What does it mean to be human?

As humans. we communicate, we experience feelings like love, happiness, and fear; but what truly sets us apart from other animals, is that we attempt to understand them, and attempt to understand what goes on beyond the world we know. That sense of imagination. A Cheetah, for instance, can feel fear, and happiness, but it can't express it, nor does it bother to truly understand it. Many animals mate hundreds of times during the course of their existence with countless different partners, but as humans, we feel that there is some other human, just one, that we can spend the rest of our lives with, and never tire of. Our senses are only part of the equation. The rest is the mere fact that we interpret feelings, and have the ability to think beyond what we know for certain.

Pride and Prejudice 3

The end of the book. I feel smart now, since I've been able to make it through this book and still know my own name. Ok, I'm sorry, the number of characters isn't my only beef with this book, though it's a big one. I can't stand predictability in a novel. I knew from pretty early on, that Eliza and Darcy would be married, as well as Jane and Bingley. What I didn't see coming was the influences of the less important characters on the larger ones. The Bennet sisters, Lydia specifically, caused the plot change, and the shift in character personality. That wasn't bad, I enjoyed that, but the predictability of the rest of it was annoying. All in all, I know why we studied the book, I did enjoy the book as a study, but I would have stopped reading it if I pursed it on my own.

Pride and Prejudice 2

The character list is no better. If we weren't doing exercises in class and having class discussions, I do believe I would think Mr. Bennet wanted to marry his daughter, and that Mr. Bingley was already married. There are some interesting things though, in the story. I like where it's going, now that I know the characters, its a complicated plot, and I like to have to think. The only problem I'm facing is to keep track of who is doing what with who, so that I can think about how that might effect the overall plot, and the rest of the characters.

Pride and Prejudice 1

Pride and Prejudice is a very confusing book. It's like there is literally an unlimited number of characters, and as a reader, I can't even begin to figure out which ones are staying or leaving. It's really confusing. On the plus side, I do think it might turn out ok. I think if I stick with one set of characters, and follow them through the story, I'll be able find and follow a decent story. This test is going to be horrific. Especially if all these characters are going to stay for the whole story.