Pride and Prejudice.doc

10. Why do you choose this story? I choose this story because the name Pride and Prejudice attracted me. I was wondering what the connection is between these two characteristics and how the story would develop. 11. After reading the book do you think was it a right choice and why? I think it was a right choice for me, because after reading this book, I think it is worthy of reading12. Who is the writer? What year it has been published for the first time? Who is the publisher? Jane Austen is this novels writer. It has been published in1813 for the first time. This book was published by Mr. Egerton who was from Military Library.13. Investigate about the writer and write about his life.Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, where her father was a rector. She was the second daughter and seventh child in a family of eight. Austen spent the first 25 years of her life in Hampshire. She was tutored at home. Her parents were kind-hearted readers and she received a broader education than many women. After her father retiring, the family moved to Bath.14. What significant incidents happen in the life of the writer? She was forced to end her puppy love because of her family matters. She choose to remain unmarried all ones life and scarify all the rest of life for literary creation. Finally, she became one of the most popular female writers. 15. What is the story about? It talks about four love stories. The first love story is a happy end story. Elizabeth who is a beautiful girl with a judgment married Darcy, who is a handsome man with family, and he is proud and fastidious to a degree. After going through many things together, with the misunderstanding vanishing, they are well married. The second love story is about Jane Benner and Mr. Bingley. Jane is a genteel and pretty girl and Mr. Bingley is a sincere and agreeable rich man. They are married with overcoming the interference of Miss Bingley and others. The third is an unhappy marriage between Lydia Benner and George Wickham, the foundation of which is lust. The last love story that sacrifices every better feeling to worldly advantage is an unequal match, which Charlotte Lucas marries William Collins.16. If you were the writer, how would you end the story? I would like to end the story with the same end of this book. I prefer to read a story with happy ending. It makes me feel our life full of enthusiasm.17. Choose a section of the book that you became interested and briefly analyse it in term of structure, cohesion and your interest. The beginning of the book made me became interested in it. It is a matching type novel. It tells us the background of the novel. It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters. I want to see what would happen next.18. Extract at least twenty difficult vocabularies and find their meaning which you had problem with(1) conviction n.1. an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence 2. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed(2) extravagance n. 1. the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth 2. the trait of spending extravagantly 3. excessive spending(3) imprudence n.a lack of caution in practical affairs(4) patronage n. 1. the act of providing approval and support2. customers collectively3. a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient4. (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support5. the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers even before noon there was a considerable patronage v.1. support by being a patron of2. be a regular customer or client of(5) avowal n. a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something(6) meditation n.1. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature 2. (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects(7) counterbalancen.1. a weight that balances another weight2. equality of distribution3. a compensating equivalentv.1. adjust for2. oppose with equal weight or force3. oppose and mitigate the effects of by contrary actions(8) captivatingadj.capturing interest as if by a spell(9) abominableadj.1. unequivocally detestable 2. exceptionally bad or displeasing(10) serenityn.1. a disposition free from stress or emotion2. the absence of mental stress or anxiety(11) repugnancen.1. intense aversion2. the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time(12) endeavour n.1. a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)2. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish somethingv.attempt by employing effort(13) civility n.1. formal or perfunctory politeness2. the act of showing regard for others(14) solemnityn.1. a trait of dignified seriousness2. a solemn and dignified feeling(15) resemblancen.similarity in appearance or external or superficial details(16) consolingadj.affording comfort or solace（17）expedientn.a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical oneadj.1. serving to promote your interest 2. appropriate to a purpose; practical （18）apprehensionn.1. fearful expectation or anticipation 2. the cognitive condition of someone who understands3. painful expectation4. the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)（19）extravagantadj.1. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings 2. recklessly wasteful（20）regimentn.army unit smaller than a divisionv.1. subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization 2. form (military personnel) into a regiment3. assign to a regiment （21）irretrievable adj.impossible to recover or recoup or overcome（22）lodgingn.1. structures collectively in which people are housed2. the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily3. the act of lodging19. What is the writers message? She describes these love stories which shows her attitude toward love. The love is such a pure thing that nothing else could destroy it. She scarifies all her life for writing.20. What was the most attractive section of the book or story to you and why?I like Chapter 34. This