Pride and Prejudice and The Kite Runner Essay Example

much like Austen herself, who was also intelligent and not traditional like some of the ladies in her time were.

Elizabeth in Austen's novel also appears to the readers as someone who was looking for true love which might be the reasons why she appears so firm in her thinking of the society and how they react to marriages; the readers see this as she and Charlotte have a conversation through the use of dialogue in chapter 6. Austen rather than using the technique of third person narrative used a dialogue instead, this might be the reason because she wanted the readers to know that whatever Elizabeth thought of marriage were exactly what Austen herself thought too.

She develops her character as an independent woman who thinks that relaying on societies thinking was something she disagreed too, she appears to have a very modern way of thinking. As the novel reaches its climax point, the readers see that Elizabeth is a very independent woman who turns down not only one proposal but two proposals without any element of concern in her mind.

Saying earlier in the novel that she doesn't believe in marriages just for comfort is what she determines to stick to when she receives a proposal from Mr. Darcy, a wealthy man earning ten thousand a year however this changes when she visits the Pemberly estate in chapter 43, where Austen describes her feelings as 'to be mistress of Pemberly must be something'. The structure of Elizabeth's character changes as her heart softens for Mr. Darcy.

Even though at the beginning of the novel she has a lot of prejudice and hatred for Mr. Darcy character, she

later overcomes her prejudice as Mr. Darcy shows her the real him with the use of epistolary form, this technique which Austen uses is very significant in the novel because the reader discover Mr. Darcy's real emotions and feelings rather than Austen just narrating herself. Elizabeth in this novel is discovered to be the mouth piece of Austen as she reveals her views and opinions through the character of Elizabeth. She is also described as an imperfect and defective character as she speaks ill of Mr. Darcy with Wickham's and is blinded by her prejudice.

Her first impression of both men turn out to be the opposite however she doesn't realize this until Wickham's elopes with her sister Lydia, she also at first describes him as 'amiable, clever and agreeable' which turns out to be the opposite. The character of Amir is developed through his own introspective technique which Hosseini uses to describe Amir's feelings and views through the use of first person narrative contrasting to Elizabeth whose feelings and views are described in third person omniscient narrator.

Throughout the novel the readers see an intense development in Amir's character; dealing with inner-conflict he doesn't know whether what is right or wrong. Just like Elizabeth Bennet, Amir is described to have flaws in his characteristic mainly because he longs for his father's love which brings down his character to being someone he might not have been if his father was a loving one who appreciated his son for who he was. At the beginning of the novel the readers are informed about Amir's guilt and the way he tries to deal with it by burying his past

memories, through the use of flashback which Amir himself narrates.

As the tragic event of Hassan's rape happens Amir says 'I was a coward' this develops his character as someone who couldn't stand up to his fears and his loyal friend portraying him with selfish characteristics. Hosseini also describes Amir character through other characters in his novel for example Baba when he says to Rahim Khan through a dialogue 'a boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything'.

The use of dialogue which represent Amir's characteristic is very significant for the readers because not only does Amir thinks himself as a coward, other characters do too, this helps to develop his characteristic even further. There is a huge contrast between Amir's characteristics with Elizabeth Bennet's characteristic in two of these novels, she is classed as an independent woman with her own critical ways of thinking whereas Amir is not independent at all, he relays on societies ways of thinking as well as depending on other characters such as Baba and Hassan.

In Hosseini's novel the society treats Hazara's very different this also affects Amir as he shows confusion in his mind whether he should treat Hassan as a friend or a servant. There are many areas in the novel which shows Amir's action displaying him as a coward one of the main ones when he meets his enemy covering his identity with a beard which is eventually ripped off making him bare, to stand up to Assef. Hosseini at this point shows a twist in Amir's character when finally faces his biggest fear without running away as he fights for

the only way he would be able to seek redemption, to save Sohrab.

In the poem 'The patriot' Browning shows the development of the Patriots characteristics with the use of first person narrative similar to the novel The Kite Runner however in contrast with Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Browning develops his character as he describes the sequence of events throughout the poem. His character is seen as a hero as his country was even willing to do impossible tasks for him as he narrates they would 'bring me sun from yonder's skie! this informs the readers how much respect his country gave him.

With the use of flashback the Patriot informs the readers how he was a hero to his nation. Rather than going into flashback to show how bad of character he was similar to Hosseini's character Amir, Browning uses flashback in his poem to show the readers that a year ago he was a legend in his country and now he has been disgraced as he says his country thrown 'stones at me for my years misdeeds'.

Hosseini's novel character Amir informs the readers what he did wrong and how he seeked for redemption whereas Browning develops his character with pride and doesn't inform the readers why he had been disgraced, he says 'people dropped down dead' with the use of alliteration, the Patriot somehow curses his people and blames them for what has happened to him over a year. The Patriot is seen by the readers as ambiguous character as he doesn't inform the readers what really happens after a year that people are so tired of him that they want to crucify

him in 'Shambles Gate'.

Browning also uses the technique of first person narrative in his poem 'The Bishop Orders his Tomb' to inform the readers about his development of character throughout the poem. The bishop's character is already seen as someone with pride as he says 'old Gandolf envied me' and throughout the poem insults the character of Gandolf showing his bad characteristics especially because he is supposed to be a religious man.

At first Browning informs the readers about his confusion in mind about his relatives as he says 'Nephews-Sons mine... Ah God, I know not! ' this could display him as a very confused character maybe he is also confused as to why he is a bishop in first place when he wants to be someone who competes with others. This could be related to Hosseini's character Amir as he is also a very confused character when it comes to relationsahips such as he doesn't know if Hassan is his friend or servant.

As the poem carries on the readers see that the character of the Bishop is very materialistic as he constantly competes with Gandolf for a better tomb made with 'white-grape vineyard' whereas mocking Gandolf's tomb which is made from 'paltry onion-stone' yet again this could be similar to Amir's character in The Kite Runner because he is also very materialistic as he shows off about his father's 'Steven McQueen car' and how everybody couldn't take their eyes off it. Browning has created his character very different to an ordinary bishop because Browning's character is totally opposite to a religious bishop.

Browning creates his character of Pied Piper in his poem 'Pied piper of Hamelin'

very similar to how he creates is character in his other poem called 'The Patriot'. Browning using a lot of descriptive language describes the looks of the Pied Piper as a very magical character portraying him as a real hero coming to save a sticky situations. However this view changes as he informs the readers through a use of dialogue with the mayor why he might be here to save them from rats, which is for his own greed.

Browning uses similar why as Jane Austen to develop his character which is through third person narrative, the use of third person narrative in this poem describes the overview of the Pied Pipers actions whereas if Browning was using the first person technique in this poem similar to 'The Patriot' he would have made the readers sympathize for what had happened to Pied Piper was wrong similar to the way Browning makes the readers feel when The Patriot has been disgraced.

As the poem carries on the readers discover the bad side of the pied piper as he leads the innocent children into a cave. He is no longer seen as a hero for the readers the way he takes his revenge when he doesn't receive the condition he asked for. This poem similar to 'The Bishop Orders his Tomb' is an example of dramatic monologue which is another way the author of two text develop their character even further, by explaining the narrators own point of view which tells the readers what is happening throughout the story giving their views and feelings.

All three texts that I have studied are similarities and differences in some way. However one

thing all the characters have are flaws in one way or another. The authors in all the text use different ways to develop their characters in their text, some using first person narrative such as Khaled Hosseini and Browning's poem The Patriot and Bishop orders his tomb whereas Jane Austen and another Browning's poem Pied Piper of Hamelin use third person narrative technique to develop their character as both the character's are protagonist their text.