"The Bennets were speedily pronounced to be the luckiest family in the world; though only a few weeks before, when Lydia had first run away, they had been generally proved to be marked out for misfortune" (339)
When Lydia had run off with Wickham unmarried, the Bennets thought their reputation was doomed forever. Eventhough Mrs. Bennet was estatic to have one of her daughters married, she still thought Lydia's reputation would be ruined and the whole family, leading to musfortune and no more marriages, but miracles can happen. Bingly still loves Jane and proposed to her, Dary still loves Lizzy and Lizzy actually does love him too, and so Darcy also proposes to Lizzy. Even after such a horrible thing happened, love prevailed and overcame bad reputations and levels in society and a not so great family because the luckiest family.
Lady Catherine does not accept Darcy and Lizzy's marriage at first because:
I) She thinks the Bennets are not a suitable family for Darcy.
II) She doesn't like Darcy.
III) She thinks Darcy should be marrying her daughter.
IV) She never didn't accept it.
a) Just IV
b) I and III
c) II and III
d) Just I
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
P&P 13: 10-12
"The contents of this letter threw Elizabeth into a flutter of spirits, in which it was difficult to determine whether pleasure or pain bore the greatest share" (315).
Here we find out that Darcy had paid Wickhan to marry Lydia and Mrs. Gardiner hints that it was for Darcy's love for Elizabeth. Elizabeth does not know whether to be happy or upset about this because either, Darcy is doing thing completely romantic thing all for Elizabeth, just so Elizabeth and him can be together, or he made the biggest mistake ever by ruining not only Lydia's reputation, but the whole family's reputation. Elizabeth is torn between these two, but will soon come to a final resolution.
Why do you think Mrs. Bennet hates Mr. Darcy?
a) Because he paid Wickham to marry Lydia.
b) He is too nice.
c) He thinks he is better than the Bennet family.
d) He likes the Bennet family too much.
Here we find out that Darcy had paid Wickhan to marry Lydia and Mrs. Gardiner hints that it was for Darcy's love for Elizabeth. Elizabeth does not know whether to be happy or upset about this because either, Darcy is doing thing completely romantic thing all for Elizabeth, just so Elizabeth and him can be together, or he made the biggest mistake ever by ruining not only Lydia's reputation, but the whole family's reputation. Elizabeth is torn between these two, but will soon come to a final resolution.
Why do you think Mrs. Bennet hates Mr. Darcy?
a) Because he paid Wickham to marry Lydia.
b) He is too nice.
c) He thinks he is better than the Bennet family.
d) He likes the Bennet family too much.
Monday, April 6, 2009
huck finn
Do you know someone who completely contrasts you? Someone who is the complete opposite in every way possible? As for Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer is the antithesis of Huck. Huck was brought up in a very uncivilized world, whereas Tom was brought up in a world of rules and regulations. Huck is a very free-spirited person and questions everything, but Tom is a very constrained person and accepts everything as it has been shown to him without question.
Huck Finn lived on the river with his alcoholic father for most of his life. He did not go to school and he did not have to follow any rules. He could do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted and didn’t have anyone, except his father, around to influence him. As for Tom, he lived in a world of rules and regulations and books. Tom loved reading and loved to take what he read literally, “I’ve seen it in books; and so of course that’s what we’ve got to do” (17). He did everything exactly the way books said, with no exceptions, but Huck looked at everything in the most practical manner and questioned everything.
When Tom and Huck are robbing the Sunday school, Tom says that all the people there were A-rabs and elephants. Toms tells Huck that “it was all done by enchantment” (21) and if Huck “warn’t so ignorant, but had read a book called ‘Don Quixote’” (21), then Huck would have known without questions that all the people there were really A-rabs and elephants, but Huck doesn’t understand how they could have been if we couldn’t see them. Because Huck had such differing influences growing up he has be forces to thinks out for himself, and to him, it did not make sense how those people could have been anything other themselves. Whereas Tom has had a unified influence, and everything he has been told has always been the same, and he accepts that. So, when he reads something in a book, he automatically thinks, that whatever he does has to been done the way the books say. Huck’s contradicting influences have actually been a blessing in disguise. Huck able to look at people and society through fresh eyes and can actually see people for they are, but Tom see’s them through controlled eyes.
Tom’s view on slavery is exactly what would be expected. The blacks are not blacks to him, just slaves, but Huck’s view is completely opposite. Huck’s best friend was Jim, a slave. With Huck being so uneducated he did not really what slavery, and he did not have the education to naturally hate Jim. He saw Jim as a person, not slave. Tom, on the other hand, is very educated and has the natural inclination to hate Jim and treat him poorly, but in reality Tom does not really hate Jim. He actually likes to joke around with him and have fun with Jim, but Tom will not even think to ask any questions about it. Tom plays by the rules and whatever he has been taught, sticks with him and he won’t change it.
When Jim has been kept as a slave at Tom’s aunt’s house, Huck and Tom think up a master plan to free him. Little does Huck know, Jim actually is already free and has been for two months. Tom knows this and still continues to keep Jim captive and go through with his plan just because he can, “Old Miss Watson died two months ago […] and so she set him free in her will […] I wanted the adventure of it” (303). Tom only does it to have some adventure in his life, he does not care how it would make Jim feel, because Tom didn’t see Jim as a person. Huck, on the other hand, would never do such a thing. He actually does the complete opposite, he wants to break Jim out of slavery and he does not care what the cost is. Huck see’s Jim as an actual person, therefore he does not want to see Jim being treated so poorly. Because Huck has had such different influences he has been forced to figure slavery out for himself, and with his experience with slavery, while going down the river with Jim, he was able to see Jim for a person. Tom was never able to see that because his eyes were so controlled to what he was supposed to see. What he was told, so Tom does not have the gift, like Huck, to see things the way he wants to see them.
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were brought up in two entirely contrasting environments, and with that comes two entirely contrasting views on life. Huck is able to see people for who they really are and see things for what they really are, but Tom cannot. Tom only sees people and things the way he has been told to see them. Tom’s influences were unified, everything he was told was the same, so he accepted that, but since Huck had very different influences, he was forced to think out things for himself, which enabled him to free from a constrained life, unlike Tom.
Huck Finn lived on the river with his alcoholic father for most of his life. He did not go to school and he did not have to follow any rules. He could do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted and didn’t have anyone, except his father, around to influence him. As for Tom, he lived in a world of rules and regulations and books. Tom loved reading and loved to take what he read literally, “I’ve seen it in books; and so of course that’s what we’ve got to do” (17). He did everything exactly the way books said, with no exceptions, but Huck looked at everything in the most practical manner and questioned everything.
When Tom and Huck are robbing the Sunday school, Tom says that all the people there were A-rabs and elephants. Toms tells Huck that “it was all done by enchantment” (21) and if Huck “warn’t so ignorant, but had read a book called ‘Don Quixote’” (21), then Huck would have known without questions that all the people there were really A-rabs and elephants, but Huck doesn’t understand how they could have been if we couldn’t see them. Because Huck had such differing influences growing up he has be forces to thinks out for himself, and to him, it did not make sense how those people could have been anything other themselves. Whereas Tom has had a unified influence, and everything he has been told has always been the same, and he accepts that. So, when he reads something in a book, he automatically thinks, that whatever he does has to been done the way the books say. Huck’s contradicting influences have actually been a blessing in disguise. Huck able to look at people and society through fresh eyes and can actually see people for they are, but Tom see’s them through controlled eyes.
Tom’s view on slavery is exactly what would be expected. The blacks are not blacks to him, just slaves, but Huck’s view is completely opposite. Huck’s best friend was Jim, a slave. With Huck being so uneducated he did not really what slavery, and he did not have the education to naturally hate Jim. He saw Jim as a person, not slave. Tom, on the other hand, is very educated and has the natural inclination to hate Jim and treat him poorly, but in reality Tom does not really hate Jim. He actually likes to joke around with him and have fun with Jim, but Tom will not even think to ask any questions about it. Tom plays by the rules and whatever he has been taught, sticks with him and he won’t change it.
When Jim has been kept as a slave at Tom’s aunt’s house, Huck and Tom think up a master plan to free him. Little does Huck know, Jim actually is already free and has been for two months. Tom knows this and still continues to keep Jim captive and go through with his plan just because he can, “Old Miss Watson died two months ago […] and so she set him free in her will […] I wanted the adventure of it” (303). Tom only does it to have some adventure in his life, he does not care how it would make Jim feel, because Tom didn’t see Jim as a person. Huck, on the other hand, would never do such a thing. He actually does the complete opposite, he wants to break Jim out of slavery and he does not care what the cost is. Huck see’s Jim as an actual person, therefore he does not want to see Jim being treated so poorly. Because Huck has had such different influences he has been forced to figure slavery out for himself, and with his experience with slavery, while going down the river with Jim, he was able to see Jim for a person. Tom was never able to see that because his eyes were so controlled to what he was supposed to see. What he was told, so Tom does not have the gift, like Huck, to see things the way he wants to see them.
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were brought up in two entirely contrasting environments, and with that comes two entirely contrasting views on life. Huck is able to see people for who they really are and see things for what they really are, but Tom cannot. Tom only sees people and things the way he has been told to see them. Tom’s influences were unified, everything he was told was the same, so he accepted that, but since Huck had very different influences, he was forced to think out things for himself, which enabled him to free from a constrained life, unlike Tom.
P&P 12: 7-9
"Mrs. Bennet could hardly contain herself [...] to know that her daughter would be married was enough" (296).
Mrs. Bennet's wishes about marriage have changed quite a bit. Mrs. Bennet's first wishes were to have: '"one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield, [...] and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for'" (11). She wanted all her daughters equally married in stature and wealth; nothing else would do, but now just having her daughters simply being married is enough. Mrs. Bennet has finally realized that all she wants is for her daughters to be happy, and if that is with a poor man, than so be it. If her daughters are happy, than she is happy. Money is no longer an issue.
The reasoning for Mr. Darcy attending Lydia and Wickham's wedding is most likely:
I. Darcy and Wickham have reconciled.
II. Darcy likes Lydia.
III. Darcy was in hopes of seeing Elizabeth there.
IV. Darcy was forced to be there.
a) Just I
b) IV
c) I and III
d) Just II
e) all of the above.
Mrs. Bennet's wishes about marriage have changed quite a bit. Mrs. Bennet's first wishes were to have: '"one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield, [...] and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for'" (11). She wanted all her daughters equally married in stature and wealth; nothing else would do, but now just having her daughters simply being married is enough. Mrs. Bennet has finally realized that all she wants is for her daughters to be happy, and if that is with a poor man, than so be it. If her daughters are happy, than she is happy. Money is no longer an issue.
The reasoning for Mr. Darcy attending Lydia and Wickham's wedding is most likely:
I. Darcy and Wickham have reconciled.
II. Darcy likes Lydia.
III. Darcy was in hopes of seeing Elizabeth there.
IV. Darcy was forced to be there.
a) Just I
b) IV
c) I and III
d) Just II
e) all of the above.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
P&P 11: 3-6
"'I mist confess that I never could see any beauty in her. Her face is too thin; her complexion has no brilliancy; and her features are not at all handsome. Her nose wants character ; there is nothing marked in its lines. Her teeth are tolerable, but not out of the common way; and as for her eyes, which have sometimes been called so fine, i never could perceive any thing extraordinary in them. They have a sharp, shrewish look, which I do not like at all, and in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable"' (264).
Miss Bingley is once again bringing Elizabeth down, thinking it will do herself some good. Miss Bingley thinks that if she points out every folly in Elizabeth, than Darcy will like Miss Bingly. Not only is she pointing out Elizabeth's flaws, she is using herself as the standard for Elizabeth to live up too, but clearly the way Miss Bingley acts towards Elizabeth, and the way she talks about Elizabeth, Miss Bingley is not acting as a proper lady. Miss Bingley doesn't realize that she is only pulling herself farther and farther away from Darcy.
Miss Bingley is once again bringing Elizabeth down, thinking it will do herself some good. Miss Bingley thinks that if she points out every folly in Elizabeth, than Darcy will like Miss Bingly. Not only is she pointing out Elizabeth's flaws, she is using herself as the standard for Elizabeth to live up too, but clearly the way Miss Bingley acts towards Elizabeth, and the way she talks about Elizabeth, Miss Bingley is not acting as a proper lady. Miss Bingley doesn't realize that she is only pulling herself farther and farther away from Darcy.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
P&P 9: 19-2
"Elizabeth, as they drove along, watched for the first appearance of Pemberly woods with some perturbation; and when at length they turned in at the lodge, her spirits were in a high flutter" (239)
Elizabeth is excited about seeing Pemberly, but doesn't really like the fact that it has to do with Darcy. But, maybe her 'spirits a high flutter' because she actually wanted to see Darcy there. She says that she doesn't and that the only reason why she's going is because she was told he is not going to be there, but maybe the only reason why she is going is because she is hoping to see Darcy there and to talk about his letter.
Throughout the novel so far, the reader can infer:
a) nothing
b) the Bennet sisters may not marry within their social status
c) children do exactly what their parents want
d) all people of all classes associate
Elizabeth is excited about seeing Pemberly, but doesn't really like the fact that it has to do with Darcy. But, maybe her 'spirits a high flutter' because she actually wanted to see Darcy there. She says that she doesn't and that the only reason why she's going is because she was told he is not going to be there, but maybe the only reason why she is going is because she is hoping to see Darcy there and to talk about his letter.
Throughout the novel so far, the reader can infer:
a) nothing
b) the Bennet sisters may not marry within their social status
c) children do exactly what their parents want
d) all people of all classes associate
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