Episode 8 Discussion [rewatch]

[A Cousin]

(25-07-2010 07:28 PM)Tea Lady Wrote:  I did notice that Adam was reading Mansfied Park. Do you have to be an Austen fan to work in Section D?

Funny TL! I liked Adam's answer to why he is reading Jane Austen: "She noticed things." I would add that she noticed completely mundane things. The choice of this particular novel is interesting in that the heroine, Fanny Price, is an observer. She is the poor relation sent to live with her rich relatives. She is the only of JAs heroines who is out of her comfort zone: socially speaking. She is an outsider looking in. She is also the heroine that seems to rankle readers the most. She is criticized as weak, timid and insecure - by readers and other characters in the book. But in the end she is found out to be the strongest character of them all. I thought that pertinent to Adams state of mind at that moment.