Have you seen or heard about Pride & Prejudice, a book written by Jane Austen? The best-selling book was then made into a movie played by Keira Knightley and was released in 2006.
Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife. The Bennet’s 5 daughters include the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. These girls have been raised by their mother with one purpose in life: finding a husband.
The story then focuses on Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. When the wealthy bachelor Mr. Bingley and his best friend Mr. Darcy arrive in town to spend the summer in a mansion nearby their property, the shy and beautiful Jane falls in love for Mr. Bingley, but Elizabeth finds Mr. Darcy a snobbish and a proud man, and she swears to loathe him forever.
This is a good example of people rushing to make assumptions, where Elizabeth jumps to conclusion assuming that Mr. Darcy is a proud man without truly knowing him. She refuses to get to know him better and know him as a person, instead she judged him based on her first impression of him.
Towards the end of the story, Elizabeth realised that she has mistakenly assume Mr. Darcy. He turns out to be the total opposite to what she thought he would be. She ends up falling for him, and was asked for her hand in marriage by Mr. Darcy himself.
Written by : Nur Afifah Bt Noor Azlan
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