Jane Eyre

On the whole I found Jane Eyre a written version like a typical bollywood film, in which the actress (Jane Eyre) is orphaned as a child, she does not have any money, and then all of a sudden she meets this rich person and then later on falls in love with him. As usual there is a twist in the story, she comes to know that he already has a wife, she leaves him, and then years later they meet again and then get married.  

I had surely anticipated the ending of the story, when I was in the very midst of it, because of the twists in it.

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I did not have a really difficult time relating to the novel .But, the author has used some French words which I did not really understand.

Life examples of how I connected with the story or characters –

The story didn’t really connect to my life, but some instances did. For e.g, the part when Jane Eyre’s best friend dies (which is as good as parting). Even I had to leave a very good friend of mine. Just like Miss Maria Temple was married and had to leave the institution she was parted from Jane Eyre, even I had to bid my teacher good bye forever once upon a time!!

On further reflection, I could connect to the main character of the story Jane Eyre to my sister. The common qualities which both of them possessed were, a strong sense of conscience to not  blame anyone else for what they have done, for “it we who do it ,it is our mind that thinks about the deed ,not the person who is guiding us”.

They both have the characteristics of “fire and ice” .They break into fights and then later on they themselves solve it. Most importantly, both of them speak for the truth, even is they are speaking to a class above them, they will never resist talking against the person who is at fault!! If they speak for the truth, they speak without any inhibition of the opponent.

Barrier in Relating the Character.

The biggest barrier in relating my sister to Jane Eyre was that the author gave such a detailed description of Jane Eyre and her physical aspects, which did not completely match with my sister.

Difficult Times (World Connection)

I did have a bit of difficulty in relating to the setting because as I live in India and the story is set in London. The culture and the period are different. For instance, the way John Reed discriminated against Jane Eyre, and the way Georgiana and Eliza Reed reply in a disrespectful manner to their mother.

The whole culture is typically Europe in the 1800’s, which does not have much in common with contemporary Indian culture in which we live.

In my view the most thought provoking quote from the book is “The human heart has hidden treasures, in secrets kept, in silence sealed; the thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, whose charms are broken if revealed” said by Jane Eyre. This quote has a very meaningful connection withal our lives irrespective of the time and place that it was spoken. As a reader I recognize that each one of us at some point has held on tight to secrets in silences, to avoid breaking their charm.