their mother in the drawing room. Jane points out the fact 'Me she had
dispensed from the group.' I feel sorry for Jane because she is part of
the family but they neglect and ignore her. They exclude her from
family activities. Jane will feel lonely and unloved. She is treated like a
punch bag and this must really hurt her feelings. Jane's uncle was her
hero but she was let down by him when he died.
Linked to this, the next reason we sympathise with Jane is because she
is both physically and verbally bullied. Jane is bullied by Master John
Reed mainly because he doesn't like her and feels she shouldnt be living
with them in Gateshead Hall. John is fourteen and Jane is only ten. John
is older, bigger and a lot stronger than Jane. Jane is frightened by
John and does obey his every command. John bullies Jane physically that
she even drew blood. 'I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act
to hurl it' this quote tells us how Jane saw Master John pick up and
throw the book at her. His throw had force to it, as Jane fell and
'striking my head against the door.' Blood appeared on her head, Jane's
'pain was sharp.' She then retaliated to him by calling John a 'wicked
and cruel boy.' Master John is not happy and launched another viscious
attack against Jane, calling her a 'rat.' I feel sorry for Jane because
she is a lot younger than John and not as strong. He has bullied her for
years causing Jane a lot of torment. Now Jane's feeling's have 'passed
it's climax' and she is used to the bullying as it has gone on towards her
for a long time, her feelings and hurt no longer exist.
Jane goes through a lot of injustice because she is wrongly accused and
never believed. I sympathise with Jane when she is not believed because
it is awful when you get wrong or punished for something you did not do.
The feeling that no-one believes you is hurtful. 'Take her away to the
red-room, and lock her in there.' This is where Jane is taken, as her
punishment for calling Master John a 'wicked and cruel boy.' No-one
believes Jane, everyone thinks she is to blame and she is the cause of
the dispute. Mrs Reed demands Jane to be taken away to the Red-Room
for defending herself from John and his nastiness. Mrs Reed thinks Jane
flew at Master John. I feel sorry for Jane because she is wrongly
accused and punished for something she didn't do. Jane retaliates to
Master John's cruelty and wickedness towards her. She is taken away
to the 'red-room' and locked up there herself. No-one likes being
wrongly accused and punished especially when it isn't there fault. Jane
must feel lonely and upset, because no-one is there to believe her.
Jane is very imaginative and we sympathise for her because all children
are imaginative it's their way of having fun or to escape. In Jane's case
it is escape. She sits on the window-seat cross legged with the 'red
moreen curtain neatly closed.' Jane chooses a book from the book case
making sure 'that it should be stored with pictures.' Jane is happy
reading, "Bewick's History of Birds," she is content. 'With Bewick on my
knee I was then happy' Jane is happy as she is peaceful reading her
book. She has escaped into a world of Bewick's birds. Janes imagination
escapes and she is happy just reading a book on birds. She doesn't have
a very loving family and the reason she escapes is so that she can be
happy. All young children have an overactive imagination and Jane is no
exception. She is lonely and finds happiness in a book, which shows how
much she needs love and attention. It also shows how Jane is neglected
and unloved. I feel sorry for Jane because she is unhappy living with her
aunt.
Bronte describes other characters negatively. She descirbes John Reed
like he is the most wicked person in the world. 'He bullied and punished
me,' Jane is telling us her side of the story about how John treats her.
She goes on to say 'all John Reeds violent tyrannies' and how he is
'wicked and cruel.' Jane is trying to tell us how nasty her cousin is but
this is her point of view, of how Jane see's John. Jane's view is going
to be biased as this is how she feels towards John. She knows the truth
and is yet again trying to convince us, the readers, how nasty John is.
He may come across like a gentleman to other people but when no-one is
around he launches attacks against Jane. I feel sorry for Jane because
she is thinking negatively, possibly in hope that John Reed will leave her
alone.
Jane isn't happy at all. She uses sad, depressing words when she is
talking. This relates to how she feels. 'Clouds so sombre' this is serious
and sad it is almost depressing. Even though Jane is talking about the
weather these choice of words are also relating to Jane's own feelings.
The weather is reflecting Jane's mood; 'drear November day.' I feel
sorry for Jane because she is so lonely and the vocabulary she is using
is depressing and is continually reflecting how sad she is.
Towards the end of the first two chapters I feel sorry for Jane she is
neglected and unhappy. She has no parents and imagining how unhappy
someone could be without their parents to look after them is heart
breaking. She is living with peoplpe who dont love her at all and her so
called cousins who are meant to be blood relatives are bullying her and
she is getting punished for no reason what so ever. Jane is treat like a
servant and is not treat like a part of the family. She gets blamed for
everything and her cousins don't like her. Jane is very different from
children of today because everybody is treat like an equal compaired to
how people was treat in 1847. Jane's experiences are not like any
experiences children have today for starters. Jane has lost her family
both her mum and dad. Today losing your parents isn't at all common but
in 1847 it would have been more common as there was a lot of diseases
around. There was no health treatment like there is today so therefore
diseases couldn't be treated and as an end result people died. Jane
Eyre has made me realise what life would have been like in 1847, how
orphaned children are treated and what different families did to the
people they dont love.
