Whenever I mention Wuthering Heights I always get that same response, “Wuthering Heights, isnt that the really dull romance book chicks read?” I somewhat disagree with theses statements. Yes Wuthering Heights can get dull and difficult to read at some points, but so are all the other books made in that time period. The reason why I continue reading this book is because im somewhat use to it. I admit I do use sparknote, but that’s to only clarify what I just read so I won’t get confused.

Chapter 4 begins with a lonely Lockwood after he locked himself in his study. Because he wanted company he offered Mrs. Dean to sit with him while he eats hoping he “[gain] information concerning the necessities of [his] establishment.”  Mrs. Dean begins by explaining the family relationship in Wuthering Heights. This I admit is hard to understand, the problem for me was that there were too many names being thrown. Catherine, the women Lockwood met in Wuthering height, is the daughter of the first Catherine and the cousin Hareton Earnshaw. It turned out that Nelly grew up as a servant at Wuthering Heights. Although she was a servant she seems to have the same respect as Catherine and Hindley, Mr. Earnshaw’s children. Mrs. Dean continues to tell the story of when Mr. Earnshaw returned with an orphan from his trip to Liverpool. Obviously the family wasn’t comfortable with Mr. Earnshaw brining a random gypsy into there home. What really surprised me was that they named the boy Heathcliff. I’m not sure if this is the same Heathcliff that currently owns Wuthering Heights, but if it is then I wonder how an orphan gained the rights to the land and not Hindley.

            Chapter 5 is somewhat short. In this chapter a few years have pass and Mr. Earnshaw is growing ill. He is also getting tired of Hindley’s conflict with Heathcliff. Thus one of the servant advices “that [Hindley] should be sent to college and Mr Earnshaw agreed.” The chapter ends with Mr. Earnshaw died will Catherine laid on his lap. There was one quote that caught my attention, “Catherine was much too fond of Heathcliff” I’m starting to wonder if there will be anything going on between them.