Anne bears a great burden through out the story of Persuasion. Over and over again we see her struggle as not only the middle child of her family but also as the only one that seems to follow her emotions and not let this sense of class and prestige take over herself. Anne, what I believe, someone who doesn’t fit in with her social class or just doesn’t want to be apart of it. She is constantly going against the grain and tries hard to do what she likes and not what society entails. Unfortunately she is constantly held back by her family. For example in chapter four in the third paragraph we see this passage from lady Russel saying “Anne Elliot, with all her claims of birth, beauty, and mind, to throw herself away at nineteen; involve herself at nineteen in an engagement with a young man, who had nothing but himself to recommend him, and no hopes of attaining affluence, but in the chances of a most uncertain profession, and no connections to secure even his farther rise in the profession, would be, indeed, a throwing away, which she grieved to think of!” Here we see Anne’s love for the captain being dismissed and denied just because he is of lower birth and no pay. This chapter goes on telling how Anne was making a big mistake and how she eventually did not marry the captain even after confessing such feelings for him. We learn later that no man compared to her past lover after this. This is a great example of Anne versus her community because it shows the position Anne is in. It shows that sometimes she does not always get her way, and in this case lost versus her community. But she constantly fights against it hoping she will find solace one day.