During my life, I have read quite a lot of literary works. However, one of them, namely Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, turned my world upside down, made me write, speak, and relate to many things differently. This book shows how you can reveal characters, show them from different angles, and captivate the reader in writing. Pride and Prejudice can rightfully be considered one of the best works in the history of literature. Such books influence the reader, who begins to rethink the techniques of speech and writing used.
While the book was written in 1812, Jane Austen in this book uses modern language that suited both 19th and 21st century readers. An indirect narrative takes place, which is also an excellent choice of technique since everything happens around the storylines and accompanies the main character Elizabeth. But what is most striking in the book, Pride and Prejudice, is the expression of deep topics through words. While reading the book it becomes obvious that it has a very strong message. Topics covered include feminism, freedom, opportunity, and marriage (Puspita & Pratama, 2019). All dialogues, events and their outcomes are directly filled with emotional components.
Being deeply impressed, you yourself involuntarily begin to think how much to convey emotions through seemingly unemotional words. Using Jane Austen’s techniques in practice, you begin to better understand their application, previously unexplored details, specifics, and the possibilities of transmitting emotions through the text are revealed. It is a great pleasure to read such works, but it is even more pleasure to be able to independently use words to convey emotions, feelings and stories. Jane Austen twists the storylines skillfully by first enticing and only then leading to a denouement, that this allows starting using these techniques in her own writing, if necessary.
In conclusion, this book has formed in me the confidence that a very deep message can be conveyed through written materials, and this is done without losing a single emotional, argumentative, or semantic component of oral speech. After reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen I began to develop my writing skills in order to be able to write texts with deep meaning. A text is something that is forever preserved in writing, can be passed down through generations and arouse admiration even after hundreds or thousands of years.
References
Puspita, M., & Pratama, P. (2019). The Value of Feminism in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and the Implications for Language Teaching. English Empower: Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 4(2), 65-74. Web.