Giving readers insight to his stream of consciousness, Montaigne writes on the revolving themes in life: friendship, death, love, religion, politics, and education. Each essay builds upon another essay, but it also webs out to a new concept of no relativity. For example, he develops on the essay "Of one Defect in our Government" but then the following essay is based on clothing in "Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes." This comes to show his different style of writing based on his immediate preceding thoughts. His countless use of allusions to the Bible and ancient writers and philosophers can be quite confusing, but by doing so, his immense amount of intellectual knowledge is expressed. Montaigne embeds his personal experiences into these essays that at times, it seems too personal to share. Though it may not meet the traditional structure of most books, Montaigne's essays serve as a noteworthy piece of literature as he is able to put all these complex thoughts into an organized fashion by separating them into three books and within it essays.
Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, contradicts Montaigne's style of writing, with a romantic narrative to follow. The novel is in unison as the next chapter further develops the story in the eyes of the character Elizabeth Bennet.
She serves as the narrator of the story and like Montaigne, gives her sides of the occurring events. Dramatic irony is used in the novel as Elizabeth, most of the times, does not know the true side of Mr. Darcy. The author gives innuendos that Darcy is a genuine man when he is attracted to what she has to say and where it is she goes. For example, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy reside in the same household, Mr. Bingley's, where the reader understands his appeal towards Elizabeth's intelligence and charms despite her social status.
Although the book itself is over a thousand pages, Montaigne's essays only skim the surface of his innermost thoughts. His stream of consciousness, like many others, possess such complexity, that to be merely put into words is not enough. Meanwhile, Pride and Predudice contradicts his free style as the structured novel follows a line of events. Like Wallace mentioned, the brain works in mysterious ways that sometimes even the owner cannot control how it processes information and ideas.
Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice, contradicts Montaigne's style of writing, with a romantic narrative to follow. The novel is in unison as the next chapter further develops the story in the eyes of the character Elizabeth Bennet.
She serves as the narrator of the story and like Montaigne, gives her sides of the occurring events. Dramatic irony is used in the novel as Elizabeth, most of the times, does not know the true side of Mr. Darcy. The author gives innuendos that Darcy is a genuine man when he is attracted to what she has to say and where it is she goes. For example, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy reside in the same household, Mr. Bingley's, where the reader understands his appeal towards Elizabeth's intelligence and charms despite her social status.
Although the book itself is over a thousand pages, Montaigne's essays only skim the surface of his innermost thoughts. His stream of consciousness, like many others, possess such complexity, that to be merely put into words is not enough. Meanwhile, Pride and Predudice contradicts his free style as the structured novel follows a line of events. Like Wallace mentioned, the brain works in mysterious ways that sometimes even the owner cannot control how it processes information and ideas.
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