Pages 216-248
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| “I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!" |
Emma still has not learned her lesson on meddling with other peoples' hearts and business. She realizes she is not in love with Frank and immediately after she comes to this realization, she tries to match make him with Harriet. I thought she was going to change, but instead she seems to be a static character and falls back in her old ways. She is too tempted to meddle with peoples lives. Mrs. Elton gets on my nerves, she is very rude and I don't think she knows her rank in society. She thinks she is above Emma and the Knightleys, but she is actually below them. She even calls Mr. Knightley just by his last name, which was very improper! I bet everyone was amazed by her calling him that because I know Emma was. I think Mrs. Elton and Mr. Elton are a good match though. They are both weird and rude, and I personally don't like either of them.
After rereading this section I realized how sneaky of a writer Jane Austin is. The author changes her point of view often to make the reader only see what she wants the reader to see. If the novel was told from the same point of view then we could really get a good insight to that character, but Austen changes the narrator in order to keep secrets from the reader. She briefly gives us hints of what is going on but for the most part she leave sit to Emma's imagination. Again, this is another flaw of Emma. Emma tends to make up thinks in order to satisfy her desires, like her "matchmaking". She imagines Mr. Elton to like Harriet but in return he had no feelings for her. Imagination is one of her biggest flaws and is what most of the action and conflict comes from in the story. This made me refer back to "Atonement". Briony also lets the power of imagination alter reality, like Emma. Fortunatley, Emma's imaginative mind wasn't as destructive as Brionys.
"MysteryInc." The Nerd Signal. Web. 29 Jul 2011. <http://www.thenerdsignal.net/?p=465>.
After rereading this section I realized how sneaky of a writer Jane Austin is. The author changes her point of view often to make the reader only see what she wants the reader to see. If the novel was told from the same point of view then we could really get a good insight to that character, but Austen changes the narrator in order to keep secrets from the reader. She briefly gives us hints of what is going on but for the most part she leave sit to Emma's imagination. Again, this is another flaw of Emma. Emma tends to make up thinks in order to satisfy her desires, like her "matchmaking". She imagines Mr. Elton to like Harriet but in return he had no feelings for her. Imagination is one of her biggest flaws and is what most of the action and conflict comes from in the story. This made me refer back to "Atonement". Briony also lets the power of imagination alter reality, like Emma. Fortunatley, Emma's imaginative mind wasn't as destructive as Brionys.
"MysteryInc." The Nerd Signal. Web. 29 Jul 2011. <http://www.thenerdsignal.net/?p=465>.
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