Everyone thinks a child in an orphanage will find a kind family and live happily ever after, but not in this book. Jane Eyre is a book that illustrates the struggle and growth of a young orphan girl named Jane. Jane battles through the hardship in her education and captivity. This can be seen throughout the places Jane has stayed, such as Gateshead Hall, Lowood Institute and Thornfield. Throughout this story, Jane unlocks her emotions which sculpts her into a mature and independent woman.
The suffering of Jane starts when she was a child at the age of 10. Both of Jane’s parents suffered with typhus, so Jane is sent away to her Uncle Reed. Knowing that her parents died, Uncle Reed is the only one that cherishes and loves her.The rest of Mr. Reed’s family treats Jane as an orphan. Even
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Even though Lowood Institute is Jane’s first experience with the outside world and is Jane’s first time making friends, she never cherished them nor brought them close to her heart. “True, reader; and I knew and felt this: and though I am a defective being, with many faults and few redeeming points, yet I never tired of Helen Burns; nor ever ceased to cherish for her a sentiment of attachment, as strong, tender, and respectful as any that ever animated my heart (112)” Helen being the first that Jane opened up her brutal past to did not think of her as a cherished friend or more like a best friend. In this quote Jane said that even though Helen Burns considered me (Jane) as a friend. Jane never felt the connection between her or thought she had a right to adore and love Helen Burns. Jane never felt a need to love Helen just like a how children love their plush toys and dolls. Lowood Institute is a strict school that will even punish minor mistakes of little girls, but being humiliated and shunned in front of everyone at Lowood made Jane’s education
exposes her in front of the school, she tries to accept it and go on.
leaving her into the care of her Aunt, Mrs Reed. Mrs Reed is a widow
Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is a coming-of-age story about an unconventional woman's development within a society of strict rules and expectations. At pivotal moments in Jane's life, she makes choices which are influenced by her emotions and/or her reason. Through the results of those choices, Jane learns to balance passion and practicality to achieve true happiness.
Jane's childhood trauma results as a product of her times at Gateshed and Lowood. There were a series of irreversible problems that Jane had to deal with. She was born an orphan into a house devoid of love or respect for her. It is not overly emotionally healthy to live with the "ostracism by the Reed family and the unrelenting anxiety over the chidings of the servants, the violence of John Reed, and the punishments and berating of Mrs. Reed." (Ashe 10) Evidently, Jane had this lifestyle since she was little. This can be inferred from Mrs. Reeds loving statement "I hated it the first time I set my eyes on it-a sickly, whining, pining thing" (7)
Jane begins her life in isolation at Gateshead, abused and misunderstood by her Aunt Reed and cousins. She is constantly reminded of her worthlessness to them and the fact that they view her as a burden, and is literally
Jane Eyre is a coming of age story following a young woman and her journey of self-growth. At the start of the novel Jane is living with her aunt and three cousins. They continuously abuse her, treating her like a stranger rather than a family member. At the age of ten Jane leaves her aunt's house and attends boarding school. It is at this school where she learns lessons of forgiveness and hope from a meek young woman named Helen Burns. Subsequently studying and teaching at the school for eight years Jane decides to become a governess at the mysterious Thornfield mansion. She falls in love with the owner of Thornfield and the two make plans to marry. Nonetheless on the day of there wedding Jane discovers that Mr. Rochester is already married and that he keeps his insane wife Bertha trapped away in the attic of Thornfield. Devastated by this information, Jane flees Thornfield and nearly dies from cold and starvation. Soon after she is taken in by the Rivers, two sisters and one brother. The passing of Jane's uncle reveals that she and the Rivers are cousins. It is also revealed that this uncle has left Jane all his fortune. This in turn leaves Jane extremely wealthy. Her cousin St. John Rivers ask Jane for his hand in marriage. However Jane comes to the conclusion that she still loves Mr. Rochester. After declining St. John's proposal Jane journeys back to Thornfield. When she arrives at Thornfield Jane discovers the mysterious mansion in burnt ruins. It is revealed that the
The very fact that it was not only Jane giving over these stories, but others as well, and that memory can be so subjective makes many moments in the text immediately unauthentic. The author of this novel set out to write a story of courage and survival, history, bigotry, and hope as seen through the eyes of a woman who lived through it all. It is through that voice that the reader takes an investment in the events that took place, and learns to care about them. If that falters and the illusion is broken or was never there to begin with, then the author has failed in his
When she is shipped off to Lowood for a better education, she meets Helen Burns, a girl who is unlike anyone else she has met at Lowood. Helen teaches Jane that even with your worst enemy despising you, you must show them love and kindness, and you must not succumb to the desire to treat them the how they treat you, because that would only lower you to their level. Although Helen is only in Jane’s life for a short time, she transforms Jane’s heart from childish to kind.
At the novel's opening, Jane is living with the cruel Mrs. Reed and her horrid three children, Eliza, Georgiana, and John. Mrs. Reed makes her distaste for Jane very evident in all of her actions. She forbids her to play with her (Mrs. Reed's) children (Jane's own cousins) and falsely accuses her of being a "liar" and of possessing a "mean spirit." Mrs. Reed's attitude is
Jane Eyre was born an orphan and raised under the hands of a heartless Aunt. Aunt Reed stressed to Jane that she was privileged to live so well without any
Jane Eyre is a story about a little orphan girl who was raised by an abusive aunt and later was sent to a charity school. Though she met further hardships, she successfully educated herself and took a job as a governess for the Rochester family. The dark history of Mr. Rochester forced Jane to abandon the bond once between them. After a series of challenges and self-exploration, Jane returned as a mature and independent woman and lived a happily ever-after life with the love of her life. Although she faces all different kinds of changes in her life, she never lost the sense of dignity and the determination for maintaining her own autonomy.
Jane Eyre endures the toughest conflict because horrible things keep coming her way like, when the teachers mistreated her, her horrible school, and her struggle to get to the top of the class. She endures the most conflict because she the most and worst things happen to her for instance being shunned by everybody, and getting her hair cut off. Jane triumphs the most from her conflict because she knows that she will get through and tries to do better like when she struggled to get to the top of her class. First, when Jane broke her chalkboard, the author said “You must be on your guard against her; you must shun her example- if necessary, avoid her company, exclude her from sports, and shut her out from your converse”(Brontë 60). The shows
Jane in her younger years was practically shunned by everyone and was shown very little love and compassion, from this throughout her life she searches for these qualities through those around her. Due to Jane’s mother’s disinheritance she was disowned by Mrs. Reed and her children, and was treated like a servant consistently reminded that she lacked position and wealth.
Jane Eyre is a story of a quest to be loved. Jane searches, not just for romantic love, but also for a sense of being valued and belonging. However, this search is constantly hindered by her need for independence. She starts of as an unloved orphan who is desperate to find love and a purpose. For example, Jane says to Helen, “to gain some real affection from you, or Miss Temple, or any other whom I truly love, I would willingly submit to have the bone of my arm broken, or to let a bull toss me, or to stand behind a kicking horse, and let it dash its hoof at my chest”. However, over the course of the novel, Jane learns to gain love without harming herself in the process. Although she is despised by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, she finds parental figures throughout the book. Miss Temple and Bessie care for Jane and give her love and guidance. However, Jane does not feel as though she has found
Firstly, Jane Eyre is a young woman who faces hardships with great determination. Raised by Mrs. Reed, a cruel aunt, she is sent