The chosen text belongs to the book "Pride and Prejudice". it was written by Jane Austen and features two characters, who are also the main characters in the book. These characters are called Elizabeth Benet and Mr. Darcy. The text refers to the moment when Elizabeth changes her opinion about Mr. Darcy, because he helped her family in a difficult time. This meant that Elisabeth no longer saw him as arrogant and arrogant, but as a charitable and integral man.
As has already been said, Elizabeth did not view Mr. Darcy favorably. She thought he was arrogant, boastful and miserly and merciless. However, he helps her family at a time when the Bennet family is economically fragile. Mr. Darcy, in addition to helping them, does so without expecting anything in return and still claims that neither Elizabeth nor anyone in her family needs to thank him, nor tell anyone about what he did. He is satisfied with just knowing that the Bennet family is doing well.
I feel connected with this passage because of the existence of an attitude of Mr. Darcy with people that he has no responsibility for, but who were in a difficult situation and he, being able to help them, helped, even though they could never repay. This situation serves for me as an example of solidarity and kindness to all people, regardless of what they think of me.
Explanation:
In order to better understand the answer given above, I will leave the text I used as a reference:
" 'If you will thank me,' he replied, 'let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe I thought only of you.'
Elizabeth was too much embarrassed to say a word. After a short pause, her companion added, 'you are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.'
Elizabeth, feeling all the more than common awkwardness and anxiety of his situation, now forced herself to speak; and immediately, though not very fluently, gave him to understand that her sentiments had undergone so material a change since the period to which he alluded, as to make her receive with gratitude and pleasure his present assurances. The happiness which this reply produced was such as he had probably never felt before, and he expressed himself on the occasion as sensibly and as warmly as a man violently in love can be supposed to do. Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eyes, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight diffused over his face became him; but, though she could not look, she could listen, and he told her of feelings which, in proving of what importance she was to him, made his affection every moment more valuable.
They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects. ..."
