In Charlotte Bronte’s book “Jane
Eyre” It tells a story about a young girl who grows up to be a fine
sophisticated woman, but faces hardships and obstacles along the way. Charlotte
illustrates this through what Jane sees, hears, feels, and her experiences.
This book shows us that sometimes our roles are reversed because she adds real
world scenarios that most people face into today’s society.
In the beginning of the book you see
a young girl who is portrayed as a rebellious teen going against her aunt and cousins
by defying them when given orders to do something and getting punished for her
crime, but still keeps doing it until she is sent away to a boarding school.
In today’s society kids are sent off
for discipline to learn what’s right and what’s wrong just like Jane was sent
to boarding school, but the difference is we do it because we love them while
Jane’s Aunt did it because she was tired of taking care of Jane.
In the book as Jane becomes older she
comes to the realization that in order for her to succeed she is going to have
to rely solely upon herself more than anything else. As Jane proceeds to do
that she puts an ad in the paper looking for work and is answered by a man
looking for a governess for his niece.
Charlotte illustrates for us the
tension that arises when Jane first arrives at the mansion she gives us in
descriptive detail just what Jane is seeing almost like we can actually see
ourselves there. Charlotte says, “when Jane arrived the house was all but
empty, no lights were on except for a flicker of candlelight, the outside
looked like it hadn’t had a good cleaning in months.” We can see and feel that
Jane is scared in some way or another, but mostly she’s just nervous as to what
to expect when entering the mansion.
The Tension is seen clearly when Mr.
Rochester meets Jane for the first time while riding his horse on his way back
to the mansion. Rochester says, “ hey watch were your going” and as they meet
for the first time he is taken aback by Jane’s appearance, but doesn’t realize
that she is the new governess for his niece. Jane’s tension with him grows as
the story goes on like when she is teaching the little girl Mr. Rochester says,
“ Is that what your suppose to be teaching her that’s not what I pay you for”
it like he is undermining Jane’s authority thinking she is not capable handling
the little girl.
In today’s world everybody is always
undermining somebody else so that they can feel like they are on top for once
just like in the book when Mr. Rochester undermines Ms. Jane’s authority with
what she should be teaching his niece.
In the story tensions arise between
Jane and the girls at the party at the mansion she feels out of place there,
but then the girls start talking about her like she is not even there that
hurts more than anything and when Mr. Rochester invites her over she is really
timid because she doesn’t know what to expect as she walks over there, but when
she reaches the girls they just stare at her like she is some kind of disease
and doesn’t belong there with them.
Mrs. Bronte throughout the entire
book shows the tension between Jane and Mr. Rochester and how that tension soon
turns to love. When tension arises in the book Jane is always the one being
intimidated and scared by the big powerful man. Jane starts to stick up for
herself when Mr. Rochester says a comment that doesn’t sit well with Jane.
There is tension between Jane and her
upcoming wedding because she is scared and then the wedding is ruined because Mr.
Rochester has kept something from Jane that could destroy them both. When he
finally tells her the secret she feels betrayed and hurt she feels she can’t
trust him anymore and he feels terrible, but as time goes on that tension is
finally resolved when that woman finally dies and they finally marry.
In today’s society its just a matter
of time before people realize that what you did in the past will finally come
back to bite you on the butt so be aware that you need to be treat others the
way you want to be treated.
