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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Plot summaries, The Lizzie Bennett Diaries

47 VIEWS! Thank you, people who like my blog! I can't believe it, I have had 47 views on this blog, today! How does that happen?!
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Hello Bookworms!
Ok, so that was an interesting rambling I just did there, but yes. After getting no more than 15 views per day on the excellent days, I just got 47 views today. Thank you, you just made my month. Oh, and this is the 30th post! So, today I am covering an online YouTube show that I just watched, The Lizzie Bennett Diaries.
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Ok, so The Lizzie Bennett Diaries is a modern edition of Pride and Prejudice. (If that wasn't obvious from the name.) If you aren't familiar with the plot of Pride and Prejudice, then it's a good place to start. If you are and you didn't like it, that might be because of the plot, or it might be due to the writing style of Jane Austen. (Don't get me wrong, she was a great writer for her time, but sometimes writing styles change, and the books don't.) If you are familiar with the plot, and you did like it, you will probably like this one too.
The whole show is a video diary of Lizzie's life, and is told almost entirely from her perspective. (Her sisters and friends do highjack the show once or twice, but it's almost always to clarify an error.) Lizzie Bennett is attending grad-school, and is filming the video diary as one of her many projects. The show seems to center around her life, and her involvement in her sister's lives. Her sister Jane is sweet and wise, and is falling in love with a rich young doctor-in-training, Bing Lee. (Clever!) Her other sister, Lidia, is basically what you would call a 'teenage rebel'.(Basically, what Pride and Prejudice's Lidia would have seemed like in that era.) Then there is Lizzie herself, who is always standing up for her family, but sometimes when it isn't needed.
I liked this show, because it all seems real. The actors and actresses all know how to show exactly what reactions real people would have to everyday life. Plus, having siblings, I know the arguments people can have over misunderstandings. It's kind of nice seeing yourself reflected in other people, and seeing how they would respond to the problems you go through.
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I know, not much of a description. But still, life will always be crazy. Just hope to keep up! Thank you again! Habent sua fata libelli!

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