P&P Ch. 11-16

1) "[Miss Bingley] could not win [Mr. Darcy], however, to any conversation; he merely answered her questions, and read on. At length, quite exhausted by the attempt to be amused with her own book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn and said, 'How pleasant it is to spend an evening in this way! I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book--When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have noy an excellent library'" (Austen 41).

I despise Caroline. I really do. She is too obsessive of Mr. Darcy, and not the romantic sort of way Darcy is feeling towards Elizabeth. She's like psycho-obsessive. Everything she does is either in response to Darcy or to evoke a response from Darcy. She's just like an annoying little bug that keeps flying around the light on your ceiling. every now and then you notice it out of the corner of your eye, and even that is enough to warrant annoyance. But it doesn't stop there, he keeps flying towards the light only to bounce back from the heat and stupidly try again. Every now and then Darcy notices her futile attempts and still finds them annoying. Caroline doesn't stop, and she just keeps going for Darcy no matter what he may say or show for Elizabeth. Caroline should just give up already.

2) "[Mr. Wickham's] appearance was greatly in his favour; he had all the best part of beauty, a fine countenance, a good figure, and very pleasing address. The introduction was followed upon his side by a happy readiness of conversation--a readiness at the same time perfectly correct and unassuming" (54).

Here we see our first glimpse of Mr. Wickham, who is foretold to play a major role in the text. Like all of the male characters, he seems perfect at first--aesthetically pleasing as well as agreeable. Like all of the male characters so far, however, what is his flaw? With Bingley it is that he is too nice, with Darcy, his serious and laconic nature, and Mr. Collins, well, everything. We are hinted as to what that may be when Mr. Wickham meets Darcy, and they both share a silent greeting. The way it is described makes it feel like they've met before and had a past with each other in some way, and judging by the way Austen said one turned white and one turned red, one probably wronged the other in some way. It will be very inteesting to see how this will turn out(Go Darcy!).