This chapter helped me to understand the "power" aspect of the prompt because it went into depth about the roles of sex, money, and power during the time period Jane Austen lived in. I learned that the world was separated into class systems, and in each class system there was even smaller class levels. Chapter 8 used Mr. Bingley as an example. Although he had money, he was on the lower level of the money class because his was new money that came from trade. This was not as appreciated as old family money that had been in the family for generations. Since Mr. Bingley was associated with Mr. Darcy, who had old family money, he was able to be viewed better by his peers. One of the biggest points made in the chapter was the difference in class levels between men and women. Even in families, women rarely inherited land or money after their father died, it always went to the son even if the eldest was a women. If a women went unmarried, she was forced to rely on her brothers to care for her financially.
-Kelly Keelon
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