Jane Eyre

After reading this classic novel, I'm deeply enchanted by Jane's character. She is clever, independent and interesting person. She refuse to compromise to all the restriction. The story begins with the childhood of Jane Eyre. Jane is an orphan, who lived under her aunt's roof. Her aunt Mrs. Reed and her children dislike her and were mean to her, scolding and despising her. Instead of giving her a feeling of home, they treated her like she was their enemy. Besides Bessie, nobody care about her. Jane lived a misery life, and she was angry and despair, questioning her fate and all the hardships she had to bear with her delicate shoulders. Therefore, Jane stood up and fought back, which led her to the turning point of her life, she was sent to the school. She has been wrongly seen in her early school years, but she encountered Helen and Miss Temple, they help her go through the tough years, and regained her reputation. Years later, Jane grew up and received the letter from Thornfield and went to be a house teacher for a little french girl Adele. Then she met the love of her life—Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester respects her, they can talk to each other equally. They soon fall in love with each other. But when they were about to get married. The news of Mr. Rochester already had a wife and kept it a secret to her broke her heart. Unwilling to compromise, Jane ran away. In her wandering period, she met her cousin John and received a good fortune from her relative. John asked her to go preaching with him. Again, Jane hesitated.She eventually decided to follow her heart and went back to Thornfield. By then, Mr. Rochester had lost his eyesight and the mansion was burnt down. Jane realized that Mr. Rochester is her true love, despite money and other things. She finally accepted his propose. Under her care, Mr. Rochester regained his eyesight, they lived happily together. From my perspective, Jane Eyre is a special figure in literature. She revealed different thoughts in her early age. She rebelled against her miserable life and accepted her true feelings. In the different stages of her life. She grew up with a kind, thoughtful heart. In the story, she was considered as a naughty child by her aunt when she was young. Her aunt and cousins treated her poorly. Jane also demonstrated her hatred towards them. But when her aunt was dying in bed, she went back and look after her. Jane uses her forgiveness to show her growth. Hatred gradually dissolved after the years she had been through, she came to realize that only forgive and forget can make her actually go over that hard time in her life and made her a better person. When facing love or truth. Jane Eyre eventually chose love. From the very beginning, I didn’t really like the character Mr. Rochester very much. He is rich, handsome, but I don’t think he and Jane is a good match. The Traditional standard of status and wealth naturally keeps them apart. But when I keep on reading. I realized Mr. Rochester is not a perfect person, neither is Jane. But from their conversations and interactions, I can see Mr. Rochester's respect towards Jane. He saw the differences in her, which made him so in love with her. Their love is more base on the feeling and mutual respect than money and reputation. Despite their age gap, Their minds were connected. After years of running and going through hard times, Jane finally found the feeling of home. That's why this pair can get together in the end, and that’s how love works. On the other hand, John, he is kind of a symbol of truth and freedom for Jane. She can pursue greater things and show her potential if she had followed him. But John didn’t really care about her feelings. She is more like a tool for him. So Jane decided to go back,which I think is a better choice for her. Jane is a very unique person, she won’t sacrifice her the feeling to help her get achievement. And that is what I think a lot about. Jane Eyre in this story reveals female's fighting and rebel to the traditional stereotypes of female. Jane had more control about her feelings and life choice, which indicated the author’s thoughts to the women at that time. Encouraging women to pursue their the true feelings, don't restrict themselves. Although Jane eventually get married and lived like normal women did in their whole life. But her character is still interesting and charming. I can see author's effort in creating this character and making her lovable. I'm very glad that she made it. Jane Eyre will always be the unique and brave girl in everyone’s heart.