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I don’t like where the story is heading. Everyone even Edmund is trying to convince Fanny to give Mr. Crawford a chance. From my understanding, I am with Fanny because it feels like I’m being blindsided and gaslit into liking him for her when his interest only showed afterwards when she treated him no differently from the others. It’s weird in my opinion.

I’m so glad that even though Sir Thomas disagrees with Fanny’s decision heavily, he still saw from her perspective, that he warmed up to her well enough to accept it.

It is more on being pissed off at Mr. Crawford because he can’t handle a rejection because of his vanity and assumed Fanny is simply confused or in denial. He’s also emotionally manipulative for using her brother’s promotion in his grace.

I don’t like Mr. Crawford not just for what he did to the Beltram sisters but because he only helped William become a lieutenant so that Fanny would regard him positively better. I couldn’t find it in me to think that they would be together because Fanny has high esteem and respect for his cousins and herself than to accept his hand.

Am I understanding it completely? Edmund shut down Fanny’s thoughts of him marrying Miss Crawford, considering they weren’t compatible, from his choice of profession alone given with such joking but hurtful insult.

Okay. I really think this is about Edmund and Fanny, though it has very familial complications that I am not privy to that I hope is clear enough for me to understand soon!

James talks about how there is an unwillingness to change and even if there is, there’s this problematic mutual agreement between both racists and black people or segregation. But he acknowledges how that isn’t freedom and I agree with him. Although around that time, it must be hard to picture the modern day America today.

It is possible but some things may not have changed.

The Muslim movement demands that black people are owed their own land as compensation. Reading about this today, puts into perspective how their dream hadn’t been feasible.

As it was, James is able to predict that nothing could change if black people couldn’t use their past to change. It’s a beautiful insight. I cannot speak for this, but as an observer, their disadvantaged culture still exists today.

So to my understanding, it took 50% into the book to grasp that Mr. Crawford led Julia and Maria on and now he’s doing the same to Fanny just because her change and mystery of herself made him curious. Since I am still confused of who Fanny coupled with, I don’t like Mr. Crawford for her.

Mrs. Norris is really annoying with how much she’s looking down at Fanny! I’m glad that Mr. Betram has a change of heart warming up to Fanny. It’s just insane to me how a class difference had to exist even within the family.

Moreover, it’s also a surprise to me that people around this era just acted out plays for their own entertainment. They really did everything to satisfy their boredom.

I didn’t think about how skalds have immunity from death in battles since they are considered very important members as witnesses of history. They carry a viking’s legacy and although the period was archaic, the fact that they knew how to preserve their legacy through skalds is such a brilliant and impressive method because it clearly worked.

Elijah’s belief of Islam stems from opposing the Christiandom and James makes a great point on who is to say that Elijah isn’t wrong to say that God is black and his people are perfect if that is the same narrative white people have made that resulted to their current rule?

It puts a direct mirror on the ridiculous claims white people make in the name of Christianity. It justifies their anger and insecurity.

James gives so much insight on how time plays a role in changing people’s perspective especially regarding religion. He talked of Elijah Mohammad who gave a message that flipped the script of Christiandom to “God is black” and it resonated with black people. But at the same time, it proved how the role of religion is fixed on politics.

I am still not sure whether the couple is Edmund and Fanny or Edmund and Miss Crawford. Fanny seems like the main female character to become the second lead but their dynamics tend to get confusing because of how Edmund treats Miss Crawford.

I’m at a lost and hopefully, this gets cleared soon. I’m suspecting that Edmund taking the part is a turning point in the story.

This is heavy with thoughts and experience of a black man born into a white country and having realized how disadvantaged he is and his people to accept their limit as well as mediocrity. That James is vulnerable to become part of the ghetto culture because they had limited choices in life.

It’s giving voice to a real fear that is unexplainable but accepted for black people instead to tolerate and go through.

Christianity’s fortune and rich demeanor appealed to the Norse people (especially vikings) that they ambition of fame, fortune and power gives them the easy will to ditch their old Norse gods to convert to Christianity. To them, they value how Christianity is able to provide a showmanship of how their religion physically thrives and that is enough of a reason to convert.