Helen In Jane Eyre

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Helen is a student in the school Jane goes too called Lowood. As soon as Jane meets Helen, helen helps Jane adjust to the new school environment because she has never been in school. In the novel Jane describes Helen as a very mature minded character and a good disposition about her. She is a very tolerable, accepting, and nonjudgmental person, Helen is a warm hearted and bright spirited person. She is understanding and good to those who have mistreated her. In my opinion Helen had the most influence on Jane because she was their for Jane and she gave her support

I would say that her purpose and importance in the novel was impacting Jane's life, Helen was Jane's first and only friend. She was one of the only people to show Jane kindness because everyone else Jane met before has mistreated her or not liked her in some way. Like how her cousins would beat her and pick on her and her teachers would be rude and strict. But as Helen in Jane’s
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Jane senses Helen is sad when she says this, Jane believes Helen's obsession of death and the next life reveals her thoughts on heaven and how she's so concentrated. Helen coughs after stating this making it seem as she will die young she then prepares for death as she believes she will die young. Jane's description of Helen emphasizes her spiritual nature. The smart talk and her outlook on life is amazing for helen's age she's very mature and just an overall genuine smart person. Jane think he thought

that Helen has about the afterlife and obsession of death is causing her to live briefly. Through Helen Jane has learned to look beyond appearance and look into people's inner person. Helen has greatly affected Jane's life and spiritual life with the time she was with Jane. She changed Jane from always being on the lookout and ready to fight. To now Jane is more docile and patient and knows how to look at

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