Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (The End)

Wow. This book was just unbelievably good. ANYONE, and I mean anyone, that has the opportunity to read this book should! It's soo good. I feel as though I could read this book over and over again. It's just that good.

This book had so many ups and downs-- so many twists to the story! There are so many plot lines and characters, but somehow they are all related. This book was a bit challenging because of the language used, but I managed to read through it. For me, it made me laugh a lot, because the reactions of others were quite surprising to me, and I think I mentioned before, but the dialogue is just too amazing to be true.

Jane Austen shows the readers a world in which a girl's purpose it to marry, and to get higher in society. Throughout the book, you can see how Jane Austen "pokes holes" at this world by showing the snobbery of Miss Bingley and Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who are able to raise themselves up, by putting others down.

In this type of society, I think that Elizabeth is very misplaced, because she doesn't really care about what others think. Of course, she cares about her dignity and honor and whatever, but she stands up for herself when needed, no matter how high of a position they have, or how much money they have. For example, when Mr.Dary proposes to Elizabeth for the first time, he talks of why she is so wrong for him, and how he loves her against his better judgement. She is outraged at this, and many other circumstances, and she does not pause to speak her mind. She rejects him, although he is high in power, and makes 10,000 pounds a year(which is ALOT).

Another example, which is one of my favorite parts of the book, is when Lady Catherine De Bourgh comes to Elizabeth's house and demands to know whether or not, Elizabeth is engaged to Mr.Darcy, and if she isn't, she must promise never to marry him. (Lady Catherine wants Mr.Darcy to marry her daughter) Lady Catherine is an extremely powerful lady (and is Mr.Darcy's aunt). Despite her high ranking in society, when Lady Catherine insults/degrades Elizabeth, Elizabeth sticks up for herself, and promptly excuses herself from talking to her, while still keeping her dignity intact. This scene really opens up my eyes to Elizabeth's character.

This book was really good, and I just love the ending, because everything just falls into place, and it's kind of like one of the books where romance/love conquers all, and the characters get their own happily-ever-after ending, but with a little twist.