03 Activity 4

Read the story of Pride and Prejudice provided in the eLMS. Afterwards, watch the movie
provided as well.
Answer the following questions in regards to the story "Pride and Prejudice."

1. Is there are difference between the book and the movie? What are the difference and what are
the details left out?

 Elizabeth holds secrets from her family and develops distant from her elder sister
Jane in the film. In contrast to the novel, while Elizabeth is irritated by occurrences
involving her family, she never hides secrets from them. She also confessed in her
sister after traumatic occurrences, and they never grow apart.

2. What do you prefer: the book or the movie? Why?

 I prefer films over books, despite the fact that books include more detail. I enjoy
watching because there is a visual that illustrates what is going on in the story.
Although reading allows you to escape reality by letting your imagination to take you
to new places. Sometimes, I prefer reading books over watching movies since the
characters and the story in movies are created by how director vision it. However, I
like watching movies since it is simpler to understand the plot.

3. Can you relate to any of the characters of the story?

 Yes. The character of Elizabeth Bennet is the most relatable for me. It is one of most
memorable characters and is also very relatable to modern women.

4. Did you enjoy reading the story?

 Not really.

5. Did you enjoy watching the movie?

 Yes.

6. Are there certain situations in today's time that are similar to what is happening in the story?
Include proof.

 The story Pride and Prejudice focuses on many of the social challenges and topics of
the time, such as war, wealthy gentry home life, and gender and inheritance
difficulties. It is a commonly known fact that Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a
love story. It is less widely understood that it is also a novel about money. Inequality
between rich and poor is still a problem today. Discrimination, such as impoverished
people being unable to attend rich people's parties, women marrying not for love but
for the sake of the family's business, or in short, for money. etc.