Pride and Prejudice

 

HEYYYYY, this is Xenia. 

    The book I’m reading recently is “pride and prejudice”. Some of you might know about it, or even already read or watch the movie. I’m no exception since I have watched the movie when I was a junior. However, I can merely remember the details now; therefore, I decided to read the novel to refresh my memory. 

    At first, I read two chapters, and the great among of dialogues and words makes me sleepy a little. Despite there being some scenes and voices of characters floating in my mind, they are still vague and not so lively. Thus, I decide to put novel and audiobook reading together, and the outcome is astonishing. The video is recorded in a quite standard British accent; what’s more, the recorder will change her speaking tone according to different characters. Thus, I could imagine the scenes and characters including their facial expression and outfit while talking. Well, I think I find a quite suitable reading way for myself. And if you haven’t found a satisfactory way of reading, you could try putting substantial and audiobook reading together, it might also be suitable for you! :)

    Since the background is between 18 and 19 centuries, it reflects the many aspects of attitude including education, morality, marriage, and so on. As for the content of the chapters that I have read so far, the most impressive part is that almost every parent in the story is desired to let their daughters marry a wealthy man so that they could be proud or live comfortably. The concept is a little similar to traditional Chinese, which we have discussed in the poem “on children” last week in class. 

    Asia parents usually over concern their children and worry about almost everything, which is actually on the basis of love and care. However, sometimes, this action might lead to conflicts and make them prohibit children from challenging themselves or even doing many things. On the other hand, they might want to control (although they might say that they just provide opinions, they still want children to act the way they set up) many things. Especially when making those important decisions; for example, buying cars, buying an estate, and marriage. I believe you might hear about similar things from your friends, relatives, stories on the internet, or even it is your own story. We have no option of choosing our parents; therefore, the key point might be the way of communicating with each other. After all, we have to make decisions for our life rather than being controlled for everything.