Plot

Plot plays a role in Pride and Prejudice through Austen's dilberate sequence of events and placement of conflicts. Austen initially presents the characters to the reader both through telling the reader characteristics of the characters and through illustrating the way in which characters interact with one another. This introduction of the novel's characters is the first stage in a conventional narrative like Pride and Prejudice, exposition. The next stage, the rising action is when Mr. Bingley and Mr.Darcy begin to be involved in the lives of the Bennett daughters. As Elizabeth begins to develop feelings for Mr.Darcy, she discovers that he prevented her sister from marrying Mr.Bingley and therefore presents a conflict that is the climax of the novel. These are the most prominent plot stages in Pride and Prejudice.

While Pride and Prejudice is an example of the most commmon form of plot, The Reader's plot takes a very different form of plot than Pride and Prejudice. In The Reader, events do not necessarily take place in a continuous way. Each of the three parts of the novel have taken place within severl years of each other rather than in a relatively close amount of time. While the plot does chonologically sequence the narrative, characters often refer back to previous events that are influencing the present therefore adding a more complicated depth to the novel. The Reader also has multiple rising actions that lead to multiple climaxes as there are many conflicts and emotional complexities.