a. Title : Pride and Prejudice
b. Author : Jane Austen
c. Version : original print out
d. Number of pages : 1 - 325
e. Year of publication, publisher : 1993,
Wordsworth Editions Limited
f. Summary
Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Bennett is 18th
century couple which had five daughters: Jane, Elizabeth, Lydia, Kitty, and
Mary. They lived with enough wealth, not more or not less. One day, a wealthy
man named Mr. Bingley with his siblings came to their land. Mrs. Bennett had an
ambitious to give a marriage to Jane with Mr. Bingley. When the Bennett came to
Mr. Bingley’s house, they met Mr. Darcy. Darcy was an arrogant man. No one
liked him. But people said that Mr. Darcy is really wealthy. Even he arrogant,
all of the girl put her sight on him. Elizabeth Bennett is the only exception.
She didn’t interested with Mr. Darcy. She was thinking that who had an arrogant
manner is a bad man. Mr. Darcy really curious to Elizabeth. Started with that,
Mr. Darcy fell in love with Elizabeth. Of course Elizabeth hated Darcy, she
much hearing about Darcy’s arrogance especially from Mr. Wickham the army.
There are many things happened. Jane finally married with Mr. Bingley. Mr.
Wickham was a bad man, talked many lie things about Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth. He
finally married with Lydia. Elizabeth realized that Mr. Darcy is a good man,
she was blind with all of her prejudices. But finally, she could fix it and
they finally married. Everyone has happy ending.
2. Reflection
I realize that everyone has a pride. Even in
nowadays, it doesn’t change too much. If they have money, they can be arrogant.
But I believe that there are good men who not arrogant with what they have.
Sometimes, pride can be an obstacle. For example, when Mr. Darcy told to Elizabeth that he fell
in love with her. Elizabeth hated him because Mr. Darcy is really arrogant.
In other way, there is a feeling named
prejudice. Elizabeth hated him because she had a prejudice to Mr. Darcy. Not
all what she think about Mr. Darcy is true. Mr. Darcy is a good man, he did
many good things. But still Elizabeth think Mr. Darcy is a bad man. That’s why
they couldn’t be together at the beginning.
Then they learnt to not having pride or
prejudices. They wasted their ego. Finally they could be together.
I think in our life, we have to not be pride
about something. Everything in our life is not ours. It can be an obstacle to
the good things that will come to our life. We have to not making prejudices to
other people. Like people say don’t judge a book by its cover. Everyone has a
good things in their life.
Do Not Stand at
My Grave And Weep
By: Mary
Elizabeth Frye
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in
the morning’s hush.
I am the swift uplifting rush.
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft starshine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there, I did not die.
Poem
analysis:
I think that the poem so
gloomy, it has deeply meaning for the her(poetry). She seems to welcome death
not as the ending of a life, but as the beginning of another. She has a wise,
firm and powerful character. It’s proved by the first line of the poem, it is
not a plea or a suggestion, but a command. I think, if she sees that she is
very welcoming death as the beginning of another it seems that she has
depression disorder. Its like she has already bored with her life, but she
already loves with all people arround her.
It proved by her claims that she
is not there in the ground, but that she is alive. She goes on to explain where
they can find her. She promises to be with them in the “winds that blow” and in
the “diamond glints on snow”. She is still with them in the elements of nature.
So they still can feel her presence, even if not a physically bodily presence.
In the first stanzas the poem has
AABB rhyme and different rhyme in the next stanzas. The poem has repitition
example. So the poem also full of metaphor. Its proved in the line 2-6 and line
7-9.
The reason why I chose because it reminds me to my dead friend. She
has a very cheerful and humble character. So her death left a lot of memories
especially for me.
The Jump
By: Leo Tolstoy
Short
story analysis.
This short story tells of a boy who
has an unstable emotion, in which a monkey harasses him by taking the hat that
the boy uses. Then the monkey started tearing off the boy's hat and the boy's
emotions dragged. He chased the monkey for punishment, but the monkey was very
agile. This story takes place inside the ship, where the monkeys continue to
climb the mast with the boys who follow him. Until the boy arrived at the top
of the mast, the mast was very high, he was on the verge of death because if he
fell then he will die instantly. Suddenly
came the captain of the ship who was the
father of the child. He was a wise father, in such a hectic condiition he could
find a way to save his beloved son. He pointed a gun at his son so he can to
jump into the sea, after that the crew also jumped into the sea to save the
child. At the end of the story his son has survived from the very near death.
Moral
value: Patience will lead us to salvation, do not be emotional. Always calm in
every situation or condition so we can find the right solution to our problem.
Written by: Sofia Lathifah Yulia A.
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