Laura's Part Two Response

1.      This part of the novel could be titled “The Turning Point” do you think this accurately describes part two? Explain your answer.

To me this was not the turning point, perhaps a point of more understanding of the characters and their lives and personalities but the story to me at this point was just continuing to a conclusion which in my mind I sort of knew what was coming.

2.      What were your first impressions of Mr. Wickham? After you read Mr. Darcy’s letter, did your feelings change?

A little, to me there are two sides to the story and I actually felt bad for both sides, I felt they both had merit in their feelings.  I was not convinced completely that Wickham was as bad as what Mr. Darcy thought; perhaps he was jealous of Wickham.  

3.      What is your impression of Mr. Darcy at this point in the book?  What did you think about Mr. Darcy’s proposal to Elizabeth?

Mr. Darcy still seems to have that hard personality that now seems to becoming softer as he starts to reveal his feelings.  To me the Proposal was not romantic, but he did love her. 

4.      What did you think about the letter Mr. Darcy wrote to Elizabeth after he proposed to her?

Confusing.

5.      What is your first impression of Lady Catherine De Bourgh? Does her real life impression match all the hype Mr. Collins gave her? 

I really did not care for Lady Catherine and in my eyes the hype that Mr. Collins gave her I felt was a little over the top, but that is how Mr. Collins is