Adnan Azam

After reading this novel I found Jane Austen as a feminist writer, she showed the power of women's will with the character of Lizzie. In this novel, she showed so many great things that it is so feminist! I love that one of the key aspects of this book is the main character Elizabeth making choices about her love life, even though she has been thinking about everyone else. She doesn’t let them bully her into changing. The frantic attitude of her mother, while so frustrating in the novel, doesn’t change her mind about Mr Collins or about Mr Darcy. Elizabeth makes her own decisions and is empowered by them, which shows the empowerment of women. Jane Austin clarified the events of that time even nowadays our society, the fact that women needed to marry for money and that happy marriages were rare. There is no beating around the bush about why the book is about marriage and romance because it was such a big focus. Moreover, I love that she wrote it so obviously. There are no hidden motives from the author. She writes what she knows and how she sees it and we see how crazy and ridiculous it was during her time and if we relate it with today, it fits in the frame of our society in every aspect. I really liked the thoughts of the author when she showed the natural transformation of love a hate-turned admiration- turned love relationship. Even though I knew where the book is going to end, I invested self in these characters and wanted to know how Darcy is going to win Lizzie over. I love that the title “Pride and Prejudice” speaks of both of them. It speaks of Darcy’s pride and Lizzie’s prejudice and how the two of them are at fault. I must appreciate the work of the author when she showed how Darcy makes such a mess of his first proposal and honestly, it's the best moment of literature. The author clearly drew structure of that era where women in the late 18th early 19th century did not have much choice when it came to their future. They could either get married or become governesses, that if they were educated enough. Their life was shaped mostly by their families whom tried to find them a husband who would support them. Although in the author’s age, women were regarded as emotional, weak, nurturing, and submissive, Jane Austen depicts her heroine Elizabeth as a woman who has her own perspective, feelings, and opinions. This novel totally reflects the ideas of Austen’s feminism through an analysis of the heroine in Pride And Prejudice. Austin’s presentation of her feminist believes through Elizabeth in regards to marriage, depiction of women by men, identity, as well as the patriarchal society they lived in. She shows Lizzie having admirable qualities which are numerous and she is lovely, and clever, Her honesty, virtue, and lively wit enable her to rise above the nonsense and bad behavior that pervade her class-bound and often spiteful society, now if we take the protagonist of this novel as the all women then we’ll understand the main idea of Austin who wanted to show that women needn’t to be deprive from their rights. I'm not a huge fan of classical classics where the writing style is dull and hard to understand. I was so pleased to find that this is not the case with Austen's writing style. I enjoyed every single page of this wonderful novel, and truly did not want it to end! I will certainly be reading more Austen! .