#14

St. John represents religion in a whole new way, he is very loving and open minded. He is also sensitive and caring. So he represents it in a positive way, kind of like Pastor Dan in the movie Raising Helen, he was a Pastor who was in charge of a Lutheran Religious School in Queens, NY and than falls in love with Helen. (Kate Hudson) So I think St. John knows how to stay positive! Grace Poole and Brocklehurst represents extremes and like the devil, maybe the devil is another symbolic thing in this book along with red and fire. Grace Poole was religous and patient  and a school teach and so is St. John, Rivers and Pooles are both bodies of waters and they are similar people.