Monday, January 25, 2016
Pride and Prejudice; Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet and Family 01/25/2016
After having read Pride and Prejudice, I feel that while I can understand the reasons for the family pushing for their daughters to get married I feel that it was overly ridiculous. Mrs Bennet has no calm, I understand having five daughters during that time period is stressful but at the same time it does not feel as though the mother is as concerned about her daughters as much as she is about her own self-image. An example of this is when Lydia runs off with Wickam, and how that would ruin their image and how people would see her and her family. Mr. Bennet while witty and well humored is a horrible husband with no real concern about the things going on around him, he allows his wife to do whatever she pleases but then becomes upset with her actions; he doesn't speak his mind until things are already done. Lydia and Kitty are their mother spot on except all they care about is boys, they were completely boy crazy. Jane and Elizabeth are the only two in the family who care about more than wealth and status, they acknowledge that they do have to marry because they have nothing without their father but they still have their own self-worth. While Jane is shyer than Lizzy they are both equally prideful, the difference between them, however, is that Jane lacks the prejudice that Lizzy has. Lizzy is prejudice even toward her own family and her closest friend Charlotte Lucas, for marrying Mr. Collins. Elizabeth is kind of Prejudice toward anyone who marries for money, she believes that marriage should be done for love and if it is not done for love then it is less than one that is. I see myself agreeing with Elizabeth throughout the whole book, except for the interaction with Wickam. With Wickam, she finds this dark past and she believes him wholeheartedly and does not bother to really question it. When she finally confronts Darcy she does it with the motive of harming and blaming him, instead of trying to confirm the story with him. The only thing she had to really be upset with Mr. Darcy about is how he separated Charles Bingley and Jane Bennet, even though she believed them to be very much in love. I do believe in the saying "Better to ask forgiveness than permission" which to me just means that it's better to do what you want or believe and if and when all goes wrong to just apologize instead of asking just to be turned down, and I think Elizabeth partially lives her life like that, she believed and judged people freely and if she was wrong she simply apologized. She is also very realistic which I relate to 100%, she doesn't fantasize and make things up to be greater than they are.
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Origins, Influences, & Ideology 01/13/2016
1. What is your origin/lineage?
To me when talking about a person's origin, it means to talk about where that person comes from whether that be in a literal way: "Where are you from? I originate from Puerto Rico." Or you can be referring to the origin of how they came to be who they are today. My origin comes from growing up in a household in which we weren't allowed outside the house alone because it was a dangerous neighborhood. Gunshots every night and our neighbors were tied up and robbed. While my parents were great at being social that aspect of themselves did not pass on to me, therefore, being indoors all the time, except for when I went to school, I became a pretty reserved child when it came to unknown people. And while we did eventually move somewhere safer and I did make friends in our new neighborhood it had only happened after I had developed my personality enough where I couldn't understand what was the proper way to socialize with other kids. I had missed so much of the culture that other kids grew up with.
2. Who or What are your influences?
My family being the closest thing to me growing up influenced me. My older sister influenced my fears; when we were younger and we would go to bed she would get up after I had fallen asleep and go to my parents room to sleep with them, she was afraid there was a monster under her bed, however, after she had left I would wake up alone in the darkness, afraid... My mother and younger brother influenced who I did NOT want to grow up to be. My mother wouldn't take care of herself properly and would insist on staying up late to clean the house, making her condition worse. My brother like my mother is a horrible chatterbox, capable of talking and talking but about nothing of real importance. My father influenced how I wanted people to see me. He is the type of person who is loved by all in only seconds of having met him, he is what people call a social butterfly. He honest and funny and also has a passion for the arts.
3. What is your ideology?
I believe that there is such a thing as right and wrong, however, I don't believe it is that straight forward, there are gray areas. It is more personal than that. I believe the world is made up of gray areas and it is up to us to personally decide what is right and wrong for ourselves. I also believe that where you come from does not have to define who you are.
To me when talking about a person's origin, it means to talk about where that person comes from whether that be in a literal way: "Where are you from? I originate from Puerto Rico." Or you can be referring to the origin of how they came to be who they are today. My origin comes from growing up in a household in which we weren't allowed outside the house alone because it was a dangerous neighborhood. Gunshots every night and our neighbors were tied up and robbed. While my parents were great at being social that aspect of themselves did not pass on to me, therefore, being indoors all the time, except for when I went to school, I became a pretty reserved child when it came to unknown people. And while we did eventually move somewhere safer and I did make friends in our new neighborhood it had only happened after I had developed my personality enough where I couldn't understand what was the proper way to socialize with other kids. I had missed so much of the culture that other kids grew up with.
2. Who or What are your influences?
My family being the closest thing to me growing up influenced me. My older sister influenced my fears; when we were younger and we would go to bed she would get up after I had fallen asleep and go to my parents room to sleep with them, she was afraid there was a monster under her bed, however, after she had left I would wake up alone in the darkness, afraid... My mother and younger brother influenced who I did NOT want to grow up to be. My mother wouldn't take care of herself properly and would insist on staying up late to clean the house, making her condition worse. My brother like my mother is a horrible chatterbox, capable of talking and talking but about nothing of real importance. My father influenced how I wanted people to see me. He is the type of person who is loved by all in only seconds of having met him, he is what people call a social butterfly. He honest and funny and also has a passion for the arts.
3. What is your ideology?
I believe that there is such a thing as right and wrong, however, I don't believe it is that straight forward, there are gray areas. It is more personal than that. I believe the world is made up of gray areas and it is up to us to personally decide what is right and wrong for ourselves. I also believe that where you come from does not have to define who you are.
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