I agreed with the general consensus that I liked chapters 3 and 4 better than the first two. Sad as it seems, I think Grigg is the most likeable character so far, but maybe this is true to Austen who tends to have more defects in her heroines than her heros. Not that I think Grigg is a hero. He just seems like a nice guy, and I also like that he likes science fiction. His chapter seems the most like Austen, since we never actually find out what happens at that party he went to when he was 10, what happened to his dad. Its a bit more suggestive than some of the others coming right out and stating things.
So, is anyone else having trouble finding corrolations between the book they are reading and the person's life described in the chapter? I read the comments on the back, and one was stating how Fowler took all of Austen's works and themes and made them very up-to-date, and I just don't agree with that view, thus far. I guess I can't really make the judgment until I have finished the book.
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hey K, i added labels to your post, but i wasn't sure if you wanted your first name or shoppergrl as a label.
hope that's cool. later!!
Hey, yeah, that's fine. You can put my first name, Katie down (that's a pretty innocuous first name.) Hope you're having fun with your mom!
I have to agree with you, Katie, I'm not seeing much of a connection at all between each of the characters and the book being read. I don't know what fowler was thinking, but I'm not getting it, whatever it was.
~~Emily~~
Glad I'm not the only one, Em. And I've read all of Austen's books except for Sense and Sensibility, so its not just confusion from having only watched the movies.
I certainly don't see direct parallels to Austen's books with the modern characters. But, I do find it rather provocative that Grigg is the one who was "born to be a heroine" (152). I'm definitely looking forward to reading the end and perhaps finding the clef for the novel.
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