Pride and Prejudice

This is now one of my favorite books! It was actually surprisingly entertaining. I think my favorite part in the entire book was when Elizabeth runs into Mr. Darcy in Pemberley. I like this part the most of all because it puts forth the possibility that a person and/or people's opinions can change. Another key idea that was really unique throughout the book was the idea that knowledge and wittiness makes one more beautiful than anything else. But probably the most important themes in the book were pride and prejudice; it's a little bit obvious because it is the title. The thing is the two are connected a lot of the time. For example, if Darcy wasn't so proud about his class and family connections, he wouldn't have made all those prejudices against Elizabeth for being less rich than him. But the ironic thing is that throughout the whole book Elizabeth complains about Mr. Darcy's pride, yet she lets her own pride create all these prejudices against Darcy. This shows that she isn't much better than Darcy is in the pride department. But I still like Darcy and Elizabeth as characters. I cannot say the same for Lydia and Mrs. Bingley. That's why the most annoying part of the book was probably when Lydia ran away. I do realize though that Jane Austen tried to make them that way, though. But I do feel bad for the father because he is stuck with Mrs. Bingley. I think that Mrs. Bingley's pettiness was necessary to demonstrate that one just can't be pretty and shallow but interesting and smart to actually make a relationship work. But even with those irritating parts, I enjoyed this book the most out of all the classics I have read.