MHS SP, part six

“How despicably have I acted…I, who have prided myself on my discernment!-I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained from the generous candor of my sister, and gratified my vanity in useless or blamable distrust.”
-Pg 178

An example of pride and prejudice, as well as a technique Jane Austen used while writing Pride and Prejudice, the book is predominantly in Elizabeth’s point of view. By doing so, we as the reader experience the prejudices that Elizabeth goes through, seeing as we only see things in her point of view, whether it’s the initial charm of officer Wickham or the supposed arrogance and cruelty of Mr. Darcy. Here we see Elizabeth’s folly of acting indifferent to Darcy while becoming enamored by Wickham, and the mistake of allowing her pride to get in the way of seeing through Mr. Darcy’s supposed pride.
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When looking back through my dialectical journals to find an entry that would be suitable to present in my portfolio, I stumbled upon this entry, which was stored under the “Hypocrisy/manipulation” section. While originally the entry did fit with the subject, it wasn’t until the student run discussion where I was able to formulate the point that I had been meaning to all along, even if it wasn’t the most articulate response I’d ever made. I was finally able to grasp the purpose of Jane Austen purposefully writing in Elizabeth’s viewpoint, and that was not only to showcase the manner of how pride and prejudice were related and worked within each other, but it was also used to cause the reader to develop a prejudice against Mr. Darcy as well, by experiencing Elizabeth’s own prejudices.