Bronte's novel, Jane Eyre, is incredibly fascinating. I really enjoy the really unexpected twists that Bronte has written. These twists keep the reader engaged and excited to keep reading. I really enjoy the character of Jane; she is incredibly honest and sees things for as they actually are. Bronte descriptions of places and people makes the reader feel like they are part of the novel. I have a slight problem with some of the words that Bronte uses: I don't know what a lot of them mean. I occasionally look the words up but for the most part I tend to read over them without a full knowledge of what they mean. This could hinder my knowledge of what is going on in the novel. Her large descriptive words tend to confuse me because I do not use such large words in my everyday conversations. The character of Mr. Rochester really confuses me because he has such large mood swings. I am having a hard time understanding me and making an impression of him. So far, I really enjoy the writing style of Bronte. She keeps me really engaged and wanting to continue on and discover what is to occur later on in the novel.

There are many images of Jane being enclosed so far in the novel. These images, I believe, are attempting to convey how Jane is enclosed within her lack of life experience. She has never been around a large group of people and she is usually by herself. She has no idea what is in the outside world because every location she has been at, whether at Gateshead, Lowood, or Thornfield, is far from the rest of society, they are all incredibly secluded. Jane has never not known seclusion. All throughout her life she has been forced to be solitaire; she has had few friends and knows nothing of the outside world. Through these images of enclosure, I believe Bronte is attempting to express how enclosed Jane is within her lack of life experience. Jane has never lived for herself, she has always been under someone else's authority. She is enclosed in her lack of freedom, her lack of experience, and her lack of beauty, and her lack of self-confidence. Bronte, I believe, is trying to express these aspects whenever there is a scene of enclosure, whether it be by a window, door, gate, ect....

Jane's emotions switch from a burning passion to an icy indifference or coldness. Bronte uses images of fire and ice to convey these emotions more thoroughly. Jane experiences many sudden switches between passion and indifference and Bronte always uses images of fire and ice to allow the image to have a better understanding of what emotions Jane is feeling or the tone of the certain scene. Take the scene in the Red Room for example. In this scene Jane is incredibly passionate. She is angry, her blood is boiling. Bronte wants to emphasis Jane's feelings more by making this room entirely red. Bronte uses images of fire and ice to emphasize the emotions and tone of any particular scene.