Chapter 3 The Cambridge Companion

I felt very overwhelmed when reading Chapter 3. Having not read Pride and Prejudice I could not follow the characters because I was not familiar with them. I did learn that Jane Austen’s characters are very strong women. They are intelligent, and not as obedient as other woman of the time. I think this will help with writing my paper because the theme is “sex, power, and money”. I learned most of the characters in Jane Austen’s books go against the normal “sex, money, and power” roles. All of the characters played specific roles that Austen felt needed to be played out. I read that Austen modeled her book more like a play, rather than a novel. This method helped her to convey her message to her audience more effectively because it is what she had experience in.

-Kelly Keelon