Jane Hayes of Austenland has a decent job, a decent apartment, and a recently dead aunt who just left her with a fabulous vacation. What does she have to be dissatisfied about? Well, she's unhappy about the same thing most Austenian heroines are unsatisfied with: their lack of a man.
This level of dissatisfaction is so extreme for our Jane that she's almost retreated into a fantasyland in her head. She's obsessed with Pride and Prejudice. More specifically: Mr. Darcy. Even more specifically: Colin Firth. Sure, we've devoted some of our brainpower to this man as well, but Jane takes it to the extreme. No wonder she's dissatisfied with her thirteen ex-boyfriends. What normal person can live up to Hollywood's standards of perfection?
Questions About Dissatisfaction
- What is Jane dissatisfied with in her real life that compels her to go to Austenland?
- Are all the guests at Austenland dissatisfied about the same things?
- Why is Jane dissatisfied with all of the boyfriends on her list, and how is Henry different?