Match Maker Mom

I personally find Mrs. Bennet, for lack of a better word, a crazy mom. She is very mischievous, slightly corrupt, and intent about marriage. Mrs. Bennet like the step mom in Ever After (a spin off of Cinderella) is willing to do anything to get her daughters that much closer to marriage. She actually plans on the rain to come down so Jane has to stay at Mr. Bingley's house. Even after learning of her daughters sickness she has no feelings of worry but is ecstatic that Jane gets to spend more time in the house.
"and her mother attended her to the door with many cheerful prognostics of a bad day. Her hopes were answered; Jane had not been gone long before it rained hard. Her sisters were uneasy for her, but her mother was delighted."
Excuse me if this doesn't sound like a deranged mom but I feel Mrs. Bennet is to set on marriage. She is willing to put her daughter in harms way in order to find a "suitable match". I'm just glad that I can live my life knowing my mom won't through me into a rain storm because a rich batchelor just moved in down the road and she wants me to be marooned at his house. : )

Pride and Prejudice 7-10

I feel the same way about the book as Mariha. The sisters begin to seem nice to Elizabeth, "Elizabeth began to like them herself, when she saw how much affection and solicitude they showed for Jane." pg.27 but then they go behind her back and spread rumors about her. There statement about Jane also showed how completely materialistic they are. "she (Jane) is really a very sweet girl, and I wish with all my heart she were well settled. But with sucha father and mother, and such low connictions, I am afraid there is no chance of it." pg. 30 and the statement about the daughter's chances of marrying shows this also, "it must very materially lessen their chance of marrying men of any consideration in the world." pg.30. I do like how Bingley is portrayed very nice and contradicting to his sisters by sticking up for Elizabeth even when she is not there. "It shows an affection for her sister that is very pleasing." pg.29. And Mr. Darcy is seen in a different light as well. Jane Austen allowed you to see a sweeter side to him in his affiction for Elizabeth.