傲慢与偏见

Many people simplyregard Pride and Prejudice as а love story , but in myopinion , this bookis an il lustration of thesocietyat thattime.She perfectly reflected the relation between money andmarriage at hertime and gave the people in herworksvividcharacte. The characte have their own peonal ities.M.Bennet is a womanwho makes great efforts to marry off her daughte.Mr. Bingley is afriendlyyoung man , but his friend , Mr.Darcy , is avery proudmanwho seems to always feel superior. Even the five daughte inBennet fami lyare verydifferent. Jane is simple , innocent and neverspeaks evi I of othe. El izabeth is a clevergirl who always has herownopinion.Maryl ikes reading classic books. (Actual lyshe isa pedant.)Kittydoesn' t have herown opinion but I ikes to fol low her sister , Lydia. Lydia is a girl whofol lows exotic things , handsome man , and is somehow a I ittle profl igate. When I read the book , lcanalways find the same peonal ities inthe society now.That iswhylthinkthis book is indeed the representative of the societyin britaininthe1 8thcentury. Thefami lyof gentleman inthecountryside isJaneAusten' sfavourite topic.But this I ittle topic can reflect big problems. ltconcludesthestratum situation and economic relatiohips in britain in hercentury. Youcan find thesefrom theverybeginning of thisbook. Thefitsentence in this bookis impressive. It reads: It is atruthwel I known to al I the worldthatan unmarried manin possessionof alargefortune mustbe in need of a wife".The undertone isveryclear:thefoundation of the marriage at that time is not emotionbutpossession. People always thinkthatAusten was an expertat tel I ing lovestories. Infact , the marriage in herbookis not the resultof love , but the resultof economic needs.After reading this book ,Iknowthetruthis thatapoorwomanmustbein needof a husband , awealthy man. lcouldn' tforget howeagerM. Bennetwants to marryoff herdaughte. If you want to know why she is so crazy about thesethings , I mustmention the situation in britain at that time.Onlytheeldestson had the privi lege of inheriting his father' s possessio.' Younger so and daughtewho are used to luxuriousl ives have nochoice butmarryamanorwomaninpossessionofalargefortunetocontinuetheircomfortablel ives.Thus we can seethatgettingmarried is a wayto becomewealthier , particularlyforwomenwithout many possessio. JaneAustentold us that money andpossession determined everything , including marriage and love inhercentury. In Pride and Prejudice" , the sisterof Mr. Bingleystronglyopposed his planof marryingJane becausethe Bennets don' t havemanypossessio and their social positio are much lowerthan them.From this , we can see there are а lotof obstacles for a notvery richwoman to marry а wealthyhusband.The society , the relativeswould notal lowthem to getmarried. In modern society , althoughthe marriagesof economic needshave decreased rapidly , the concept of money determineseverything" is sti II rooted in some people' S mind.A lotof parentstry hard to interfere theirchi ldren' s marriages. Educationbackground , possessio, jobs remai the main reasonthat mayinfluenceone' smarriage.Marryformoneyis sti Il abig problem inoursociety.We can' t helpthinking:can moneydetermineeverything?Austen left this problem for us tothink. The genius of JaneAusten I ies inthis perfectsimpl icity , the simpl icitythat reflects bigproblems.Although Austen was only21 when shewrote Pride andPrejudice" , hersharp observation of social I ives makes the style ofthis book surprisingly mature andI ively.The plots in herworks arealwaysverynatural .The developmentof the plot is as inevitable as aproblem inmathematics. I thinkthedepthof Prideand Prejudiceisthe reasonthat makes this bookprominent and classic. Today , herbooksti ll can be the guidetel I ing us theeconomic relatiohips bothather timeand inmoderntime.