A Matter Of Trust Book Report

I chose this book to read because it was part of a series that I was reading. I also liked the cover and thought it would be very interesting to read. The main theme of this book is, be cautious of who you trust, and beware of who you have as friends. This theme is an important life lesson because no matter who you trust, they are always able to change their decisions and their

The first three chapters of the book describe why trust in schools is important, define trust, and give ideas for cultivating trust. Then there are chapters on betrayal, revenge, teachers trusting one another, fostering trust with students and parents, and restoring trust. The final chapter outlines ideas for becoming a trustworthy leader. Appendix A has several surveys on trust. Each survey includes scoring directions and information about reliability and validity.

As the book progresses, both characters manage to overcome these character flaws and various other obstacles and eventually realise their love for one another as their compatibility and understanding is increasingly revealed to the reader, ‘It was a union that must have been to the advantage of both.’ Darcy and Elizabeth’s similarities lie in their levels of intelligence, dedication to friends and their stance on expressing their opinions openly. Regardless of what anybody said about their relationship, including Mrs. Bennet and the superior Lady Catherine, they ignored these various warnings. Lady Catherine mainly commented on Elizabeth’s social inferiority to hers and her nephews.

This trust is a trait only a young and innocent character could have. An example of this

By observing the interactions between characters, readers are more likely to understand the theme of the novel. One of the many troubles shown is that of Mr. Darcy and his pride, which alters the way he views others. When he first sees Elizabeth Bennet he calls her “FIND THE EXACT QUOTE AND MAKE IT LONG” . He is too prideful to think of Lizzie as anything except a poor young girl who would never be good enough to marry a man worth anything, especially a man like himself. As the story progresses, and Mr. Darcy spends more time with her, he is forced to rebuke his previous assumptions and look at Lizzie in the way that she deserves. He falls in love with her and must overcome the challenges that came with his earlier prideful remarks. This is an important moment, because it shows how love is subject to the tough trials that characters face with difficult decisions and uncomfortable interactions as they learn what is best for them. Due to the false accusations that Mr. Darcy made towards Lizzie, she was less likely to return his love. This was a challenge that the two characters had to face throughout the novel, as it was a pivotal moment in their relationship. Lizzie was too upset with Mr. Darcy to accept his marriage proposal at first. She says QUOTE THAT SHE SAYS ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. Mr. Darcy takes this as just another of love’s obstacles, and he decides to remain considerate towards Lizzie.

I agree with what Graham Greene stated. In the book, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, a group of boys are stranded on an island where they unite but shortly separate. Trust is key when stranded and one of the boys, Jack, had no trust and felt he had to take matters in his own hands. Jack betrayed Ralph, the original leader, by separating the group and turning them against each other. Jack also mislead the others boys into illusions of food and relaxation because the boys were starving and fighting with one another but he could not fulfill any of his promises. He said these promises to gain trust. Jack did not trust Ralph's leadership so he decided to form his own group even though his own leadership was an untrustworthy. This action caused many problems and mistrust between all the boys. This lead Jack's group to attack Ralph's for Piggy's glasses to make fire. With no trust between the groups it causes chaotic events like this occurrence. This proves the statement, ".....It is impossible to go through life without trust" to be true because life without trust causes problems and enemies which leads to more mistrust.

Even though, Elizabeth is very smart she is too quick to let her opinions stop her from understanding the people around her. She also lets her emotions cloud her judgment, especially when her friend Charlotte Lucas decides to marry Mr. Collins. She states, “And to the pang of a friend disgracing herself and sunk in her esteem, was added the distressing conviction that it was impossible for that friend to be tolerably happy in the lot she had chosen”(87). About halfway through the book, Elizabeth realizes ‘“How despicably have I acted!” she cried. “I, who have prided myself on my discernment... Pleased with the preference of one, and offended by the neglect of the other, on the very beginning of our acquaintance, I have courted prepossession and ignorance and driven reason away, where either were concerned. Till this moment, I never knew myself”’. She sees that her clouded judgment has misled her in seeing the true nature of Darcy and Wickham. Towards the end Elizabeth and Darcy are finally together and she reveals to him that she was being rude towards him at the beginning and he tells her that he was attracted to her because of her ‘liveliness ’, she tells him “You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less”. In observing this evolution Austen shows us that we need to put our pride

Darcy realizes that his pride is keeping he and Elizabeth apart. Mr. Darcy earns Elizabeth’s love by fixing all the wrongs he has committed to her and her family. He brings Elizabeth’s sister and Mr. Bingley back together, saying, “ I told him, moreover, that I believed myself mistaken in supposing, as I had done, that your sister was indifferent to him; and as I could easily perceive that his attachment to her was unabated, I felt no doubt of their happiness together” (Chapter 58 ). Elizabeth is also grateful when Mr. Darcy persuades Wickham to marry Lydia as shown in this quote: “ The vague and unsettled suspicions which uncertainty had produced of what Mr. Darcy might have been doing to forward her sister’s match, which she had feared to encourage as an exertion of goodness too great to be probable, and at the same time dreaded to be just, from the pain of obligation, were proved beyond their greatest extent to be true!” Elizabeth sees that Mr. Darcy is good at heart (Chapter 52). With this new information, she accepts his second marriage

Trust is a valuable asset in which many people rely on everyday. Once trust is broken, it becomes difficult to move forward in life and trust new people.Individuals must be cautious in the ways trust will affect their life. In the novel Dark Inside by Jeyn Roberts, the main characters often contemplate if there are other people going through the same traumatising moments as they are, and whether they would be considered trustworthy. These characters go through many times of struggle, confusion, and bravery in order to find out whether the path they travel on will lead them to victory, or traps they will regret falling into. Mason’s risky encounter with Twiggy, Aries’ questionable friendship with Daniel, and Clementine’s great trust in her mother are all ways in which involve the difficulty of trust.

Another large part of Melinda’s life is her journey on learning how to trust, and being able to know who is trustworthy. Some of the people that need your trust the most are the people you are around the most like your teachers, parents, family, and friends. A large part of trust

Beginning with Mr. Darcy's failed proposal and his later letter of explanation, Elizabeth's proud and judgemental nature is altered by the pressure placed on her to decide if she wishes to marry Mr. Darcy or not. Introspection and her eventual acceptance of her romantic feelings for Mr. Darcy demonstrate that strenuous emotional situations can lead to a change in character, by allowing her to open up her prejudiced mind and see that the opinions she has are not always correct. Prior to her relations with Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth is a young woman who sees little point in marrying if she does not find a man whom will bring her happiness in life. This provides a foundation from which she can change, placing her in an ideal position to change in response to the

Elizabeth thinks of Darcy as being “the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world” (15). After Darcy discomfits Elizabeth, “She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me” (13), she herself becomes prideful and prejudiced against him. Prejudice also is an issue for Darcy because he dislikes Elizabeth in the beginning for her low social status, for being impecunious and socially inept family: “Their struggle is as much as against each other as it is against the pressure of society or family. The novel presents a balance of power not only between two characters but between two conflicting modes of judgment” (Bloom 50), but Darcy is forced to deal with his pride and prejudice when he falls in love with Elizabeth. Elizabeth rejects Darcy’s first proposal based mostly on his pride and condescension.

Unlike Elizabeth’s development throughout the text, Darcy’s growth occurs when he willingly releases his egotistic mentality in order to move forward with his decision in marrying Elizabeth, without lingering on her lower social background. With Darcy’s initial societal image, the prevalent theme of social communication is presented as Elizabeth builds up her harsh repertoire of misconceptions against Darcy from rumors that she is exposed to by Wickham. However, when Darcy’s true role is revealed in having caused Mr. Bingley’s marriage to Jane as well as Wickham’s marriage to Lydia, Austen highlights the development of Darcy’s character, as he now readily practices his compassion and integrity towards others. After Elizabeth accepts Darcy’s second proposal, Darcy reveals that as a child, “I was encouraged to be selfish and care none for beyond my own family circle” and to Elizabeth he states, “you taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most

When I hear the word trust I think of friends. You have to have a lot of trust in your friends and they need to be able to trust you. I have a huge amount of trust in my best friend, I tell her everything. There are some people who say that you can trust them, but then it turns out that you can’t and they’ve told everyone your secret. I think that trust is confiding in a person or people that you know if you say, “don’t tell anyone,” they won’t tell anyone. For instance, in Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence kept Romeo and Juliet’s trust by not telling anyone about their marriage. I think that Romeo and Juliet trusted each other enough

Darcy’s conception of Elizabeth was established on the fact that her family is embarrassing and discourteous, making her promptly inferior to him. However, Elizabeth’s strong-willed and independent character attracted Darcy’s difficult attention, proving to him her true and unique reeling personality. Particular plot twists throughout the novel have occurred that helped Darcy and Elizabeth reveal their true identities. Darcy’s boastful attitude backfires when he first proposed to Elizabeth, who immediately refuses his offer due to his unintentional insults concerning her class and familial relations. However, Elizabeth’s reason for rejecting Darcy was not only for his abusive remarks, but also because of his interference with Jane’s happiness owing to the fact of his belief that her social class and emotional status were not good enough for his dear companion. After the incident, Darcy and Elizabeth did coincidentally meet when Elizabeth and the Gardiners were visiting Darcy’s estate thinking he would be out of town. Darcy got to see the other half of Elizabeth’s family, who were well mannered and delightful. While Darcy and Elizabeth explored other sides of each other, Wickham was taking advantage of Lydia’s ignorance and ran away with her. When Darcy receives the news about what Lydia and Wickham have done, instead of just mocking how reckless the Bennet’s are he decides to help them. Having a