Assignment 2

Jane Eyre is an orphaned girl, living with her unforgiving aunt and cousins. She is usually kept by herself in a room for most of the day. When she isn’t locked up, she usually is kept busy cleaning. Later on in the novel, Jane works as a governess at Thornfield Manor. Charlotte Bronte most likely gave Jane Eyre this job because she was once a governess herself.  Jane has one ally, Bessie, the maid at Gateshead Hall. She is the only one there who treats her with any kindness, telling her stories and singing songs to her. Jane has absolutely no friends. The only children she has interacted with are cruel and beat her on a regular basis. At first I thought reading this book would be boring because I read it for school a few years ago, but I don’t really remember much of it so it will be interesting to be able to form a new opinion of it.  The novel so far is very dark and dreary, but I am interested in reading further and finding out about the school Jane is being sent to and how the book will digress.