Caitlin Doherty Jane Eyre Assignment 10

The only reason I think it is so important for Jane to make amends is because without at least trying to apologize Jane would have never forgiven herself. I think Mrs. Reed resists because she absolutely hates Jane and she always has and I believe she hates Jane because she hated Jane’s mother and father. I think that since she’s a Christian she feels she can’t hate without reason and so she didn’t want to forgive Jane because then she would have no reason to hate her, and it makes her feel better to at least have a reason to blame her hate for Jane on, even though its not the real reason she hates her. I think Jane is so helpful because she feels bad for her cousins. She feels it’s the least she can do, even though they were always mean to her, because they’ve lost all their family members except for Jane and their relatives from their mother’s side of the family. Also, I think Jane feels bad for them because she’s always wanted siblings and her parents died too. She can only imagine what it’s like to first lose one’s father at a young age, and then lose their brother because when he was only in his twenties he committed suicide, and because of the death of their brother and the debt he left behind from gambling to lose their mother. I think the way Jane revealed her feelings was perfect and in a way very romantic. I also think the way Mr. Rochester proposed was a little too sudden, but at perfect timing and at a perfect place. I think the split of the tree is a warning that Jane and Rochester will be separated, but the tree still meets at the bottom so I think it means they will see each other again after they separate. Jane writes to her uncle to let him know she is alive and getting married. She writes to him because if he were to leave her his fortune in his will she would feel better because she would be more even in money to Mr. Rochester when they marry.