“Chapter one from Northanger Abbey” is a narrative by Jane Austen written about a naive, young girl fumbling into womanhood. The narrative's structure consists of three sections including Catherine’s childhood, family life and the internal struggle that she feels about becoming a women. Through her narrative, Austen relates to the lives of many young women through the use of the third person point of view, as she narrates all of the trials and tribulations that young Catherine is confronted with. Austen also uses the rhetorical element of pathos to evoke pity amongst the readers, as she describes how the protagonist's mother does not have much time to raise her own children, because she is too busy teaching other children. Austen illustrates
