Only The Past | Book 1

03

TRISTON
present

"So that's Mr Alcock" Jude whispers in my ear as we walks up to the stairs to where the seats are in the English room. "And is he what he looks like?" I question Jude. Keeping my eye on him as I try observe him.

"What dose he look like?" Jude mutters under his breath till trying to whisper. "Like he is no fun" I shallow the anxiety that still taking place but trying to relax. It's probably because it's quite different as at is school they do classes at night. Probably trying to reduce the party's and stuff that happened that most boarding schools try to stop, this is probably there way of doing it I guess.

"Kinda like he will shout at you if he sees you looking out the window and embarrass you in fount of anyone." I say as I start to crack my fingers out of thought of that happening to me. "Well I guess he is a bit up strict but I like it's because he wants the best for us, and that's a really pacific situation." Jude says sounding sensor. Both of us still starting at him. If he had eyes at the back of his head he would think we are crazy.

We get to the top of the stairs but at the back of the classroom and sitting in the middle of the last row right next to Jude, pulling down the table that is on the back of the seat in fount of us just like how the air plane seats and tables are.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Mr Alcock pronounce whilst turning his body to where all the students sit, pinning eyes with someone who sits to the left of the second row.
"This opening sentence from pride and prejudice by Jane Austen is suggesting what?" He continues with his eye still set on that person.

"Maybe that between seventeen ninety seventh you needed a wife to have all the acknowledgment and needs you must have." The girls voice utters with Mr Alcock's eyes still set on her. "Good guess Taylor, but" he says a smile bristling up his face. "this opening line sets the tone for the whole novel. We can easily discern that this novel is going to be about marriage and because the opening line says it is a truth universally acknowledged we can also suggest that the novel is going to be about gossip or miscommunication." Mr Alcock says bring up about four book pages from the book up on the screen that is next to the white board with the important quotes highlighted neon yellow. "You can chose one of these quotes or chose your own but it has to be on one of these pages. You can find the printed out version in the draw or your desk." Mr Alcock adds

"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine." "We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him." "Till this moment I never knew myself." "My good opinion once lost, is lost forever." All being highlighted

"Everyone get out your paper books and choose a quote from a page that is represented on the board and simplify what the quote means is and what it is saying" Mr Alcock says pointing to the board whist sitting down at his desk.

Getting out my book from my dark drey rucksack that sits on the door in the middle of my feet, looking over at Jude expecting him to be doing the same but he seems to be getting hypnotist by the girl that sits next that girl. I can't remember her name I think it was...... Hazel? No. Hanna. No. Ohh I remember. Hannah.

But he was not looking at Hannah, he was looking at the black girl that's was sitting next to her. I couldn't see her face or Hannah's face but Jude said they where hot so that's probably why Jude was staring at her.

Writing the date and the title at top the lined paper.

'I think that the quote: "In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression. She stared, coloured, doubted, and was silent. This he considered sufficient encouragement, and the avowal of all that he felt and had long felt for her, immediately followed. He spoke well, but there were feelings besides those of the heart to be detailed, and he was not more eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride. His sense of her inferiority—of its being a degradation—of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination, were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding, but was very unlikely to recommend his suit." Is suggesting that Darcy's proposal of marriage to Elizabeth in Chapter 34 demonstrates how his feelings toward her transformed since his earlier dismissal of her as "not handsome enough." While Elizabeth rejects his proposal, this event marks the turning point in the novel. Before Darcy asks Elizabeth to marry him, she feels only contempt for him; afterward, she begins to see him in a new light, as certain incidents help illustrate the essential goodness of his character. At this moment, however, Elizabeth's eventual change of heart remains unforeseen—all she thinks of is Darcy's arrogance, his attempts to interfere in Bingley's courtship of Jane, and his alleged mistreatment of Wickham. Her judgment of Darcy stems from her initial prejudice against his snobbishness, just as his pride about his high social status hampers his attempt to express his affection. As the above quote makes clear, he spends more time emphasizing her lower rank and unsuitability for marriage to him than he does complimenting her or pledging his love. "He was not more eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride," the narrator states; Darcy must prioritize love over his sense of superiority before he is worthy of Elizabeth's hand.'

DONE.

"I have finished." I whisper into Jude's ear seeing that he is still writing.