Personal Reading Inventory
Book:
• Persuasion
Author:
• Jane Austin
Date of publication:
• 1818
Genre:
• Fiction, suspense, romance, and children literature
Characteristics:
• It took place in the present, the characters are involved in an event that had happen in the past, and the characters could be in a place that is real.
Setting:
• The time was 1814-1815 it was taking place in Kellynch Hall, Uppercross Manor, lyme and bath. The tone is sarcastic.
Major characters:
• Anne Elliot she is witty, clever, and very considerate. She wasn’t the prettiest out of the other ladies, but becomes more attractive when her qualities are noted.
Summary:
• This book is about a girl named Anne Elliot was engaged to Wentworth, but was persuaded to break off her …show more content…
He ought not; he does not.” This quote shows how somebody you love can truly have an effect on you.
• “ If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.” This quote tells you how men in general usually try to avoid talking about things with their wives that they don’t agree on with and would usually have the las word.
Motifs:
• Walking is a motif that is employed throughout persuasion, walking often signals conversing with others. Another one is marriage it directly compares social ranks in society,
Description:
• Jane Austin writes her books with such passion putting real life problems in it like how you can’t marry somebody that’s below you and how women weren’t treated equally, and that people shouldn’t judge the outside but the inside of the person like when she said “My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.' 'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company that is the best.” This should how they were falling in love with the person that was on the inside and not the
Book:
• Persuasion
Author:
• Jane Austin
Date of publication:
• 1818
Genre:
• Fiction, suspense, romance, and children literature
Characteristics:
• It took place in the present, the characters are involved in an event that had happen in the past, and the characters could be in a place that is real.
Setting:
• The time was 1814-1815 it was taking place in Kellynch Hall, Uppercross Manor, lyme and bath. The tone is sarcastic.
Major characters:
• Anne Elliot she is witty, clever, and very considerate. She wasn’t the prettiest out of the other ladies, but becomes more attractive when her qualities are noted.
Summary:
• This book is about a girl named Anne Elliot was engaged to Wentworth, but was persuaded to break off her …show more content…
He ought not; he does not.” This quote shows how somebody you love can truly have an effect on you.
• “ If there is anything disagreeable going on, men are always sure to get out of it.” This quote tells you how men in general usually try to avoid talking about things with their wives that they don’t agree on with and would usually have the las word.
Motifs:
• Walking is a motif that is employed throughout persuasion, walking often signals conversing with others. Another one is marriage it directly compares social ranks in society,
Description:
• Jane Austin writes her books with such passion putting real life problems in it like how you can’t marry somebody that’s below you and how women weren’t treated equally, and that people shouldn’t judge the outside but the inside of the person like when she said “My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.' 'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company that is the best.” This should how they were falling in love with the person that was on the inside and not the