Elizabeth bennet grows, matures, and chages due to life experiences.
             People undergo numerous transformations, both physically and emotionally throughout their lifetime. We begin life as innocent, clueless children, whose actions are influenced by elders. We are completely dependent on others, from simple tasks as getting dressed, eating, and learning how to speak. We are either taught right from wrong, or form our own opinion studying our guardians. The environment we grow up in shapes the person we become. But as we grow up, we form our own ideas and strive to become independent. Active participation in events or activities, leads to the accumulation of new skills or knowledge. Our viewpoints change constantly, while we abandon past beliefs. Encountering certain situations makes it impossible for us to be the person we were. From suffering from a great loss, experiencing blissfully happy moments, excruciating pain, or getting a taste of freedom, we pass from one phase to another. Each phase provides new information to be learned, questions to be answered, and an opportunity to create a new lifestyle. Each and every one of these new experiences allows us to mature, learn, and change into the person we were destined and choose to become.
             These ideas are the focus of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton. In each of these novels, the protagonist behaves immaturely, and lets pride and stubbornness block her from seeing the truth. Many opportunities are open to them, but they refuse to change their viewpoints to see the other person's trouble and side. They do not even consider this, but instead believe they are right and help themselves before anyone else. Elizabeth Bennet has numerous amiable qualities. She is lovely, clever, witty and honest, but her sharp tongue and tendency to make hasty judgments often lead her astray. She must learn to see beyond first impressions by placing others ...