What does it mean to be human?

To be human means to be living It means that nobody’s perfect, everyone makes mistakes – and hopefully you will learn from them. Apart of being human is birth, sickness, death – it happens every day. Emotion. Feelings. No one human is like anyone else – we are all different. To have a conscience. To have a soul. Imagination.

Review for Pride and Prejudice

I didn’t really like reading Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. One thing that I can’t stand is when there’s far more characters then necessary. However, that being said, I think after reading it one time and seeing the move – if I were to reread this book I would like it. I may have just started off reading the book with a bad attitude, not having an open mind – which probably ruined it for me. The story itself now that I think of it WAS good, I do admit. There were many themes in this book. Love, Marriage, Goals, thinking about decisions and possible consequences, not to “judge a book by it’s cover”. Pre-judging led to unhappy feelings of certain characters such as Elizabeth, Wickham, and Darcy. Elizabeth fell for the wrong guy – and made assumptions about Darcy, who ended up being the guy she really wanted. It was interesting to see relationships between different characters form. It was neat to see the feelings and choices of the characters because you could often times relate it to present day situations. I admired Elizabeth because I believe that people get so caught up in being something they aren’t to impress people, or to fit in – that they lose sight as to who they are, their beliefs, their morals. Elizabeth always said what was on her mind, she didn’t fall for just any guy…just to get married like her mom wanted her to (unlike other characters – ahem, Lydia.) She was a genuine character. Overall I guess this book was okay, maybe I’ll reread it over the summer and I’ll enjoy it more.

It's in Darcy's hands

After this reading, we see that the "bad reputation" isn't stopping guys for the Bennett girls. Wickham and Lydia are together and move up north - Bingley and Jane are together - and what's been leaving me hanging is ..... ELIZABETH!?! Now that she is ready and she discovers feelings for Darcy - will he try proposing again? If you think about it they are now "even" Darcy was mean to her, and she rejected him. However Darcy has an "advantage" on the "playing field" because of the family's reputation and lack of wealth to their name. Marrying into their family could shut him out from the rest of the community, even though he has a higher status. ((Yikes!))
Fact of life: It always seems as though a girl discovers something once its not hers anymore. "You always want what you can't have"

I can't wait to read what happens next, will they end up getting married or not???

Pride & Predjudice by Jane Austen

This book isn’t my favorite – I don’t "hate it" (that's a strong word - I'd say more .. dislike) as much as I did in the beginning but…I like the movie better! There were just so many characters and then places thrown at the reader all at once – and that just confuses me. As I read I wrote down character names and their relationships or a detail about them to help me remember. Elizabeth turned down Darcy’s proposal. I completely understand her decision. After all, Darcy did make fun of her at the first ball and said she was not pretty enough. I can’t believe Lydia ran away with Wickham!! This is bad on many levels – especially for this time. This gave the family a bad reputation. It makes it look like the parents don’t care about what their do, like they have no authoritative rule on their actions. Also, because of this now it will be hard for the daughters to get married. What guy is going to marry into a mess? Wickham wasn’t even going to marry her!! Mr. Bennett ended up having to pay Wickham to marry his daughter to somewhat save their reputation. I hope that these girls get married!