The passage by Jane Ayre has a tone that indicates the scene is positive and uplifting. There are many examples of this all over the passage. The first example of a pleasant tone is “She kissed me, and still keeping me by her side (where I was well contented to stand, for I derived a child's pleasure from the the contemplation of her face, her dress, her dress, her one or two ornaments, her white forehead, her clustered and shining curls, and beaming dark eyes)”. The reason this sentence is positive or uplifting is because when Miss Temple kissed the speaker it made the whole passage feel like home. The feeling is of a mother kissing her children and everything is going to be ok. Also when she says “for I derived a child's pleasure” it gives
