Friday, December 12, 2008

Jane Eyre Assignment 14.

Jane Eyre Assignment 14.
Chapters 31-33.
In the beginning of these chapters Jane has moved into her new home at the cottage next to the school where she teaches after Diana and Mary leave for work. Jane’s class has 20 student in it, only 3 can read and none of them can write or do math. While some are nice and docile others are loud and rude and her work is trough and grueling, and Jane feels degraded by doing this. Jane then begins to wonder if she wants to stay here or go back to being in the service of Rochester. Then St. John comes around and he and Jane begin to talk. Eventually Ms. Oliver comes around and says hi.
For the next few weeks Jane teaches her students and their intelligence grows and grows and Rosamon Oliver comes around all the time. While it is obvious that they both love each other immensly St. John cannot marry her because he will break her heart and he also says that he cannot because she will not make a good wife and being dragged all over the world. Then St. John notices that Jane can draw and asks her to make him a portrait. But one day while she is drawing St. John notices something peculiar and tears off a bit of the paper and leaves Jane to her business.
Then the most astonishing thing happens. While Jane is working St. John comes running in and tells Jane her own story. St. John knows that Jane is really Jane Eyre and says that her uncle is dead and left his entire fortune to her. Then St. John reveals that his full named is St. John Eyre Rivers. Now Jane has real family.

1 comment:

  1. Rafi, this is cleaner than teh entries you started with this session, but there's nothing in this that isn't summary. I'm much more interested in your reactions or in your answers to the questions I pose.

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