I’ve been meaning to read a classic because I’m already getting tired of playing computer games everyday. Yup I do play a lot. I like the Sims games, Fish tycoon and other girly games every afternoon after work. If it was a new game, I’m totally absorbed in it but I have already the 7 magic fish of Isola so there’s no challenge anymore. My tree is already 200 feet in zombies. Plus my Sims already got married and defeated the evil old man, so I went back to my first love, reading.
Choosing which classic to buy is not easy. But I want something easy to read just to while away the time. I ended up choosing Jane Austen’s Emma. From the time I bought it, I never played any game at all. What’s a game compared to a novel! I slept late because it was so interesting. Yes, Austen’s Emma is very much engrossing although I already had some inkling who will end up with whom even before I read the conclusion of the story. But one never knows if one’s guess is right or wrong so I’m very excited to finish it. Consequently, I slept late for a couple of days.
Emma is a long story but basically the plot is very simple. The story is a reflection of the polite society of England during the 1800′s. Emma plays matchmaker to her friend Harriet only to feel humiliated when the man whom she thought is in love with Harriet is in love with either her own self or to other girls of her neighborhood. The story touches on the lengths she has gone through to encourage the cleric Mr. Elton to profess his love to Harriet. Such was her indignation when Mr. Elton proposed instead to her. She was angry at the cleric not for disregarding Harriet but for him to even consider he is her equal when he assumed to court her. Such a notion in Emma reflects that people in the highest echelons of society would rather have a relationship with those who have the same social standing as they are.
Is this story still true today? I guess it’s true in many instances although there are a few relationships which defy this snobbery. Mr. Weston and his son, Frank Churchill are characters in the story who are exceptions to the rule of snobbishness. The character of Emma however upholds this. Snobbishness is also reflected in the cleric Mr. Elton who would not even dance with Harriet out of respect for her femininity. In very clear terms, he expressed how unworthy it is of him to be associating with a common person. The other characters like the Churchills, the Knightleys also shows snobbism in their words and actions as stated in the story.
I’m off novel hunting again or perhaps a new Sim game whichever comes first 
Im already bored with these games although it really hooked me when I had it new:
Sims Castaway (feeding, bathing…just like taking care of a baby)
Fish Tycoon ( I discovered the 7 magic Fish already)
This is one of the greatest games in history but I’m already bored with it.
Novels don’t bore but games do.
