Tuesday, 13 September 2011

A destination of a novel

In class we were asked to write about how there is a destination to every novel, in other words how every novel leads to somethings whether is be death or love, and how the author who wrote "Pride and Prejudice" puts across where the narrative is heading to the reader at the very start of the book. I'm not too sure what to write or where to start, but here is what i believe is right, even though it probably isnt.

Every novel has a destination and this may be clearly shown at the very start of the narrative by what the first chapter entails the way it is structured. 

The destination of the novel "Pride and Prejudice" becomes clear to the reader in the first chapter. After reading the first sentence "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" (which is a famous theory of great importance) an idea including marriage and wealth instantly becomes intriguing as it is the opening sentence.


Futhermore, the first sentence also has its own paragraph which helps the reader understand its importance and it also allows the theory to be more memorable, therefore the reader may think back to the begining of the narrative and realise its destination if they didn't grasp where the book is heading after reading the first chapter.

The conversation throughout the first chapter between Mr and Mrs Bennet is highly important, more so where they are and who they are because the fact that focus is not on the characters and the setting but on a conversation about marriage helps show that destination involves marriage, making the first sentence and what follows after it within the chapter very significant.

However, it is only until the end of the chapter when attention is brought onto who is discussing the topic of marriage as a brief description about the two characters is given. This adds emphasis to the conversation and allows the readers concentation to be directly on what they are saying. It also shows that what they discussing should be taken into consideration as they put forward ideas that are key to the destination which helps clarify it.


Finally, the last sentence of the chapter mentions that "The buisness of her life was to get her daughters married.." which is a large clue as to where the book will lead the reader and it is also a key quote to remember whilst reading the narrative. This is because it states that Mrs Bennets aim in life is to marry off her daugters which shows how important marriage is to one of the first characters to be introduced, therefore implicating that the author will lean more towards marriage as the reader gets deaper into the story.

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