Jane Eyre

A detailed Summary of Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre is the main character in the novel Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte. She is a fictional character along with the book. The book takes place in the mid 1800's. Jane lives in five different places which greatly affect her life. The first place Jane stays is Gateshead Hall. She then goes to live at Lowood School. From Lowood Jane proceeds on to Thornfield Hall. She then advances on to Moor House. Finally, Jane reaches her final home at Ferndean. All of this happens within two decades and the novel is told in first person, which is Jane Eyre.

The first place Jane stays is Gateshead Hall. While at Gateshead, Jane is treated unfairly and is punished for things she did not do. After the death of Jane's parents, her uncle, Mr. Reed brought Jane into his house. On her uncle's deathbed Mrs. Reed promises to treat Jane like one of her own children. Jane's aunt, Mrs. Reed, does not like Jane and has a very hard time doing this. She feels Jane was forced upon her family after the death of her parents. Against her husband's request, Mrs. Reed does not treat Jane like a human being and is constantly criticizing and punishing her. In one example Jane was keeping to herself, reading a book when her c

Another quality Jane possessed was morality. Most of all her decisions were carefully made. She never comprised what she believed to be the moral thing to do. For example, when she found out Mr. Rochester was a married man, she ended her relationship with him. She resumed her relationship with him only after his wife had died. Throughout the story she was challenged with many dilemmas, but always seemed to make the correct decisions.

Jane then advances on to Moor House. At Moor House Jane is at first disliked because of her begging and poor first impression, but Jane is soon taken into liking by all three members of the Rivers family, St. John, Diana, and Mary. While at Moor House, St. John gives Jane a teaching job at Morton. The job is a very frustrating job for Jane because many of the children were ignorant and refused to do their work. During the time that Jane was at Moor House, she found out that she was the cousin to all three members of the Rivers family. This greatly pleased Jane because now she knew that she really has a family. Then one day St. John asked Jane to marry him. He said that God was calling Jane to be a missionary, and that she should go with him to India. Jane refused this offer. The next day St. John left for India, and Jane returned to Thornfield Hall, because she thought she heard Rochester's voice calling her.

Jane is small, petite, short, pale, has plain features, and is described as being very intelligent and unselfish. Jane showed persistence throughout the book by never giving up at anything. Throughout her life she went through extremely difficult times, such as being mistreated by her aunt, she never gave up. When her best friend, Helen, was very sick and dying, Jane never left her side. Even though Jane was told to leave Helen alone, she didn't budge.

ousin John Reed decided to annoy her. John then grabbed the book and threw it at her knocking her down and cutting her on the head, which bled and was very painful. Mrs. Reed then punished Jane by sending her into the red room, the room her uncle died in, for the entire night. While in the red room Jane became terrified and thought she saw or heard the flapping of wings. The treatment Jane received caused her to become bitter and to truly dislike Mrs. Reed.

Finally, Jane reaches her final home at Ferndean. She arrives after a long trip that took her back to Thornfield where she found it in ruins. Many questions enter Jane's mind but they are soon answered by an inn keeper. She told Jane that after she left, Bertha set fire to the building and it soon was burned down to the ground and during the fire a

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Approximate Word count = 1797
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)

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