Q2 Emma

This week I also read 46 pages of Emma, by Jane Austin. I love watching the Jane Austin movies, and Emma being my favorite I decided to read it first. After a few years of putting it off for quicker reads or school books, I finally picked it up. And now I can’t seem to put it down. I have always loved the characters in this story. Emma is so cleaver and meddles in so many people’s business. Her best friend Harriett listens to Emma’s every word and does whatever she says. Mr. Knightly sees the faults in Emma and has no problem telling her so. Mrs. Weston is so kind towards Emma and patient with her paranoid father. Mr. Elton is so oblivious that Emma wants him to fall in love with Harriett. She instead falls in love with her. And poor Mr. Martin has no idea what ideas Emma has been putting in Harriett’s head. My favorite characters in the story are Mr. Knightly and Emma. Their relationship is interesting to see. Emma is shallow and cleaver, concerned only with the affairs of others. But she also cares for the poor and sickly. Mr. Knightly sees Emma’s faults, while most others cannot. While talking to Mrs. Weston he tells her, “At ten years old she had the misfortune of being able to answer questions which puzzled her sister at seventeen” (5, 34). I have found this book to be just as good as the movie, if not better!