As I am reading this novel, I noticed a couple things about Emma that remind me of myself. Although I very much dislike her character, I can’t help but realize that some aspects of her personality are similar to mine. For example, I find that Emma seems to be in a dream, or in her own little world where she sees things how she wants to see them and beats to her own drum. She thinks she can handle life by herself, and seems to live in this unrealistic version of her own reality. I, myself, kind of do this. I just float on in the real world, while my mind is constantly in some other land dreaming or zoning out. I also think I can handle other people and big tasks alone, but the reality is, like Emma, I’m not always as independent as I like to think I am. Emma “has too much of her own way” as the narrator describes, proving that she basically does live in a warped reality (Austen, 8). In the real world no one gets everything they want. She seems to get bored easily, a lot like myself, and is always looking for a new project or thing to work on. Mr. Knightley even says “she will never submit to anything requiring industry and patience,” as she is to indecisive (Austen, 37). Emma thinks it is her job to “arrange everyone’s destiny” and “improve” people, looking at them as tasks to get done (Austen, 387 and 24). I also waste a lot of my time worrying about other people and trying to keep myself occupied, so having come to these conclusions, I must admit I am sort of similar to Emma even if I may not like her.
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