First Body Paragraph

first rough draft at body paragraph (might change it up and break the essay up a little differently...but heres where Im starting) Don't know if it may be too general and id like it to be longer obviously with at least another quote in this paragraph..

    Austen's frequent use of satire throughout the novel highlights her view that women in society had an incorrect values when dealing with marriage. She masks her feelings on society with satire and continues to implement this with different characters. Austen's opening line of the novel, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (1) shapes the entire novel. Austen's immediate use of satire not only foreshadows the issue that she will explore throughout the novel, but also hides her true feelings about the matter. She really believes that wealthy single men are not in need of a wife, but instead, women at that time in society were in need of a wealthy husband. In a time when wealth and a high status meant everything, women valued social power more than anything, and saw it as a necessity and privilege when searching for a future husband. Austen utilizes specific characters in her novel in order to support and validate her view on women in society. She underlines Mrs. Benett's values when her character claims, "If She should die, it would be a comfort to know.." (23). Once again, Austen employs satire so she can clearly illuminate the distorted values that women had in society at this time. Mrs. Bennet states that if her daughter died, it would be okay, or in comfort, because she was trying to win a wealthy man's hand in marriage. Using the word 'comfort' to describe death supports Austen's argument that women cared much more about achieving wealth and power than finding true love. Mrs. Bennet is Austen's most obvious source of clarifying the messed up values of women in society during this period. Although Austen may somewhat hide her true opinion on women in society with her strong use of satire, she affectively attempts to make it clear to the readers, and prove that women needed to alter their values and views on marriage.