The Great Gatsby

THE GREAT GATSBY

Oleh F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Setiap kali kamu ingin mengkritik seseorang, ingatlah bahwa semua orang di dunia ini tidak memiliki kelebihan seperti yang kamu miliki.”

Kalimat diatas merupakan nasihat dari ayah dari Nick Carraway, sang narator dari novel The Great Gatsby. Nick merupakan seorang pemuda dari keluarga terpandang, orang kaya di kota Middle Western. Nick memulai novel ini dengan mengomentari dirinya, menyatakan bahwa ia terus mengingat nasihat ayahnya agar tidak seenaknya dalam menilai orang lain. Nick beberapa kali melakukan lompatan pikiran dalam alur cerita The Great Gatsby ini. Setelah menyelesaikan kuliah di Yale, Universitas Favorit di New Heaven, melihat Middle West yang menjadi acak-acakan,  dia memutuskan untuk pindah ke New York untuk mencari peruntungan di bidang obligasi.

Tiba di New York pada musim panas tahun 1922, ia menyewa sebuah rumah sederhan di Long Island, disebut West Egg. Diseberang rumahnya, dipisahkan oleh sebuah teluk yang indah, terdapat istana-istana indah, disebut East Egg, yang juga tempat tinggal Daisy, sepupu Nick.

Nick tinggal persis di sebelah rumah mewah milik Jay Gatsby yang secara rutin melakukan pesta-pesta yang hingar-bingar. Walau Gatsby sering mengundang banyak kalangan atas di pesta-pestanya namun sosoknya tetap menjadi misteri bagi banyak orang sehingga banyak beredar gossip bahwa Gatsby adalah seorang panyeludup minuman keras, pernah membunuh orang, dan sebagainya.

Suatu hari Nick berkunjung ke rumah Daisy di East Egg. Kedatangan Nick disambut oleh Tom Buchanan, suami Daisy, yang juga merupakan teman Nick sewaktu di Yale. Di rumah itu, Nick dikenalkan dengan Jordan Baker, seorang golfer terkenal yang cantik dan sempat menjalin hubungan romantis dengannya. Dari Jordan, Nick mengetahui tentang kekasih gelap Tom, Myrtle Wilson, dan ditegaskan oleh Tom pada suatu hari dengan memperkenalkan Nick dengan Ny. Wilson. Jordan juga sempat menyatakan bahwa dia mengenal seseorang yang tinggal di West Egg, yang ternyata adalah Gatsby, tetangga Nick. Namun sebelum sempat Nick menjelaskan tentang hal itu, obrolan mereka yang sempat didengar oleh Daisy terputus oleh panggilan makan malam.

Nick terkejut menerima undangan pesta dari orang suruhan Gatsby. Akhirnya Nick berdiri di pesta meriah tetangganya yang penuh dengan makanan lezat, minuman memabukkan serta musik Jazz yang menghentak, tidak hanya menjadi penonton dari beranda rumahnya seperti yang biasa dilakukannya. Tidak banyak orang yang dia kenal, namun dia bertemu dengan Jordan Baker. Nick pun akhirnya dapat bertatapan langsung dan sempat berbincang dengan Gatsby, selama ini dia hanya bisa mengamati Gatsby berdiri sendiri memandangi teluk sambil bertanya dalam hati apa yang dilihatnya. Gatsby merupakan tuan rumah yang ramah, bahkan Nick diajak untuk mencoba hydroplane yang baru dibelinya. Pada suatu saat, Gatsby sempat meminta Jordan untuk menemuinya di ruangan pribadinya seorang diri.

 Nick kemudian terus mempelajari tetangganya yang misterius. Gatsby sempat bercerita tentang masa lalunya bahwa dia orang kaya dan semua keluarganya telah meninggal serta dia sempat kuliah di Oxford. Jordan menceritakan sesuatu yang mengagetkan Nick yaitu tentang perkenalan Jordan dengan Daisy, masa  lalu Daisy, serta kisah cinta Daisy dan Gatsby. Dia juga menyampaikan keinginan Gatsby agar Nick mengatur pertemuannya  dengan Daisy dengan mengundang sepupunya ke rumah kecilnya. Nick mengabulkan keinginan Gatsby, dan pertemuan pertama itu pun berlanjut dengan pertemuan-pertemuan romantis lainnya.

Nick kedatangan tamu seorang reporter yang ingin mendengar gosip miring tentang tetangganya. Gatsby memiliki nama asli James Gatz dan merupakan anak dari seorang petani miskin. Nasib mengombang-ambingkan Gatsby hingga bertemu dengan jutawan Dan Cody,pemilik yatch yang berumur lima puluh tahun, yang memiliki bisnis perak dan peleburan logam. Selama lima tahun dia mengikuti Cody berlayar mengelilingi dunia. Hingga suatu waktu Cody meninggal dan mewarisi uang dua puluh lima ribu dolar, namun muslihat hukum malahan membuat Ella Kaye, jurnalis perempuan, mendapatkan sebagian besar warisan itu.

Dalam waktu yang singkat, Tom menjadi curiga akan hubungan istrinya dengan Gatsby. Pada acara makan siang di rumah Buchanan, tatapan Gatsby ke Daisy dan ucapan Daisy yang dengan gairah ditujukan ke Gatsby membuat Tom sadar bahwa mereka pernah dekat di masa lalu. Meskipun Tom sendiri juga selingkuh, ia sangat marah dengan kenyataan perselingkuhan istrinya. Tom akhirnya menyetujui ajakan istrinya agar mereka – Tom, Daisy, Jordan, Nick dan Gatsby-  untuk jalan-jalan ke kota. Untuk pergi ke kota, mereka bertukar mobil, Tom, Jordan dan Nick mengendarai mobil Gatsby, sedangkan Gatsby dan Daisy mengendarai coupe Tom. Awalnya Gatsby menolak dan mengajak mereka untuk menggunakan mobilnya saja, namun Tom memaksa sambil menyuruh Daisy untuk segera masuk ke mobil Gatsby. Bingung dengan situasi tersebut, Gatsby sempat berdalih bahwa bensin di mobilnya tidak akan cukup, namun Tom bilang cukup, dan jikapun tidak, mereka akan mampir ke di salah satu toko, yaitu toko Wilson, untuk mengisi bensin. Wilson saat itu sedang sakit, karena sebenarnya ia sudah mengetahui kehidupan ganda istrinya, namun ia tidak menyadari bahwa orang ketiga itu adalah Tom. Wilson menceritakan keinginannya pindah membuat shock Tom. Pada waktu mengisi bensin, Myrtle, kekasih gelap Tom melihat dengan tatapan cemburu ke arah Jordan yang duduk diantara Nick dan Tom, ia menyangka Jordan adalah istri Tom. Tom tidak menggubrisnya dan segera tancap gas menyusul istrinya yang satu mobil dengan Gatsby.

Tiba di suite Hotel Plaza, pertengkaran pun akhirnya tidak dapat dihindarkan. Gatsby menyatakan bahwa Daisy tidak pernah mencintai Tom. Kenyataan Daisy bersedia menikah dengan Tom adalah karena Gatsby dulu miskin, sedangkan Daisy merupakan gadis kaya yang popular. Daisy kalut, begitu juga dengan Gatsby yang mendapatkan kesan asing terhadap Daisy. Tom menyuruh Gatsby dan Daisy untuk pulang terlebih dahulu. Waktu sudah menunjukkan pukul tujuh malam ketika Nick, Tom dan Jordan memasuki coupe biru untuk pulang. Dalam perjalanan ke East Egg, suatu kecelakaan baru terjadi yang membuat Tom semakin tersungkur karena ia kehilangan kekasih gelapnya. George Wilson shock melihat mayat istrinya dan polisi sibuk mencatat pernyataan para saksi tentang kronologis kejadian. Akhirnya salah seorang menyatakan ada mobil besar berwarna kuning dengan kecepatan tinggi menyalip mobilnya. Tom langsung menyadari siapa yang telah menabrak kekasih gelapnya. Saat Nick sedang berjalan untuk pulang di pekarangan rumah Daisy, tiba-tiba Gatsby muncul dari balik semak-semak dan menanyakan apakah melihat kecelakaan di tempat berdebu itu. Nick. Ternyata mobil itu dikendarai Daisy. Gatsby juga menceritakan bahwa perempuan itu seperti mengenal mobilnya dan ingin berbicara dengan mereka.

Wilson yang bingung akan kematian istrinya, menatap papan iklan “mata Dokter T.J. Eckleburg” dan mengatakan  “Tuhan melihat segalanya”. Tetangganya, Michelis, yang sempat menemaninya dan karena kelelahan memutuskan pulang ke rumahnya untuk tidur sejenak, mendapatkan Wilson telah menghilang empat jam kemudian. Wilson berjalan kaki untuk menemui supir yang membunuh istrinya. ketika Aksi ini kemudian beralih kembali ke Wilson yang, bingung atas kematian istrinya, menyelinap keluar dan pergi mencari sopir yang tewas Myrtle. Nick retraces perjalanan Wilson, yang menempatkan dia, dengan sore hari, di rumah Gatsby itu. Pembunuhan Wilson Gatsby dan kemudian berubah menembak dirinya sendiri. Dalam keadaan shock, Wilson mengarahkan pistol ke arah Gatsby yang sedang berbaring telungkup di atas matras di kolam renang. Setelah tubuh Gatsby hilang disertai warna kemerahan di kolam renang, Wilson pun mengarahkan pistol itu kearah dirinya sendiri.

Setelah kematian Gatsby, Nick mengatur untuk penguburannya. Dia bingung karena nampaknya tak seorang pun peduli dengan kematian Gatsby, bahkan Daisy sekalipun. Meyer Wolfshiem, mitra bisnis Gatsby, hanya menulis surat dengan kalimat yang datar. Sebuah telegram dari Henry C. Gatz, ayah Gatsby, membuat Nick sedikit lega. Ia akan datang dari Minnesota untuk mengubur anaknya. Nick menawarkan pemakaman Gatsby di West, namun Mr. Gatz menolak dan menyatakan anaknya lebih menyukai East. Meskipun selama hidupnya Gatsby popular, namun dalam kematiannya, Gatsby benar-benar terlupakan.

Tema :

Beberapa tema yang diangkat dalam novel ini adalah kehidupan cinta, kelas sosial, kehidupan hedon, pasca Perang Dunia I, gender. 

Latar :

Novel ini mengambil latar di kota New York pada tahun 1920-an (Jaman Jazz / Jazz Edge)

Sudut Pandang :

First Person (Narrator)

Konflik :

Ada beberapa konflik dalam novel ini, konflik antara Gatsby dan Tom, Daisy dan Tom, Myrtle dan George Wilson, George dan Tom.

Karakter :

-          Nick Carraway – Narator novel, pemuda dari Minnesota,  pernah bertempur dalam perang dunia I, dan lulusan dari Yale. Pindah ke New York untuk bekerja dalam bidang obligasi. Jujur, toleran dan dapat dipercaya, karena banyak yang memberikan rahasia pribadi mereka ke Nick.

-          Jay Gatsby – seorang pemuda kaya yang tinggal di istana besar di wilayahWest Egg. Perfeksionis, romantis, misterius, lembut dan dermawan adalah sosok Jay Gatsby. 

-          Daisy Buchanan – wanita yang dicintai Jay Gatsby dan juga sepupu Nick si narrator. Wanita yang popular di masa mudanya, sosialita cantik berasal dari keluarga kaya. Wanita yang menyukai kemewahan dan cukup mahir dalam berperan untuk menyembunyikan perasaannya. Bukan sosok ibu yang baik, namun tetap terlihat sayang terhadap putrinya.

-          Tom Buchanan – suami Daisy yang juga memiliki kekasih gelap. Laki-laki kaya yang kasar, rasis,seksis/gender, sombong, temperamental.

-          Jordan Baker – teman Daisy, kekasih Nick walau hanya sesaat. Golfer terkenal yang sinis, kekanak-kanakan, egois, pembohong dan selalu ingin tahu urusan orang.

-          Myrtle Wilson – kekasih Tom, wanita miskin yang matrealisme, memiliki obsesi menjadi kaya secara instan, sehingga memilih menjadi kekasih gelap laki-laki kaya yang kasar.

-          George Wilson – suami Myrtle, laki-laki miskin pesimis yang tidak memiliki sikap, namun memiliki cinta yang besar terhadap istrinya.

-          Meyer Wolfsheim – teman bisnis Gatsby, seorang tokoh dari dunia kejahatan yang terorganisir rapih.

-          Catherine – adik Myrtle yang sifatnya tidak jauh berbeda dari kakaknya. Kemunculannya hanya sekali yaitu diawal saja.

Unsur Ekstrinsik :

Novel ini menggambarkan situasi kelas sosial pada jaman setelah perang dunia I di tahun 1920-an. Situasi sosial kalangan atas yang sepertinya tidak jauh berbeda dengan saat ini. Hari-hari kaum hedon yang dilewati dengan pesta-pesta yang penuh dengan tarian-tarian, percintaan semu, dan pemborosan. Budaya pada jaman itu yang sepertinya juga masih terjadi hingga saat ini, yaitu si miskin tidak bisa menikah dengan si kaya. Materi masih menjadi topik yang sama dari dulu hingga saat ini. Status sosial dianggap dewa yang bisa membuat banyak orang menghalalkan segala cara untuk mendapatkan tempat. Situasi politik tidak terlalu jelas, namun dari cerita tergambar jelas situasi tersebut adalah setelah perang dunia I.

Pendapat :

Sepertinya The Great Gatsby secara garis besar kisahnya sederhana, tentang bagaimana Gatsby berusaha memperoleh kembali cinta Daisy, namun jika kita kita akan dapati bagaimana rumitnya sebuah hubungan cinta dan uniknya pergaulan antar kelas sosial masyarakat Amerika era di tahun 1920-an yang dikenal sebagai era “Jazz Age”.

Novel ini juga mengungkap bahwa pada masa itu banyak bermunculan orang kaya baru yang hidup dalam dalam gelimang kemewahannya. Hari-hari mereka yang dipenuhi dengan pesta-pesta yang meriah. Kehidupan mewah yang membuat lunturnya nilai-nilai moral terlebih lagi dalam hal menjaga kesetiaan terhadap pasangan hidup. Selain tokoh Gatsby, Daisy, dan Nick, novel ini juga menghadirkan tokoh-tokoh lain dengan karakter-karakter yang unik yang sebagian besar menganggap bahwa perselingkuhan adalah hal yang biasa dan sepertinya telah menjadi rahasia umum dan sebuah gaya hidup baru bagi kalangan atas.

Novel ini cukup mendeskripsikan apa yang terjadi di era tahun 1920-an dengan lebih detail. Banyak hal seperti situasi, peristiwa, benda, sastra, teater, dan sebagainya yang disinggung di novel ini sehingga bagi kita akan jadi sebuah hal asing yang menyenangkan karena untungnya novel ini menyertakan catatan kaki yang mencoba menjelaskan semuanya itu.

Namun, entah ini hanya saya yang merasakan atau kebanyakan pembaca lainnya, saya menemukan kebosanan yang amat sangat pada awal-awal membaca novel ini, karena hingga masuk ke chapter 2, cerita novelnya masih berkesan kesana kemari tidak jelas. Nick, karakter yang juga sebagai narrator, cukup membuat saya harus membolak-balik halaman berulang-ulang untuk mendapatkan alur cerita yang jelas. Saya baru agak mulai bersemangat ketika mulai memasuki chapter 3. Secara keseluruhan, novel yang menurut beberapa referensi dinyatakan sebagai novel terbaik abad 20, memang tidak diragukan lagi. Namun, bagi pembaca umum, seperti saya memang harus ada effort lebih untuk meng-khatam-kan novel ini.

Euthanasia Can Not Be Properly Regulated

Euthanasia Can Not Be Properly Regulated

Euthanasia still becomes controversy among countries over the past view years. One website about euthanasia defines it as “the intentional killing by act or mission of a dependent human being” (“Euthanasia Definition” 4). Means, when the death is not intended, it is not an act of Euthanasia. As what Dr. “Death” Jack Kevorkian did, I think euthanasia should not be permitted. Therefore, I disagree with euthanasia because of three reasons, religious reason, medical reason and law reason.

The main reason why euthanasia should not be authorized is religious belief. Several religions see euthanasia as a form of murder and morally unacceptable. Islam recognizes the right to live and to die, but the right is a gift from God. God is the only one that can determine the length of our lives and the way our lives end, which is mentioned in Al-quran chapter al-Hajj “And He is the one who gave you life, then He will cause you to die, and then will give you life (again). Lo, man is verily an ingrate” (qtd. in “Eutanasia”). Therefore, euthanasia, no matter how or why, if the aim is to eliminate a person’s life is strictly forbidden in Islamic Law. Moreover, The Catholic Church, in connection with moral teaching on euthanasia and life-support system, has struggled to provide clear guidance about how to handle people who suffer from incurable illness (qtd. in “Euthanasia”). On May 5, 1980, the congregation for the doctrine of faith has published "Declaration on Euthanasia" which outlines the guidelines (“The Sacred Congregation of The Doctrine of Life”). Pope John Paul II, who concerned with the increasing practice of euthanasia, confirmed that euthanasia is the erroneous act of compassion. He said, "True compassion encourages us to endure the suffering of our fellow. Compassion is not killing people, that we cannot endure the distress" (Saunders, 2001). Likewise, Christian perspective to face suicide and murder base on compassion, is from the point of “sanctity of life” as a gift from God. That’s why euthanasia for any reason is contrary to the intent and purpose of the gift. Both, Hindu and Buddha see euthanasia as suicide that can caused bad “karma (qtd. in “Euthanasia”).

The other reason to against euthanasia is medical reason. Allowing euthanasia means to undermine the commitment of doctors and nurses to save their patients. It will lead to less good care for the dying and inhibit the motivation to find new cures or treatments or inventions. In other ways, euthanasia gives too much power to doctors. They will be easily to guide the dying patient to choose euthanasia. Doctors may soon start killing people without bothering with their permission. Besides, the patient might recover against all odds. The diagnosis might be wrong. In today’s medical world knowledge is imperfect and science is constantly improving, therefore, there are cases where disease is being misdiagnosed or studies are being done for new findings of cure.There was an interesting euthanasia case in 2004. On 22 October 2004, a request to perform euthanasia has been filed by a man named Hasan Kusuma because he can not bear to see his wife, Agian Isna Nauli, 33, lay in a coma for two months after delivered their baby. His disability of financial is a reason as well to choose euthanasia for his wife. His requests finally rejected by the District Court. But after five months in a coma, Agian finally awake (Ardi, Nugroho). By this case can be seen, what would happen if euthanasia became legal.

The last reason is breaking the law, especially in Indonesia. Base on Indonesia’s law, KUHP in article 344, states that,” Barang siapa menghilangkan nyawa orang lain atas permintaan orang itu sendiri, yang disebutkannya dengan nyata dan sungguh-sungguh, dihukum penjara selama-lamanya 12 tahun" and so in article 338, 340, 345 and 359. All those articles are formally prohibits euthanasia (Billy).

In conclusion, euthanasia is against the teachings of many religions. Human cannot against the will of God. Islam, Christian, Catholic, Hindu and Buddha are prohibits euthanasia. Just leave it to God, because He is the one who knows the best for us. Furthermore, we cannot let doctors play as a God or give them too much power for their patient. Besides, it counts as a crime and there are several punishments for assisting suicide.

References :

“Euthanasia Definition”. Euthanasia Fact. Web.  4 December 2011.

“Euthanasia”. Wikipedia. 6 November 2011. Web. 27 December 2011.

 Saunders, William. “Straight Answers: The Church's Teaching on Euthanasia”. Yesaya. Web. 28 December 2011

Ardi, Ariyo; Nugroho, Agung. “Agian Isna Nauli Sadar dari Koma”. Liputan 6. 8 January 2005. Web. 2 January 2012.

N, Billy. “Aspek Hukum dalam Pelaksanaan Euthanasia di Indonesia”. Hukum Kesehatan. 15 March 2008. Web. 2 January 2012.

Pride and Prejudice

 Have u ever read this book ? 

Well, if you haven't .. you can read my writing about this book .. 

Synopsis

Pride and Prejudice

“Everyone knows that a single man with a large fortune needs a wife." The opening line in Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, shows us that the author has wit and exquisite sense of humor

, the novel opens with The Bennet family in Longbourn and their five unmarried daughters. They have no son, therefore, based on the law of entail the property must go to his nearest male relative, who was a clergyman named Mr. Collins. Because of it Mrs. Bennet is anxious to find wealthy husbands for her daughters. Mrs. Bennet is in good fortune when Mr. Bingley,a wealthy young man from the north England, is going to stay at Netherfield. She is so excited by the prospect of introducing her daughters to him, therefore, she immediately asks her husband to visit Mr. Bingley.

Soon afterwards an invitation to dinner was sent to Mr. Bingley, he came to the Meryton Ball with his two sisters, Mr. Hurst, the husband of the elder sister, and his friend, Mr. Darcy. Mr. Bingley has agreeable manners that made him popular. He is handsome, well-educated and friendly. Mr. Darcy, unlike him, has disagreeable manner, nothing pleased him, although everyone agree that he was handsome man with a noble appearance and an income of ten thousand pounds a year. Mr. Bingley is immediately attracted to Jane Bennet. Jane was very lucky because Mr. Bingley asked her to dance twice. Jane was so pleased about it though in a quiet way. On the contrary Mr. Darcy wasn’t interested with Elizabeth, the second Bennet, although she is pretty but not enough to tempt him. Later, Mr. Darcy shows an attraction to Elizabeth, but she refuses him after what he did upon her before.  Elizabeth decides she wants nothing more to do with him, despite his wealth.

One morning the four Bennets decided to walk to the Meryton to visit their aunt. The town was full of officers. But the attention of every lady was soon caught by a young man whom they had never seen before, Mr. Wickham. He had just come from London to become an officer in their regiment. Seems there was something between Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy.

On Mr. Collins visit to The Bennet, he determined to marry one of the girls. But when he proposed to Elizabeth, she refuses; he turns instead to her good friend Charlotte, who accepts him.

A letter came from Caroline Bingley that day announcing that the whole family had left Netherfield with no intention of returning. For in the same letter Miss Bingley told there was every hope of an early marriage between Miss Darcy and her brother. Meanwhile, Mr. Wickham meets Elizabeth who she immediately is drawn towards. He tells her falsehoods about his relationship with Mr. Darcy that he was being cheated out of a piece of inheritance from Darcy’s father.

Day after day has passed without any news from Mr. Bingley. Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, Mrs. Benett’s brother, came to the Loungbourn, and invited Jane to go to London with them. Soon, Jane was found out that her friendship with Miss Bingley was over, and all her hope to Mr. Bingley was absolutely over.

Elizabeth had the unexpected happiness of an invitation to go with her uncle and aunt on a tour to England during the summer. In London, Jane finally found out that her friendship with Miss Bingley was over. She also had a time to visit Mr. and Mrs. Collins who live next to Mr. Darcy's aunt, Lady Catherine de Burgh, she knows that Mr. Darcy and one of his cousins are to arrive soon. From that cousin, Elizabeth discovers with no doubted that Mr. Darcy was behind the separation of Bingley and her sister. Another surprise came when Darcy proposed her. She is dumbfounded and angry at the same time, and she refuses him in vehement terms. It’s related with all he did to Mr. Wickham and the relationship between her sister and Bingley. He responds by writing her a letter, revealing the true story about Mr. Wickham's shocking behavior towards Miss Darcy and also the reason for her other offences about Bingley with her sister. Elizabeth is forced to change her opinion of 'proud' Mr. Darcy.

Back at home, she learns with relief that Mr. Wickham is to leave with the regiment. But when Lydia is invited by the wife of the Colonel to accompany the regiment to Brighton, Elizabeth fears the worst, and she applies unsuccessfully to her father to forbid it. Lydia gets her way, and goes to Brighton.

Soon afterwards Elizabeth joins her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner, on a trip to the Peak District, where they visit Mr. Darcy's country estate, Pemberley. He arrives unexpectedly, but is strangely altered and is disarmingly kind to them.

Elizabeth receives a letter from Jane announcing that Lydia has run off with Wickham. A marriage between Wickham and Lydia has taken place. Elizabeth looks so miserable and she sure that she would see Darcy again after what happened before. Colonel Forster heard from another officer that Wickham never intended marry Lydia at all. Lydia lets slip Mr. Darcy's presence at her wedding and Elizabeth soon persuades Mrs. Gardiner to reveal the details. She realizes that her family is in great debt to Mr Darcy.

Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley return to Netherfield. Mr Bingley soon proposes to Jane. Mr Darcy proposes a second time and Elizabeth happily accepts, makes everyone's surprise and despite an attempted intervention by Lady Catherine de Burgh. After the weddings, both sisters live a happy married life.

The (happy) end.

CHARACTERS

Elizabeth Bennet, the second of the Bennet, has plenty of sense, quite blind to other people’s faults but with a tendency to judge on first impressions. She is intelligent, lively, and attractive.  She is so close with her father and her sister, Jane, and her best friend is Charlotte Lucas. Soon, she became Mrs.  Darcy

Mr Darcy is the main male character. He is a tall, handsome man with a noble appearance, intelligent, twenty-eight years old and unmarried. He is also the wealthy owner of the famous family estate of Pemberley in Derbyshire and an income at least ten thousand pounds a year. He is proud and has a disagreeable manner that  make him got a poor impression on strangers.

 Mr Bennet is an intelligent gentleman with a wife and five daughters. He has strange mixture of intelligence, sarcasm, humour and unsociable reserve. He relates very well with his two eldest daughters, particularly Elizabeth, showing them much more respect than his wife and younger daughters.

Mrs Bennet is  a woman of little intelligence and less knowledge. She had bad temper and, when she was discontented, she blamed her nerves. Her business in life was to get her daugthers married. Her pleasure was visiting and gossiping with friends.

Jane Bennet, the eldest Bennet sister, is always so pleasant to everyone. She is considered the most beautiful young lady in the neighborhood. She is contrasted with Elizabeth's as sweeter, shyer, and equally sensible, but not as clever; her most notable trait is a desire to see only the good in others.

Mary Bennet is the only plain Bennet sister, and rather than join in some of the family activities, she reads, although she is often impatient for display. She works hard for knowledge and accomplishment, but has neither genius nor taste. She is as silly as her two younger sisters, Kitty and Lydia, though she thinks she is very wise. She is included very little in the book by the author.

Catherine "Kitty" Bennet is the fourth Bennet sister, aged 17. She is portrayed as a less headstrong but equally silly shadow of Lydia.

Lydia Bennet is the youngest Bennet sister, aged 15 when the novel begins. She is frivolous and headstrong. Her main activity in life is socializing, especially flirting with the officers of the militia. She dominates her older sister Kitty and is supported in the family by her mother. Lydia shows no regard for the moral code of her society and is remorseless for the disgrace she causes her family.

Charles Bingley is a handsome, well-mannered, and wealthy young gentleman. He has an agreeable manner, although not being quite so clever. He lacks resolve and is easily influenced by others. He was in love so deep with Jane Bennet.

Caroline Bingley is handsome women, with a fashionable appereance. She is the snobbish sister of Charles Bingley with a dowry of twenty thousand pounds. Miss Bingley has romantic intentions on Mr. Darcy, is jealous of his growing attachment to Elizabeth, and rude to her.

George Wickham has been acquainted with Mr. Darcy since childhood, having been under the guardianship of Mr. Darcy's father. An officer in the militia, he has handsome face, a good figure and a very agreeable manner. He is rapidly forms an attachment with Elizabeth Bennet. He spreads tales about the wrongs Mr Darcy has done him.  He runs off with Lydia, and is paid to marry her.

William Collins is a tall, heavy man of twenty-five. His manners were serous and very formal. He is "not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society." Elizabeth's rejection of Collins' marriage proposal is welcomed by her father, regardless of the financial benefit to the family of such a match. Mr. Collins then marries Elizabeth's friend, Charlotte Lucas.

Lady Catherine de Bourgh is a tall, large woman with a face that might once had been handsome, who possesses wealth and social standing, is haughty, domineering and condescending. She doesn’t really like Elizabeth and later, courts her disapproval by marrying her nephew, Mr. Darcy, in spite of her objections.

Aunt and Uncle Gardiner: Mr. Gardiner, Mrs Bennet's brother, is a sensible, gentlemanly man, very superior to his sister in both character and education. Aunt Gardiner is a pleasant, intelligent, well-dressed woman and the favorite of all her.

Miss Darcy is Mr Darcy's quiet, amiable and shy younger sister, aged 16 when the story begins. When 15, Miss Darcy almost elopes with Mr Wickham, who seeks her thirty thousand pound dowry. Miss Darcy is introduced to Elizabeth at Pemberley and is later delighted at the prospect of becoming her sister-in-law.

Charlotte Lucas is Elizabeth's friend who, at 27 years old, fears becoming a burden to her family and therefore agrees to marry Mr. Collins in order to gain financial security.

THEMES

There are several themes in Jane Austin’s novel that are Love, Marriage, Wealth, Society and Class, Women and Femininity.

SETTINGS

Set in the English countryside in a county roughly thirty miles from London , at the turn of the 18th century.

CONFLICTS

There are several conflicts in Pride and Prejudice that are the conflict between Mrs. Bennet and Mr. Collins, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham, Miss Bingley and Jane, Lady Catherine de Burgh.

June 2012 means hectic month

yap ... it's a very very very hardly hectic month ..
 June means assignment .. assignment .. assignment .. post test .. post test .. post test ..

Fiuhhh ... #pake iket kepala kayak di kartun jepang ... trus melototin laptop ..

Well .. June already past .. sekarang .. deg-deg serrr nungguin hasilnya ...

Ngarep A semua ... aamin .. 

Going Extra Miles .. what i learned ..

hmmm .. the subject kind of bored? maybe its for u .. and so for me ..hahahaha .. 
no .. no .. just kidding .. 
well, honestly some of them, quite bored .. but in brief, just get the point .. and try to paraphrase with your own words .. 

well ... i'll try to sum up what i've learned .. 
^_^ 

another Extra Miles : all I read ..

Being a student of literature, well, i guess it's better for me to like reading. I think it's not an option, but an order. ^_^

Novel, Play, Prose, Poetry : 
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
- The Necklace  by Guy de Maupassant
- Desire under the elms by Eugene O'Neill
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Stronger by August Strindberg
- Rush Hour by Elaine Terranova
- The Colonel's Lady by William Somerset Maugham
- The Nightingale and The Rose by Oscar Wilde
- Desiree's baby by Kate Chopin
- The Last Leaf by O Henry 
- Angel and Demon by Dan Brown 
- Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 
- The Sniper by Liam O'Flaherty


and will be many more ... 
one by one .. i will picture it by letters .. hope u can enjoy it ..