The novel opens with at Gateshead, the home of Jane Eyre's relatives, the Reeds. Jane already was dealing with gender differences and class conflicts. Jane is just a poor orphan living with her relatives. Jane feels separate from the family, and the family certainly does not help. John Reed says to Jane, "You have no business to read our books; you are a dependent, momma says; you have no money; your father left you alone; you ought to beg, and not live here with gentlemen's children like us."(Eyre 42) The Reed family treats her as an outcast and alienates her from their lives. Mrs. Reed treats Jane especially dreadfully. She treats Jane as a stepchild instead of a niece and often

Jane decides to go to Gateshead and while going she realizes that she loves Rochester, but has no idea that her feelings are reciprocated. 2Jane has a fierce desire to love and to be love. She feels alone and isolated when she does not have anyone around her. At this point, Jane is scared and frightened for what the future holds for her. She believes Rochester will marry Blanche and that she will have to leave Thornfield and never see Rochester again. What make this even more significant are Jane's dreams about

Her journey to Moor House is very significant. There she learns that she has a family and she is overwhelmed with joy. This moment also shows the reader the love

When Jane arrives at the Moor house she's pleading and begging for food and shelter. For that reason the people living there look down upon her. At first the family resists to allow her in, but Jane is persistent and they finally give in. While at the Moor house, St. John Rivers gives Jane a job as a teacher; Jane resents it because the kids do not listen to her. Jane finds out that she is related to the Moors and this pleases Jane because she now knows she really has a family. Shortly after Jane knew about her new family St. John asking her hand in marriage and asks her to go to India with him. Jane refused his proposal and returns to Thornfield, because she thought she had heard Rochester's voice calling her.

The treatment Jane receives causes her to become bitter and to dislike Mrs. Reed. Jane is very resentful towards Mrs. Reed. Jane states, " I'm glad you are no relation of mine. I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to see you when I am grown up; and if anyone asks me how I like you, and how you treated

with Rochester because of the mental compatibility, love, and intellectual stimulation that he can offer her." (Oates, 3)

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Approximate Word count = 1743
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)