During the first third of the book I was half expecting Jane to commit suicide. She was extremely pessimistic and when coupled with Bronte liking to describe things in a lot of detail, this led to very long sections of book where it felt like reading an emo-middle schooler’s diary. Her story starts in Mrs. Reed’s house where the reader learns that she is an orphan and the woman who promised to take care of her is doing a subpar job. The lack of a parental figure is one of the biggest things that she will have to overcome as an adult. The abusive situation with the Reed’s son, the traumatic experience of getting locked up in the red room, and being excluded from all the activities in the house taught Jane how to be alone but it also instilled
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Rochester was the first man to really give Jane what she needed physically and emotionally. He provided a job and a place to live and he was someone who could talk on her level and provide the companionship that Jane craved. However, I think that this led to an unhealthy relationship between the two. As open as Rochester was with Jane he still felt he needed to manipulate her and the people around them to show his feelings. For instance, Rochester wanted to know which of the women really liked him enough to marry so he disguised himself as a fortune teller to see what would happen. Jane is entirely dependent on Rochester for her own happiness which is not a healthy way to have a relationship. Walking into the marriage Jane knows that Rochester has had mistresses in the past but she seems to be okay with that. Then when Rochester is outed as having his crazy wife Bertha locked away she knows that she can not marry him while the wife is still around but she loves Rochester all the same. I think that all of this shows the repercussions of Jane not having a solid father figure during her childhood. She has no idea what to expect from a husband and she fell for the first man to give her attention. Also Rochester was in a higher social class than her and he intentionally or not used this as leverage over
Rochester was the first man to really give Jane what she needed physically and emotionally. He provided a job and a place to live and he was someone who could talk on her level and provide the companionship that Jane craved. However, I think that this led to an unhealthy relationship between the two. As open as Rochester was with Jane he still felt he needed to manipulate her and the people around them to show his feelings. For instance, Rochester wanted to know which of the women really liked him enough to marry so he disguised himself as a fortune teller to see what would happen. Jane is entirely dependent on Rochester for her own happiness which is not a healthy way to have a relationship. Walking into the marriage Jane knows that Rochester has had mistresses in the past but she seems to be okay with that. Then when Rochester is outed as having his crazy wife Bertha locked away she knows that she can not marry him while the wife is still around but she loves Rochester all the same. I think that all of this shows the repercussions of Jane not having a solid father figure during her childhood. She has no idea what to expect from a husband and she fell for the first man to give her attention. Also Rochester was in a higher social class than her and he intentionally or not used this as leverage over