In this village, everybody knows who is who and what they do for a living. Since the village is quite isolated, having a good family background and a well-established reputation are very important."Certainly, my dear, nobody said there were; but as to not meeting with many people in this neighbourhood, I believe there are few neighbourhoods larger. I know we dine with four-and-twenty families" (Austen 52). As stated in the quotation, reputation is relied on a person’s action, judgement, and trust. In the book, every action has affected a person’s status and reputation. As mentioned above in the introduction, people in this village have their own ways to build up their reputation. For example, dining with numerous families in a person’s neighborhood can help and raise a person’s image. The people often times gather information from different families and prejudge based on the information they gather. Furthermore, Darcy, a haughty landowner who falls in love Elizabeth later in the book, was judged throughout the village. His arrogance and his dour personality was something everybody could gossip, judge, and begin a rumor. The people in the village are judgemental that it is essential for a person to gain people’s trust and to focus on his/her reflection shown to other
In this village, everybody knows who is who and what they do for a living. Since the village is quite isolated, having a good family background and a well-established reputation are very important."Certainly, my dear, nobody said there were; but as to not meeting with many people in this neighbourhood, I believe there are few neighbourhoods larger. I know we dine with four-and-twenty families" (Austen 52). As stated in the quotation, reputation is relied on a person’s action, judgement, and trust. In the book, every action has affected a person’s status and reputation. As mentioned above in the introduction, people in this village have their own ways to build up their reputation. For example, dining with numerous families in a person’s neighborhood can help and raise a person’s image. The people often times gather information from different families and prejudge based on the information they gather. Furthermore, Darcy, a haughty landowner who falls in love Elizabeth later in the book, was judged throughout the village. His arrogance and his dour personality was something everybody could gossip, judge, and begin a rumor. The people in the village are judgemental that it is essential for a person to gain people’s trust and to focus on his/her reflection shown to other