Thursday, January 15, 2009

The setting of Jane Eyre

Firstly, the story takes place in Gateshead, where the orphan Jane is living with her cousin and aunt unhappily. The aunt and the cousins of Jane were very cruel and violent, and that causes Jane to have pain and bad memory about her family. They often lock Jane in the red room where Jane thinks the ghost is. She meets a good kind friend called Helen in the Lowood, who teaches her the true friendship, however, she soon dies of tuberculosis and Jane falls in to the deep depression and sadnesses. Even under a sharp headmaster of the school, Mr.Brocklehurst, Jane studies really hard and finally becomes a teacher. She soon get the job as a governess of the Thornfield. This is the very important setting of the story because she meets her true love, Rochester while stays at Thornfield, teaching 8 years old girl. However, Jane finally leaves the Thornfield because she finds out the truth of Rochester, which he already has a wife who has a mental problem. After Jane leaves, she meets St. John Rivers, who is the cousin of Jane. This setting is important as well because Jane would have died if she didn't meet him. One day, Jane hears the voice of Rochester in her dream- important, because it was the reason why she went to see Rochester and the story ends happily ever after.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

The second book report

Jane Eyre

Firstly, the story takes place in Gateshead, where the orphan Jane is living with her cousin and aunt unhappily. While living with her cruel cousin and aunt, she has to experience all the humiliations and violence from them, and the only one who is being kind to her is Bessie, the servant of Gateshead. Soon, she is forced to send to a boarding school, Lowood. However, she still has to live unhappily because of the mad headmaster of the school, Mr.Brocklehurst. In the school, she meets a kind friend called Helen. However, she soon dies because of tuberculosis.

After her graduation and time of being teacher at Lowood School for 2 years, she gets a job as a governess of Thornfield. In Thornfield, she meets a man called Rochester, and fall in love with him. As living in Thornfield, she often hears a strange sound at night from the third floor. Though, no one really cares about it and Rochester tells Jane that its the sound of one of the servant, Grace Poole. One day, Rochester asks Jane to marry him,and she accepts. However, a strange man, Mr.Mason comes in to Thornfield, and stop the wedding by telling Jane that Rochester already has a wife, which is his sister. Rochester confesses the truth which is he had to marry with her because of the money and doesn't really love her, and the fact that she has the mental problem makes him feel scary. Even though his true confession, Jane leaves the Thornfield.

Jane leaves the Thornfield, and doesn't know where to go. She just stays at street and start begging for money and food. Fortunately, she meets her cousin, St. John Rivers. She started to live with him and his family and feeling appreciation to his uncle that he has left Rivers as her cousin. When St.John has to leave to India because of his missionary work, he asks Jane to accompany him and his family. However, Jane refuses because she doesn't want to marry with a man who is not in love with her.

One day, Jane hears the voice of Rochester in the dream and goes to meet him. She goes back to Thornfield, and see that it already has been ruined and finds Rochester who has lost the sight and can't use one leg. Jane also finds out that Rochester's wife has already dead because of the fire and the fact that she is still in love with him. Jane marries with Rochester and goes to India. Rochester's sight of an eye gets better and they happily live ever after

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

book report - Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

I read a book called "Jane Eyre", and the character I chose from the book is Jane Eyre, who is the main character of the story. She lost her parents since she was really small. Her parents died of sickness, and she started to live with her uncle, her mother's brother. When she started to live with her uncle, she didn't have any difficulties such as being bullied, teased or hit, and could live as the same as she lived with her parents. However, time passes and her uncle died. Her uncle told his wife and children to take care of her as if she is the real child of his wife and real sister of his children. But they don't keep the promise. They hot her, tease her, make her starve for sometimes, and even isolate her in the red room where her uncle died, and if she screams, they consider her as a patient who has mental problem. Though, in that environment, Jane does not give up her hope and try to read books even though no one in that home don't like her to read and work. Finally in the future, she success and become very rich, and marry with her love, Rochester