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If I could pick any fictional character to go to prom with it would most definitely be James from The Program. He seems like the complete package. I haven't seen a out based on the book so I can only base this love for him from the book, but I imagine him being very dreamy and having nice eyes. The way the author writes his character makes him seem so perfect a lovable. I imagine him being the perfect prom date. I think James and I would have a lovely time together. 

So I finished basically everything and now I’m sitting here trying to write my general introduction and I am so stuck. I am so frustrated and I don't like that I’m doing. When I first sat down to write it a couple days ago I thought I had a good idea of what I was going to write but now that I am here writing it i feel so lost like I don’t know what to write, which is extremely frustrating. There are so many little parts I feel like I am missing and just writing it is tough because I don't know what all needs to be included and I don't want to miss anything or put something completely unnecessary. Wish your homegirl luck

I finished writing all my abstracts today and I honestly really struggled getting started. I wasn't really sure how to write it. I knew it was supposed to be a summary but I was still having a hard time with how to get started and what parts of the criticism to focus on. Once I finished the first one I felt that I had a good handle on it and started to really get going on them. I found that reading through the piece first and then going back and finding what I wanted to talk about was very helpful. On the first one I started reading and picking it apart but then on the second and third I found that reading it first was very helpful. 

I had to make two trips to the library because I didn't have a card to check my books out. The first time I went we talked to this librarian, and she was extremely helpful. She gave us a username to look online but I decided to just use the actual books. She gave me the sections and I spent about an hour looking at the selection of criticisms on Jane Austen. I found four really useful books but it took a long time to pick them because there were about two full shelves of Jane Austen criticisms. At the end of the day the books I found are very useful and it was worth the time it took! The second time I went I went back up and got a different book after looking back over it. I ended up wit four books that have a lot of helpful information. 

Although Dolly Parton is not very talked about today, I don’t think you can get an artists like Miranda Lambert without Dolly Parton. It seems as though today there are so many country artists that have strayed from strictly country, and turned to pop-country, but Miranda Lambert has remained country. When I was looking at hers and Dolly Parton’s music it seemed to have a few similarities. They are definitely very different from each other but I think at the same time they are very similar in style.

Throughout the first chunk that we've read the main thing I noticed was the idea of independence. To me, I saw that Janie grew up very independent. She had her Nanny who raised her but she was very independent and had to grow up very fast. When she marries Logan I think she almost looses a piece of her independence and she is trying to get it back. Same thing with Jodi. She has been so used to being independent, and now that she is no longer independent, she is trying to find a balance between having her independence and being in a relationship. It seems like that is going to be her struggle throughout the book and I'm really anxious to see if she finds that balance.

I just finished the book, and although I knew what was going to happen, because I've seen the movie that is based off of this book, in the end I was surprised. Before, when I was struggling with the book I figured Emma would end up with someone at least, but I thought it was going to be someone random that wasn't a big character throughout the book. Although now that I think about that, that would be kind of stupid if the main character of the story ended up with someone the reader is unfamiliar with. I can honestly say that I enjoyed most parts of the book. The beginning was very slow and hard to follow, so i was not a big fan of that, but once I got to the end where we see Emma starting to realize how she feels about Mr. Knightly I was really drawn in. I think throughout the whole book Emma talks about not wanting love for herself, when really I see it as she wants it more than anything. She tries to help people find love, and I think seeing other people fall in love made her realize her true feelings for Mr. Knightly. I was also very glad to see Harriet end up with Mr. Martin. In the beginning there was a proposal, and Harriet wanted to say yes but Emma convinced her to say no because she didn't think he was right. He ends up proposing a second time, and Harriet says yes. I was very happy with the outcome of the story. Although I had a hard time reading it, I really enjoyed how everything ended up playing out. 

I have a couple chapters left and I am finally really getting into the book. It took quite some time for the story to really pick up, and appeal to me. Once things started to climax and there were more character additions things really started to get interesting and I was drawn in. Although the character additions had me more confused, I was able to understand who was who after a chapter or two, unlike before when there were so many characters I couldn't keep track of who was who. Although the story is good, I still don't think I am much of a fan of Austen's writing technique. I can say that I am enjoying and understanding the book much more now though, which makes reading a lot easier.