My First Experience With Emma

The first few chapters of Emma have been a pleasant experience. From what I have observed, Emma appears as a rich, and confident young lady who seems to always get things “her own way” and “thinks a little too well of herself”. Will she continue to think this way throughout the novel or will she learn something along the way and change into a more mature, older female? Emma believes that she is a good matchmaker, as she married Miss Taylor off to Mr. Weston. Emma was raised by Miss Taylor, since her mother died, therefore, they have a close relationship going on and the part of Miss Taylor going away has a sudden turn on her and Emma is not sure if she can handle it. But again, we are introduced to Emma’s confident mind as she believes that she has a “great regard” for Mr. Elton.  Will Emma’s confidence lead to her own downfall?

The relationship that Emma and Mr. Knightley have going on is a bit sarcastic and flirty to me. Even though he is Emma’s brother in law, it seems to me that something will happen between the two of them. He appears to try to lead Emma the opposite way from which she is trying to go. He tells Emma, “but leave him to chuse his own wife”.  Will he lead Emma the right way or somewhere where she will be depressed and devastated? What will happen between the two of them? Only time and chapters will tell! I personally enjoy these type of books because they have to do with love, sarcasm, social status, and a strong female lead. So I am very thrilled to read this book, especially as part of a school reading. Though at times, I did get confused in chapter 2 as all these new characters kept being introduced and I am not very good at remembering a lot of names in a book. Hopefully all these somehow connect together by the middle or end, as they always do. I can’t wait to figure out what happens between Emma and Mr. Knightley, because so far they seem to have something going on there. But what will happen to Mr. Knightley and his current wife, the sister of Emma? That is a bit weird I would say, but hey life happens. A lot of characters are introduced and there seems to be a lot of weddings going on. Is that part of the social norm at that time period? Is it in style or something?