Personal+Review+of+Sense+and+Sensibility

Jane Austen’s novel //Sense and Sensibility// has been read by many, and will continue to be read for decades to come. The general story line of //Sense and Sensibility// revolved around two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, and their love life. The story dealt with Marianne who fell apart whenever a man broke her heart. She was a pessimist, while Elinor thought more optimistically when she had men who broke up with her. Elinor tried to continue on with life the same way and ignore the heartbreak she had felt inside. Ultimately, each sister will end up with a man, but the question remains; which man?

Jane Austen was known for incorporating humor throughout her stories and this continues to be true with //Sense and Sensibility//. //Sense and Sensibility// involves more emotion than //Pride and Prejudice//. Marianne was almost always crying after a man broke her heart by denying he ever loved her. Elinor tried to hold the family together, while her mother and her sister were completely falling apart. A theme that ran throughout //Sense and Sensibility// was gender inequality. Gender inequality is when a sex is treated unfairly and inferior, and in most cases it is a woman. Gender inequality was common in Jane Austen’s time. The women were forced to find mates because they could not afford to live on their own after their fathers died. This was ultimately true for the woman of //Sense and Sensibility//. Besides, Marianne’s constant crying, the story was well written. The story pulled the reader in and pushed the reader to keep up with the story. //Sense and Sensibility// yet another glimpse into real life experience of Jane Austen.