Another beginning

The book switches from Jane being a child to a young lady. Jane decides that she has been at Lowood long enough and puts an ad out, saying that she is looking to be hired in a private home as a teacher. She gets a reply from a Mrs,Fairfax saying that there is a girl at around the age of eight and the pay is thirty pounds. The offer was a good one and Jane decided to take it. Before Jane was about to leave Lowood, Bessie came to visit her. Bessie told Jane that her uncle from her father side came by the Reeds household to see her, but Jane was at Lowwod. I think that is part is foreshadowing something later in the book.

The position that Jane had accepted was in Thornfield, which was approximately sixteen hours from Lowood by carriage. Upon Jane's arrival to Thornfield she learns that Mrs.Fairfax is only the manager of Thornfield and that Mr.Thornfield is away at the time being. Jane's student Adele is from France and an orphan that Mr.Thornfield decided to take in. The life Jane has at Thornfield is one of the best she has had so far.

Helen Burns and Miss Temple

First, I just realized that Jane Eyre is a diary of some sort narrated by Jane Eyre. I think....... In the chapters that I've read! Jane has made a friend, Helen Burns. Helen was the first student at Lowood to talk to Jane Eyre and make her feel welcome. One thing though that really, really annoyed me, was that Helen would get punished for something really simple and Jane would get mad but then Helen would say that the teacher was right to punish her. It felt like Lowood institution made Helen think that kind of thinking; that everything was her fault in a way. If Helen hadn't been giving Jane advice about the teachers at Lowwod, Jane probably would have gotten into a lot of trouble.

Miss Temple is portrayed like a mother figure towards Jane and Helen. After Mr.Brocklehursts had made accusations about Jane and embarrassed her infront of her classmates, Miss Temple heard Jane's side of the story and cleared Jane's name by getting evidence from Mr.Lloyds. Without the actions of Miss's Temple Jane wouldn't have been able to make a new friend and enjoy her life at Lowood institution. There was also a connection between Miss Temple and Helen. When Miss Temple had called Jane into her office she had told Helen to come along and after she was finished talking to Jane, she spoke to Helen asking about her health and looking at her with sympathy. I think that moment was foreshadowing the chapter that came after, when most of the children became sick with fevers but Helen had a different illness and was in Miss Temple's room. Helen probably had an illness but it was never referred to in the book. Helen knew she was going to die and she told Jane not to be sad when she dies. My favorite part was when Jane snuck out of her bed to go see Helen before she dies and gets to talk to her before Helen dies.

Beginnings of Lowood Institution

In my last post I commented saying that Jane will probably end up leaving the Reed home, and go to a better place. Well, Jane does end up leaving Mrs.Reed and her children but I don't know if that place is any better. After Janes last melt down with Mrs.Reed, Mr.Lloyd appears. Mr.Lloyd was very kind to Jane and was the only one who listened to what Jane had to say. He sensed that she didnt want to stay with Mrs.Reed. So he told Jane about going to school. Jane liked the idea of going to school, but she didnt know what she is getting into. What irritates me is that Mr.Lloyd appeared once and so far isn't mentioned again in the book. Another character that I wish appeared more often in the book is Bessie. After Mr.Lloyds appearance Bessie seemed a lot kinder towards Jane. When Jane was describing Bessie, it sounded like Bessie was the closest thing that Jane had to a mother figure. When Jane departed from Gateshead hall, she had lost one friend she managed to acquire there, Bessie. Now, Janes experience at Lowood institution wasn't the best of experiences. Lowood institution followed strict orders and regulations. The food wasn't filling and was partially edible, the girls wore the simplest of clothing, and the weather was so cold that the water used  to wash up would sometimes freeze. Jane was just starting to get used to Lowood Institution until Mr.Brocklehurst had come. Lets just say that Mr.Brocklehurst is the worst man to have ever lived on the face of the earth. First of all he is such a hypocrite!!! He says that the goal of Lowood Institution is to show girls humbleness and humility and that's why they make their own clothe and get barely enough food; while he and his famly indulge in what life has to offer. Jane's description of the clothes of Mrs.Brocklehurst and Miss Brocklehurst, showed that Mr.Brocklehurts probably has enough money to buy all the girls at Lowood Instituion proper clothing and enough food. Also the way he is treating the girls is cruel beyond imagination. He wanted to cut off one of the girl's hair, because it was too curly! Lastly, the way he treated Jane calling her an evil child and a liar, humiliating her in font of her peers! He obviously has no emotions or a drop of sympathy towards these girls. Nonetheless, I still have a feeling that in the end justice will be served and Jane will get a chance for victory.

The beginning

The beginning of the book saddens my heart. Poor Jane is being treated so cruelly and harshly and by whom? Her own cousins!! In the second chapter Charlotte Bronte reveals that Mr.Reed, deceased in the book, was her uncle; making Mrs.Reed her uncles wife and John, Eliza, and Georgiana  her cousins. What ever happened to families looking after each other and loving each other? Little ten year old Jane is not only humiliated by Mrs.Reeds but is tortured and tormented by John, making her call him master. The humiliation and torture don't stop there! The servants of the house, Bessie and Miss Abbots tell Jane that she is even less than a servant. Though I didn't get far in the book, I have a feeling that Jane will be able to escape the life she has with the Reed family and find a much happier place to continue her life.