tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post268575114746524536..comments2024-03-28T03:33:21.028-04:00Comments on The Book Rat: Misty's Responses to Persuasion (2 of 3)Mistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-80480549059415782282012-08-22T20:46:26.173-04:002012-08-22T20:46:26.173-04:00You phrased it so nicely! I was very bothered by h...You phrased it so nicely! I was very bothered by how Wentworth was clearly using both Henrietta and Louisa to prove to Anne he didn't need her. There's no way that messing around with people like that is ever okay. And there's no way I'd buy that he didn't know what he was doing - at least slightly.<br /><br />I, too, very much enjoyed seeing Anne turn into a stronger and more confident person. Now I can't wait to read how things get resolved with Anne and Wentworth!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03052456915027241479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-85578934734803024362012-08-22T20:45:16.273-04:002012-08-22T20:45:16.273-04:00You know no matter how many times I read something...You know no matter how many times I read something I usually just read it for sheer enjoyment. I don't question anything. I just want to relax and feel the moment. I use my reading for downtime from the day. However, I'm starting to think that those rare times I do question things I should probably expand on that and ask more. I probably do in my head, or if it's a movie I mutter outloud much to the consternation of my friends. I'll take a cue from this tho' and ask more. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-79290315480320880062012-08-22T16:55:55.758-04:002012-08-22T16:55:55.758-04:00That's it exactly, Suzan - it's questions....That's it exactly, Suzan - it's questions. After the first time you read something, you can begin to analyze it and open yourself up to the questions that maybe you didn't want to face in the enjoyment of the first reading. I think we DO start to ask ourselves things on further readings, and start to realize how layered everything is - that even if we really like a character, we can question their actions and maybe not always approve...<br /><br />And it is VERY sad that Anne spent all this time pining...I suppose Wentworth <i>could</i> have and we just don't know about it, but it somehow just doesn't ring true. I think more likely he buried it and went about just getting through until he thought he'd escaped it.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-88489850898647050372012-08-22T16:47:55.959-04:002012-08-22T16:47:55.959-04:00I have to admit I haven't read along this time...I have to admit I haven't read along this time. So I've only read my copy of Persuasion last year....sigh sorry. I started my annotated version which I love but just couldn't concentrate. On the comment side I think both commenters have a point. Wentworth catches on quickly. He's not used to the game however he wouldn't have gotten to his position if he didn't learn quickly. I don't think he's naive either after being in different ports and listening to the men under him or serving with him. I do think he just can't figure out how to deal with the social issues in his own life. He was hurt but let's get a grip, all those years later and it's still not put to rest. That's a lot of time and a lot of water under the bridge. He didn't ever try to figure out what had happened to her? ever? While she was reading the Navy lists.....sad. His brother seemed to know of his attachment to Anne and he didn't even have his brother inquire from parishioners in the area about the local news of the main families? hmmm. Just questions and I even like Wentworth. I love how Anne's strength shows thru - even tho' quietly. my favorite Austen novel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-1862463541140069802012-08-22T15:48:33.274-04:002012-08-22T15:48:33.274-04:00I don't think he's ACTIVELY pulling string...I don't think he's ACTIVELY pulling strings in order to hurt Anne, or even that he realizes that he's using other people - playing with other people's lives and hopes - to do so. But he sort of DOES do so, nevertheless.<br />I think he's just being thoughtless, and maybe a little reckless - but it's something that often gets overlooked, I think, amidst all the swooning and sighing.Mistyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-27017230559729775142012-08-22T09:24:21.501-04:002012-08-22T09:24:21.501-04:00I have to disagree about Wentworth manipulating ot...I have to disagree about Wentworth manipulating others to hurt Anne. He's clueless as he tells her later that he was doing anything wrong. He'd been in the company of men for 8 years and wasn't used to the social games.<br /><br />I did my AiA post today at <a href="http://crownhillwriters.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">Jane Started It!</a> on this, and will go on to say that if there is real blame, IMO, it's at the feet of the Musgroves and their lack of propriety. We moderns like their casual ways, but in the Regency they set the slack tone and everybody wound up getting their knees bruised.Susan Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599394499288052327noreply@blogger.com