Character Description #2: Jane Bennet

Lu Li
AP English – Mr. George
Apr. / 13/ 2009
Character Description

Jane Bennet Analysis

_Jane Bennet, the eldest and most beautiful daughter of the Bennets, is an amiable, naïve, and extremely optimistic young lady whom sees no evil or illness in others.

_Besides her seraphic appearance, Jane is kind and thinks no harm of anyone in the world. In Elizabeth’s words, Jane is the kind of person who “like[s] people in general” (16). “You never see a fault in any body. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life” (16), cried Elizabeth, when her elder sister was praising Mr. Bingley’s amiable and good-humored personality, even though she has just met him once. However, Jane’s excessive optimism blinds her from seeing those obvious illnesses in people: “Jane united with great strength of feeling, a composure of temper and an uniform cheerfulness of manner, which would guard her from the suspicions of the impertinent” (22). This overly positive attitude towards general human beings made Jane innocent, but at the same time, simplistic and naïve.

_Jane is like a beautiful sunflower with soft honey-yellow petals. She is comely and vivacious, just like a lively sunflower stretching tall and proud to the sun in an elegant manner. Sunflowers always grow facing the direction of the sun – Jane prefers to see the goodness of a person; in another word, she always tries to face the bright side of an incident, rather than the dark side.

_With rosy cheeks and pleasant smile on her face, Jane is like the Noonan sisters, who are always cheerful, friendly, and see the best in people, even when they got stuck in some really bad situations.