Comparing and contrasting during reading

I wasn’t so busy yesterday and today, so I used some time to review Pride and Prejudice, the other book of Jane Austen. Also, I finished four more chapters of Emma that I read up to chapter 37. Then, the third part of the book started. I found the books are similar but also different.

So, I would introduce Pride and prejudice firstly. It told a story about a family that had five daughters and no sons. In Britain for that time period, their family didn’t have an heir according to the law, so they would have no money after the father died. Elizabeth, the second daughter of the family, was a clever, beautiful and stubborn main character of the book. Her intelligence and her bright personality made her found her love Mr. Darcy. Even though it wasn’t so easy to make to people who excluded each other fell in love, the author Jane Austen did a good job. Because of the book, she became the best writer in my own perspective. Thus, I cannot stop myself to compare Pride and Prejudice, one of my favorite book, and Emma, the topic of my 30-day challenge.

Let’s talk about the similar parts now. By writing with the same writer, both of the books are having the same writing techniques. Also, for the setting of the characters, Mr. Woodhouse and Mrs. Bennett were having the same purpose. Well, please come down if anybody like one the two characters. That’s just my own opinion. Even though Mrs. Bennett always wanted to marry off her daughters, which Mr. Woodhouse never wanted to, their thinking is the same. They both proud of their house and always want to show off it to the others; they both always had headache; they were both stubborn on disputing their side; also, they had the same role in both of the books. That’s only a part of the similarities, I won’t tell more unless you go to read the book and find them out by yourself.

About the differences, that’s a plenty. For example, Elizabeth wasn’t in a rich enough family, but Emma does. Emma was in a glorious family that their wealth was even more than Darcy’s family. Elizabeth must marry some one to ensure her life after Mr. Bennett’s death, but Emma didn’t have to. Although both off them didn’t do anything excellent, Emma had a better education from the noble family that she had. It’s made her as proud as a peacock. She was usually kind, but we could know how she looked down to some peasants. For example, she totally disagree the marriage between Harriet and Martin.

Nevertheless, those differences weren’t big deals. The biggest difference between the two books is, I still don’t know who the male main character was! I noticed Mr. Darcy’s setting in love story since he appeared in the book, but I still didn’t know who was the remaining half of Emma after two third of the book. Was that a Romance or a Mystery? I wish I would know the following plots soon. I need to keep working!