Wuthering Heights Response

IT MIGHT BE SCARY AT FIRST BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING. 

I am one of those people who like to live in comfort, especially in my world of literature. I have certain books that I like to read and a certain style I enjoy that some authors use. But when your enrolled into an AP English class or any course that requires reading, you will be forced to move out of your comfort zone and into the dangers of the unknown. Upon reading this book I had multiple conflicting feelings. My teacher, luckily, did not spring this dangerous book into our hands. She led us up to the caution tape and later released us to see what was beyond the yellow tape. What I mean by this is I was informed by the way the author Emily Brontё writes and received some background information on the text Wuthering Heights. But even with this prior knowledge I was not prepared for what was to come. Even though someone call tell you about something before you do it, you will never fully understand until you experience it on your own. That is exactly what happened to me. At first I found myself very confused with a very strong dislike towards the text. The switching of narrators, to the all the names being related, and the setting taking place manly in the two homes and the moors aroused great aggravation and impatience. However, when I got my hands on the audio of the story, by the end I actually like the book. What set me back was being confused and not going on, but because I could hear the different characters of the book it became easier for me to follow. In fact the book itself is very interesting in many ways. What I found the most intriguing was the love triangle between the second generation Catherine, Edgar, and Heathcliff in correspondence to the third generation love affairs between Cathy, Linton, and Hareton. The relationship between these two “love triangles” is what I found the most intriguing. Catherine was a beautiful young lady who grew up with Heathcliff. As children they spent a lot of time with each other and eventually found love. But when Edgar came around she eventually ended up marrying him, because of his looks and his wealth as well. But this did not end things for Catherine and Heathcliff they later found love when they were dead. Cathy and Linton began falling for each other but Heathcliff and Edgar got into the way of them being with each other. Eventually Heathcliff won by taking over their relationship and forcing them to get married or would not let Cathy return back to her home. From this what I gained was if love is not meant to be then it will not work. Because at the end the readers saw what type of person Linton was when he gave everything to Heathcliff in his will when he died. Even though death is not a good thing, Linton’s death gave Hareton and Cathy a chance to realize that they were the ones who were meant to be with one another. When Cathy put her ego aside and stopped making fun of Hareton she ended up being very happy in the end. It was interesting to see the effect of death on the characters. Catherine dies and she haunts Heathcliff so that he will not be alone. Edgar died and Hareton got Heathcliff Thrushcross Grange through his will. Linton died Hareton and Cathy find their way to one another. Heathcliff dies and is finally reunited with the love of his life. Normally death has a very negative connotation, but in this book it is one of the driving forces that bring two people together binding them through true love.