6. Pride and Prejudice

"'How despicably I have acted...I never knew myself'" (196).

After all of the quotes on vanity, pride, and prejudice behavior, the true realization of a mistake is portrayed within Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen represents this truth perfectly. That truth would be that one does not realize their true behavior or how they continue time after time until something smacks them square in the face. It does not change them until they are the ones who have ended up hurt and embarrassed. When that happens, their pride is hurt and their prejudice thoughts are exposed. It is a vicious cycle and Jane Austen clearly explains how it all happens and how the outcomes can be. Austen may have come by this truth when she was in love with a boy, but after his family did not approve, her family did nothing to help them be together either. They eventually got separated and Jane Austen's story is a lot like the character Jane in her novel, however, she added a twist to her story in the respect that Mr. Bingley does come back because of true love. This story is half of Jane Austen's life and the other half is that of what she wished had happened and what she would have learned had it all happened.

"Jane Austen Biography." Jane Austen.org. 13 March 2010. 2008-2010.
http://www.janeausten.org/jane-austen-biography-page-1.asp