In my last journal, we had just met Mr. Darcy and everyone has found him to be extremely disagreeable compared to his best friend Mr. Bingley. Mr. Bingley finds Jane very beautiful and seems to have fallen for her. Lizzy is very happy for her. The militia often comes to town and it has been made obvious that the younger Bennets, Lydia and Catherine, are pretty much boy crazy. They love to go to town simply to see the officer. Jane has been offered an invitation to Netherfield by Bingley sister. Jane wishes to take a carriage to the estate due to a chance of rain, but her mother wants her to take a horse. Her theory is that this way Jane is likely to catch a cold and will have to spend the night at Netherfield. Her plan works and Jane falls very ill. Lizzy wishes to go care for her at Netherfield and walks there through the mud, causing the guests at Netherfield to look at her in shock upon her arrival.
The plot in Pride and Prejudice is much much easier to follow than that of Emma. I find myself enjoying it much more because of the pace. Mrs. Bennet and her techniques to make sure her daughters marry off frighten me a bit and make me very thankful she isn’t my mother. I like how rebellious Lizzy is compared to her sisters. It gives her this edge that makes her a very interesting main character. I have been brain storming ideas for my project, and I think I’m going to do something like a compare and contrast of dating and courting in Lizzy’s time and modern time. It would be very fascinating.
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