Laughable Character

Throughout history Hollywood has tried to capture the value of literature through movies. Jane Austen writes Emma, a series of Little Women books. Jane portrays Emma as a self centered, all-about-me girl, this is evident in Chapter 47 of the book. Hollywood has once again proved us to be accurate in its filming of this movie.
When reading chapter 47 about Emma at a social party, I found it difficult to follow and uninteresting. I must confess, I had to read it twice to understand what was truly going on. In the beginning Emma thought the party was "downright dulness", this was due to the fact that she was not the center of attention to the most eligible bachelor, Churchill. As the party continues, Frank Churchill suggests that Emma "requires something very entertaining from each" of the party guests, a word game. This makes Emma very pleased as she is the center of attention and is now enjoying the day out at Box Hill.
The movie and the book, Emma, portray this outing as a viscous poke at comedy with poor tact. Emma lashes back at Miss Bates whom is the first to speak up at Emma's word game. Miss Bates is the only old maid of the group with the lowest education and income. Miss Bates with her "good-humoured" self makes a joke that nobody finds funny except for herself. She states that saying three dull things should be easy for her since she can be dull at times, thus taking the attention off of Emma. Emma lashes back at Miss Bates explaining to her that there is a limit to the number of dull things that she can say. When reading the text (twice) I did not understand the significance of it however, watching the movie it was very clear that Emma was indeed a self centered horor at anybodies expense.
Johann Wolfgang was quoted by saying, "Men show their character in nothing more clearly than in what they think is laughable", this quote is true when reading chapter 47 of Emma. Emma's character was accurate in both chapter 47 of the book and the movie, selfish.