What About Yourself?

Based on the first chapter, I am thinking Austen should have started with this phrase, "Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity (Another name for Prejudice) to what we would have others think of us". Its is truly acknowledged that people at high school only think of vanity, in this book's meaning of it.

Tell me the truth, have you  ever had an out of dress code in which you don't think if you look handsome or pretty. In the case of girls we use perfume and makeup. In the case of guys I have no idea, maybe Cologne and really expensive clothes.

It is absolutely false the old saying, women are not the only vain. Why do women take so long at the bathroom? because we need a replacement session in which we put more makeup on. Why do guys take so  little time at the bathroom? because they only need to pee, because they already know how gorgeous they look.

You see it is true even though you don't think this statement is true. Austen shows us how Elizabeth, the main character did not care about how people like Mr. Darcy thought about her, and this is how all people should behave.

This doesn't mean we can't be vain, it is good to let know people you feel pretty and that is why you use some makeup to show your beauty. It is only a meter for low self-esteem when we use those small things in an exaggerated way.

Human nature made us vain and proud, we only need to know how to manage them.

Gabriela