Log #6

Wuthering Heights

Author: Emily Brontë

Just as my expectation, there are something unusual in Wuthering Heights. Mr. Lockwood spent a night in Wuthering Heights and discovered the secrets of Mr. Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights. After going home, he asked his housekeeper, Mrs. Dean, who knew Mr. Heathcliff in childhood and was also Mrs. Heathcliff’s nanny for further details. She told him about the ancestries of Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff as well as the background of the Earnshaw. Mrs. Dean started to tell Mr. Lockwood the story about the Earnshaw, the Linton, and Mr. Heathcliff.

The truth is actually over my imagination. After knowing Mr. Heathcliff’s ancestry, I can probably understand the reason why he was so rough and unsociable. When the misfortune of being an orphan was already suffering, being adopted seemed to be a rescue. However, he was hated by his adopted mother and disgusted by his foster brother. I think being lack of love was the main reason of his antisocial personality and bad temper.

Reading this novel is like watching a soap opera. The background of the story and the complex relationship of the characters are so attractive to me. I can’t wait to know more about the story of Mr. Heathcliff and the two family.