Pride and Prejudice

Mr. Collins is visiting the Bennet family because when Mr. Bennet dies Mr. Collins will inherit all of their belongings. Mr. Collins is thinking of marrying one of the Bennet daughters and as tradition the oldest daughter gets married first so he asked Mrs. Bennet about their oldest daughter Jane. Jane lately has been with Mr Bingly and the two both love eachother. So Mrs. Bennet told Mr. Collins in the old-fashioned way that she was soon to be engaged with another man. This meant that Mr. Collins would go for the 2nd oldest daughter Elizabeth. I think that Mr. Darcy, another eligible bachelor in town, and Elizabeth should be together, because they are starting to like each other more and more. I think that Mr. Collins would then go for Mary the 3rd eldest child. I am not sure how well they would fit together but I think that that would be reasonable. Soon after Mr. Collins arrived in Neatherfield a ball is thrown by Mr. Bingly. In the chapters I read we learn about Mr. Wickham. We learn that his father was the steward for the late Mr. Darcy. He was not able to the ball because he had some business that he had to attend to. At the ball most everyone talks about him. This is where we learn about Mr. Wickham's past. Also at the ball Elizabeth gets very embarrassed. First it was her cousin Mr. Collins. He informally introduced himself to Mr. Bingly. It was considered very rude to just go up to someone and introduce yourself to someone and that is just what Mr. Collins did. Elizabeth tried to talk him out of it but he insisted and did it. Elizabeth was also embarrassed when they asked all the people at the ball if any of them wanted to sing. Elizabeth's younger sister, Mary, went up and sang. Mary, of course, sang horribly so Elizabeth asked her father to get her to stop singing. Her father did it in a very informal manner telling her to stop singing because others might want to sing, which embarrassed Elizabeth even more. When Elizabeth, her mother and Mrs. Lucas were sitting at a table Elizabeth's mother was saying that she just wants to marry all of her daughters to rich men and that they would all end up with rich men. On the other side of the table was Mr. Darcy who heard the whole conversation. Elizabeth was telling her mother to stop saying that because Mr. Darcy might tell Mr. Bingly that who them might not think that Jane really loved him even though he really does. That was the last time she got embarrassed that night. I will have to keep reading to find out if Mr. Darcy ends up telling Mr. Bingly what Mrs. Bennet said.

What has been the most challenging for you and your partner? Explain.
ME: The language has probably been the most challengingly for me because the way it is written makes it very hard to understand.
PARTNER: It is hard to figure out who is talking when because it does not always say it in the book to often.
What has been the most rewarding for you and your partner? Explain.
BOTH: When we read the book together, one of us reads aloud, we talk about the book as we go along. Doing this helps me understand the book better and my mom enjoys talking about the book.