Book Review on Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is a story about the growth of an orphan girl from a humble background. The protagonist Jane’s parents died and was forested with her aunt. There the young Jane was abused mentally and physically by her aunt and cousin. She was then sent to Lowood Mercy School for education. After growing up Jane came to Thornfield Manor to work as a tutor in order to pursue an independent and free life. She fell in love with Rochester, the owner of the estate, but later discovered that Rochester had a wife—a mad woman who had been imprisoned in the attic. Heartbroken, Jane fled the manor alone, wandered around, lived a hard life, and later returned to him because she had been thinking about Rochester in her heart. By this time, the manor was unrecognizable and Rochester was blind. But she still loved Rochester deeply and married him. From the novel we can see that Jane Eyre, the protagonist, has taken practical actions to defend her dignity. Whether she was bullied at her aunt’s home mentally and physically, damaged in the school or in the love with Rochester, she has always adhered to the purity of her heart, showing her self-reliant personality and beautiful ideals. The most moving point in the novel is that during the love between Jane and Rochester, Jane never felt inferior because of her humble origin and plain looking. She dared to pursue her own ideals and love, even despised the arrogance of the people in authority and laughed at their foolishness.In the novel when Ingram and other dignitaries go to Rochester’s home for a banquet , they laugh at Jane’s class origin and deliberately match Ingram and Rochester. But Jane is very clear that Ingram is not better than her except for identity and appearance. Here, Jane has a comment on Ingram."She was very showy, but she was not genuine: she had a fine person, many brilliant attainments; but her mind was pool, her heart barren by nature: nothing bloomed spontaneously on that soil; no unforced natural fruit delighted by its freshness. She was not good; she was not original :she used to repeat sounding phrases from books: she never offered, not had an opinion of her own." But in Jane’s view, there is no love between them. What they both care about is each other’s status . Therefore she is not jealous of Ingram. In the novel when Jane learned that Rochester was married and his wife was still alive, she felt cheated and insulted. There is a very classic quotation in the book,"You think I’m going to insignificant here? Do you think I am a robot without feelings? Do you think I am poor, obscure, plain small mu mesons, I have no soul and no heart? You think wrong, you and I have as much soul and full as much heart. If god give me a little beauty, a lot of money, I will you to leave me, just like I have to leave you. I’m not in the rules of social life and customs to talk with you but my heart with your hearts. Jane always believes that she and Rochester are speaking through their hearts and she can also pursue love equally. It is obvious that Jane is a seemingly weak, strong and dignified woman. The above narration starts from the content of the novel ,and the artistic characteristics of the novel are also a highlight. First, the author makes use of psychological description to the depict the personality characteristic of each other. Second, the author excels at creating a grooming and frightening atmosphere to render the background. Thirdly, the author repeatedly quotes the Bible, myths, epics, etc to endow the novel with classical significance. Forth, a great feature of these novel is its passion and poetry. Rochester and Jane often use poetic words to express their passion. Finally, the theme of this novel can be viewed from many angles. It eulogizes a female image who is not satisfied with the status quo, unwilling to be humiliated and dare to fight inequality. It advocates equality between men and women and resisted social prejudiced, and everyone has the right to pursue love, ideals and personality. It encourages all people, especially women, to be self-respecting, self-reliant and self-improved, to keep their original intentions in mind, to strengthen beliefs and to pursue their own happiness. As a reader and college student, I have also gained a lot. Jane Eyre gives me a lesson that no matter what difficulties and challenge I encounter in my future life, I should not be knocked down. Everyone should learn to be independent, self-respecting and self-improved. I firmly believe that I should strive for and control my own good life.