There is a timeless message of never giving up is shown throughout Jane Eyre multiple times. From the beginning of the novel reader sees how Jane is treated like a servant in her aunts home. She is bullied, beat, and hurt emotionally and psychically by her cousin John Reed numerous times. She has no comfort because her parents and uncle are dead. The only reason that Jane is still at the Reed Estate is because her uncle made her aunt promise to keep Jane until she could live on her own. Jane endures the pain and ends up becoming friends with the actual servant named Bessie. As the book goes on the reader sees Jane's never give up attitude lets her attend a boarding school at a place called Lowood. Jane thinks her schooling is being generously paid for by Mrs. Reed but is disappointed to find out the school was for girls who had been orphaned. (Bronte Ch. 5)This is an instance were Jane could have gave up on life but she stays at the school and enjoys her experiences by making friendships and making memories. Jane goes on to become a governess at a manor called Thornfield. (Bronte Ch. 10) She falls in love with a man named Mr. Rochester and gets her heart broken when she discovers he is married to someone else as they are about to be married. (Bronte Ch. 26) Once agian Jane does not give up on love and life and takes a new path. Eventually Jane and Mr. Rochester do get back together and Jane's good attitude lead her to happily ever after life. I think we still read this novel because it teaches us to never give up and tells us that hard work and a good attitude pays off.
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Ed. Margaret Smith. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1998. Print.
Why is the message to never give up so timeless and universal? Explain more on the reader's side and the effects of the author's techniques, timelessness,etc. on her instead of focusing so much on the novel's plot.
ReplyDeleteThink about what you're trying to prove. Is it that the message is to never give up? No. It's to show the timelessness of that message and why it makes the book timeless (a classic).