Readsponding

Pride and Prejudice is over for me. I really enjoyed reading the book and in all sincerity, recommend it. I am not the only one closing the book with a feeling of satisfaction, most of my classmates have finished and we will soon be moving on.

In my classmate Nacks blog, he discusses the end of the novel and we share some views as well as we disagree in others. It's interepsting to read his response to the end of the novel from a guys perspective and how it differentiates from my own. Lets be honest here people, Pride and Prejudice is not the kind of book a guy would read over let's say some comic book they really enjoy. Nack describes the ending as being predictable and having a moral lesson to follow up on. Mostly these lessons are the idea of not judging too quickly or being too proud as we have seen through Elizabeth and Darcy´s relationship. Nack says in his blog post that "True love actually blossomed after all the events took place. Only after Dancy overcame his pride and Elizabeth her prejudice was the true love possible. In other words, the title of this book could as well have been 'Dancy and Elizabeth'." Elizabeth who was never really under the influence of the status quo ends up doing something unpredictable but goes into accepting the society she lives in through Darcy´s love. Darcy made an outcast of himself but in the end by embracing the lessons Elizabeth teaches him, discovers there is more to life than the status quo.

The foreshadowing in the novel makes the ending unpredictable. Throughout the novel we were given hints about the love Darcy felt for Elizabeth when he commented on her beautiful eyes. Then after the meeting in Rosings, Elizabeth began to have feelings for Darcy after seeing who he really was. The only challenges these two characters faced that could have kept them apart were the distance and the people around them. It was pretty obvious when Darcy went with Bingley to Longbourn that he was not only there for his friend but also for Elizabeth. After that, it was only a matter of time before the engagement was announced.

All in the entire book ended on a good note and what makes the book so enjoyable is watching the characters overcome the challenges the author throws at them. And really, who likes a sad ending?