeasternculture,thenPrideandPrejudiceisthe“Anneofgreengables”ofwesternculture.