Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin was a very interesting and enjoyable story so far . The novel begins with Mrs. Bennet (one of the main characters) talking to her husband about a special bachelor who will be in town. She requests that her husband makes sure to speak to him. From this, I concluded that Mrs. Bennet is very demanding and not one to easily give up on something she wants. Her husband, Mr. Bennet (also being one of the main characters) explains to her that he does not agree with the idea of the bachelor; however he called and set up a meeting with the young gentleman. Mr. Bennet purposely kept this from his wife because he takes pleasure in contradicting and pulling her leg. One of the main reasons Mrs. Bennet wants a meeting with this young gentleman for one reason. Besides the fact that he was a rich and a handsome man, he was available. She wished to make him love at least one of her daughters, in order for her shame about neither of them being married to go away. This tells me that Mrs. Bennet is someone who cares a lot about what people say. She is the type to worry about her and her family’s reputation and be in constant fear of not pleasing everyone. Obviously in full knowledge of this Mr. Bennet shows his favouritism towards one of his girls in which he would rather that she be chosen. Mr. Bennet is the type of man that speaks his mind and does not care as much to what he says as long as his opinion is out, completely opposite of his wife, and Obviously, Mrs. Bennet does not like that about him.
While reading this novel I noticed that Jane Austin introduced each of the main characters individually as the novel progresses through the chapters of the book. In the first chapter of the book she solely introduced the parents and enough to grasp. In the second chapter she began to mention a few of the girls and who they are. However not all of them were mentioned in full detail leaving the reader a bit weary. This was something that drew me away from the book because it kept the reader guessing and unaware of what is really happening and hesitant of which character should be concentrated on. Overall, although it keeps the reader guessing and not sure of what to expect, it keeps the reader interested. I look forward to reading the rest of the chapters and even more excited to see who gets the guy in the end.
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