Abandoned, abused, alone – three terrible words in today’s culture, especially when grouped together. In her classical novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte crafts a character that is all of these; however, Jane Eyre is able to overcome all the difficulties of her childhood. In her novel Jane Eyre, Bronte reveals that even when left abandoned, abused and alone, Jane Eyre was still able to find happiness in a life of her own.
At a young age, Jane learns to find joy in the little moments of her life, even while being abused. Living with her aunt and three cousins, Jane is often excluded from the family circle around the fire, or condemned to eat her meals alone, due to her disposition not being childlike or sociable enough (Bronte 13, 37). She finds bliss in reading a book, curled up in a window nook, forming a world of her own. Around her cousin John, she speaks of continuous bullying direct towards herself and extreme terror on her part (16). Her aunt tires of Jane’s care and sends her to the “grim and foreboding Lowood School” (583). Here she is …show more content…
Poverty-stricken and starving, Jane knocks on the door of a strange house and finds her the family she was told never exacter – the nieces and nephew of her deceased father. Jane finds happiness here once again. Later she accepts the position of a schoolteacher. About the same time she finds out a long lost uncle has bequeathed her an entire estate, making her entirely independent. However, the long suppressed love for Mr. Rochester, cannot be squelched, and she returns to Thornfield, finding it in ruins. Mr. Rochester’s insane wife set a fire and committed suicide, throwing herself to the ground from a height. Jane goes on a search and finds Mr. Rochester, blinded from the afore mentioned fire. They are soon married and Jane presents him with a little boy, forming a forever
At a young age, Jane learns to find joy in the little moments of her life, even while being abused. Living with her aunt and three cousins, Jane is often excluded from the family circle around the fire, or condemned to eat her meals alone, due to her disposition not being childlike or sociable enough (Bronte 13, 37). She finds bliss in reading a book, curled up in a window nook, forming a world of her own. Around her cousin John, she speaks of continuous bullying direct towards herself and extreme terror on her part (16). Her aunt tires of Jane’s care and sends her to the “grim and foreboding Lowood School” (583). Here she is …show more content…
Poverty-stricken and starving, Jane knocks on the door of a strange house and finds her the family she was told never exacter – the nieces and nephew of her deceased father. Jane finds happiness here once again. Later she accepts the position of a schoolteacher. About the same time she finds out a long lost uncle has bequeathed her an entire estate, making her entirely independent. However, the long suppressed love for Mr. Rochester, cannot be squelched, and she returns to Thornfield, finding it in ruins. Mr. Rochester’s insane wife set a fire and committed suicide, throwing herself to the ground from a height. Jane goes on a search and finds Mr. Rochester, blinded from the afore mentioned fire. They are soon married and Jane presents him with a little boy, forming a forever