Karley's Essay Ideas for Jane Eyre

Sorry I am just getting to post, I have been having the hardest time trying to figure out what to write  about. I thought about writing in regards to the gypsy scene or the horse scene when Jane first encounters Rochester. The prompt is a bit confusing and I am not sure how I am going to connect events that occurred in Jane Eyre and in my life. If you have any suggestion, please let me know, thanks.                                                                                

Danny's Jane Eyre Ideas

     I'm honestly having a hard time deciding what to write my essay about. When I read a book, I view what is is going on in the literal, and not the deeper references or hidden meanings. It's just harder for me to grasp and harder to understand. I have two ideas that interest me. The first is how Jane has changed since she was a child, and the events that have caused those changes. The other idea was to focus on how each individual character had an impact on Jane's life and character. This is the best I've got, so any feedback would be appreciated. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

Finished book

Just finished the book, I was expecting St. john was going to ask Jane to marry her when. But I thought that was a dumb idea I had in my head, but when he said that she should go to India with him as his wife, I was more surprised. I am happy that she heard Rochesters voice and decided to go back to not be tied down with St. John. Then finding out Bertha killed herself made me  not like happy but some what relieved, she was miserable and she obviously didn't want to live and she did it in a way so she could take Rochester with her, but he escaped that death. It's ironic though it was a fire, because Bertha set fire to his bed where Jane saved him.
I liked the ending her being with Rochester, equal to each other.

Jane Eyre Essay Topic Benni

I think Jane's strong religious morals and her doctrine of endurance determine her fate. She stands up for herself rarely, but when she does it has major affects on herself and other characters in the book. For instance, when she stands up to John Reed she gets locked in the red room, and when her religious morals prevent her from marrying Rochester she is homeless and lost. In my essay I will be explaining these themes more in depth and providing more details and examples/quotes from the book.

Edgar's ideas

In Bronte's book Jane Eyre, use of sybolism and imagery really interests me. My essay will probably be about the many uses of symbolism throughout the book. From the Red Room to the fireplace and even the names of the characters symbolism is used everywhere in the book. I think symbolism makes the book great. Another possible topic for my essay is something about gender inequality. Bronte's view on this is very intersting. Bertha locked in the attic deals with how women of that time period where eventually oppressed and confined by a male figure. I will talk about how Jane needed help from her male relatives in her life. I still haven't picked what I will eventually write about but these are some initial ideas.

Devon's Jane Eyre Essay Ideas!

Wowza!! We are almost done with the book! The one essay topic that really interests me are the protofeminism ideas throughout the story, so far. I also really like the topic on Jane's struggle for equality and gender equality in general. So, I'm still deciding between those two topics, but they are both related in a way. Throughout the book Jane struggles to be heard and treated fairly. Even when she could stay with Rochester, she rejects him in order to maintain equality. I would combine the topics into one but I think it would be too complicated. No matter which one I choose, I will be looking more closely for: points in the story where Jane's goal for equality is threatened, symbolism between the sun and the moon, relationships Jane has with the men in her life, examples of passion (symbolism of red), examples of women enclosed, and any others I can think of. My essay will most likely with both topics, shed light on inequality for women in that time period.

Taylor's Essay Idea

For my Jane Eyre essay, I want to discus the idea of love versus autonomy. Jane is on a quest to find love and she searches, not just for romantic love, but also for a sense of being valued.  Yet, throughout the book, Jane must learn how to gain love without sacrificing and harming herself in the process and losing the idea of equality. Her fear of losing her autonomy motivates her to refuse Rochester’s marriage proposal. Jane believes that “marrying” Rochester while he remains legally tied to Bertha would mean becoming a mistress and becoming unequal to Rochester. On the other hand, her life at Moor House tests her in the opposite manner. She enjoys her independence  but she lacks emotional relationships.  Although St. John proposes marriage, Jane knows their marriage would remain loveless there for she can not marry him. 

Devin's Essay Ideas

There are many things in Jane Eyre that really interest me as an essay prompt. The hidden imagery and symbolism that Charlotte Bronte uses is one thing I really like to focus on and discover while I'm reading, such as the recurrence of the color red. I also enjoy looking at the way Bronte presents the image of the freedom and sense of self that Jane would lose if she would be tied down by marriage, and the role of the Victorian wife. Or the many things that Bertha represents in the story. Another thing I find interesting is the need to marry into the same social class that Jane feels with Rochester. There are so many things that intrigue me about this book, I don't know what I will choose!

McKennas Essay Idea

 The most interesting part of the book for me in particular is basically the whole idea of feminism. Bronte manages to show the role of the function of nature using femininity; thereby creating one of the most pro feministic novels ever written. She takes it to a level of every day life by including the sun and the moon, emphasizing the passion and hysteria that comes with the lunar aspect. She uses something to dear to women, the idea or marriage, to symbolize not the bringing together of man and woman, but the equaling of each party. Equality is a major theme in the novel because Jane is such a feminist that she believes she cannot be in love if the person she loves is not equal to her. The novel is also very much based on an over abundance of passion, which tens to be a feminine quality; she uses the color red to push the limits on how much passion the reader can take, for example the fires and the sunsets and especially the red room. It is a place of pure passion, so much that it knocks Jane out altogether. The book also emphasizes love, Jane is constantly searching for her one true love, and when she finds it, she truly cannot let it go. This is one of the feministic qualities that define women, the lust, the passion, the need, the love. It truly is amazing how much feminism Charlotte Bronte shoves into a 524 page novel.

The novel so far has been based upon Jane and her plainness.  The book explored how her plain looks have effected her life, both depriving her and allowing her to flourish, depending on the situation. Yet on the inside of Jane lives a firey passion, that eventually she learns to contain. For my essay topic I would like to expand upon the theme of fire/passion being constantly contained. I think it will be interesting to examine what Bronte is really trying to demonstrate with this constant symbolism. This essay could possibly lead into either a break down of the narrative and the purpose of Brontes writing style or lead to a paper that delves into how Bronte was pro-feminism and a very modern, forward thinker for her time.

Mo essay topic

 In this book, I took great interest in the use of symbolism.  I think I will write mainly about Passion and the symbols used throughout the book. I will go through and find the re occurence of the symbols, fire Ice and ect. I could also use things like the color red and other symbols found throughout the book.  Charlotte Bronte uses so many symbols as symbolism seems to be a great talent of hers. There are so many ideas I could pick from, especially when there is a free range of topics to pick from. The book so far has gone through many highs and lows, exciting and boring. As I said before I take great interest in the symbolism Bronte uses. It adds to the imagery, which usually catches my eye in a book. The detail has caught my eye and I believe i will write about it in my essay.

Kealey's Jane Eyre Ideasss

To be honest, I'm not quite sure what I want to write about. There is a lot going on in this novel, and so many different things that could be analyzed. I guess one idea I like is comparing her writing and ideas to the transcendentalist. She talks about none conformity, nature, rising early, being in solitude and much more. These ideas all steam from the transcendentalist. I feel as if I could say how Bronte's idea related to them, yet at the same time strayed away from these ideas and take a life of their own. Another topic that intrigues me is Jane's character and how her moral compass changes throughout the book and why. Again, I'm still not quite sure where I'm headed with this essay, these are just a few ideas.

As a writer, I am love Bronte's reoccurring symbols. There meaning, their purpose, the way they all twine to together to reveal later plot developments. I'm 23,000 sum odd words into an online story right now, and reading Jane Eyre while I'm writing it has greatly effected my own story line.

The parallels! They're amazing, I'm fascinated by the intricacies of the structure. I realize this is far to broad a topic to base a paper off of. But paying close attention to the symbolism has provided me with a larger understanding of the novel as a whole, and will give me more examples when I actually come up with an idea.

I'm leaning towards doing something that involves the consistent balance within the symbolism. This book is loaded with literary merit, and there's so much to look at. The Emerson in me wants to forgo all suggestions and come up with an analysis idea that's completely my own. I'll get back to you when I decide.

Beauty Come From Within

 Beauty comes from the eye of the beholder, and is only true when it comes from with in.
I want to write my essay on the fact that jane as a child was portrayed as ugly, and ends up falling in love with an ugly man.
She realizes that Rochester will be the only man to ever truly love her.
I want to use examples like her cousins, who were gorgeous as children with blonde ringlets, and beautiful smiles, but when they become older, they loose their beauty and are left with sour personalities and bad outlooks on life.
I also want to retaliate it to how true love doesn't have a specific look to it. Jane and Rochester are meant to be, and neither of them are classified as beautiful. Jane also realizes that she cannot love St. John becomes he is too handsome.
Jane is a lovely person, and a beautiful person at heart, and she proves that women to need to be pretty to be successful and live life to the fullest. You will find happiness weather you are pretty or not.

Essay Topics

I am unsure exactly what I want to write about, although I think the sun and the moon or gender relations seems interesting. I like how the moon rises when Bertha stabs Mr.Mason, and its also night time(Moon is up) when Jane and Bertha have their first face to face encounter the night before the wedding. And I am also considering the idea about how Rochester is more reliant on Jane at night, when he needs her help with Mr.Mason, and when morning comes (and the sun is up) Rochester is confident on his own. The idea of Jane and Rochester both relying on each other is also very interesting. I possibly will write about how Jane and Rochester count on each other as support both mentally and physically. That without Rochester, Jane is without a job or a home. And without Jane, Rochester is stuck with Bertha in his solitary house. Another example to gender roles is the first time they meet where Rochester is un-horsed and in need of Jane's support. Or when the fire happens and Jane saves Rochester. Most stereotypes is that the man is above the women, but in many cases we can see that Jane and Rochester are equal. I'm not sure exactly which one I would rather do but I'm thinking about the second idea of gender equality. I do not know which would make a stronger argument, but I believe I could connect both ideas into one, falling under Gender Equality.

Audrey's 1st Essay Idea

       This novel has been very compelling, I truly have enjoyed the love scandals in it, and how Jane is very confidently sure of herself with a strong willed attitude, however, I have had a hard time connecting to it. My favorite book is "A Million Little Pieces," by James Frey, a true story, which could easily be one of the saddest I have ever heard. Though I can't exactly relate to his tragic addictions, books like this inspire me. After reading this I realized that my personal taste is in gripping dark stories that pull not only your emotions but your mind in. That being said I think I am going to write my Jane Eyre essay on the ways that the gothic themes in the novel, which usually are later explained, elevate and enrich the importance of the major turning points in the book. I also plan to talk about the symbol of Bertha and how you can learn is a lot more than you can catch at first.

Gage's dealio about Rochester

I haven't really come across something that I would like to persue very deeply, but I would like to involve gender steriotypes with Rochester.  He is described by Brontë, like all other men, as a bitter and stern overseer.  In a proto-feminist novel, Rochester is portrayed as a master in a relationships, instead of an equal, but he thinks and acts otherwise.

celestine's ideas for essay

One thing that interests me about the book is the progression of Jane's character, especially comparing her personality before and after Lowood. Before Lowood she was extremely passionate. I think that her experience there quelled a lot of her passion, and made her a more modest, unassuming person. Jane is a naturally passionate person, and the school (and her upbringing overall) pushed reason on her. In other words, she's been conditioned. I was thinking about what she'd be like without Lowood, and how the book would be different. She probably would have stayed with Rochester (her morals would be looser and her passion would be greater). That's one idea, but I don't think I could go very in depth with that for an essay. Something else that interests me is the commentary on conventionality contained in the book. I think that this is the best parallel to the Transcendentalist movement in the book, and it's mentioned a lot. One of the messages in the book is that conventionality is not morality. I think in those days people were very conventional, and Charlotte Bronte was speaking out against that. Conventionality is still an issue in today's society, and I think her message should be taken seriously. And the last thing that I'm considering writing about is gender roles and feminism in the book. I find this theme very interesting. I wonder how these ideas were viewed in the mid 1800's, whether they were considered radical. I'm guessing they were. This also ties in with conventionality. Maybe I could write about how some of the ideas in this book were very radical for the time period, and how Charlotte Bronte was going against conventionality by expressing these ideas. Conventionality does not allow for progress.

Possible Essay Topics_ Sara Moles

I really love Jane's personality and the way she acts towards the men in her life and her situations in general. I think it would be interesting to contrast her stubborn and assertive personality to the way women were expected to act during her time period. I think a big reason this book was so controversial is because Jane's character is so bold and that was not necessarily tolerated in the 1840's and 50's.

I would first look into what women during this time period were expected to do and how they were meant to act. Then I would compare those standards to how Jane deals with different situations, such as Brocklehurst's role, Helen's theology, Rochester before and after his marriage proposal, running away after the marriage falls through, and being homeless. 

I also want to look at the idea that Jane doesn't need men. In her day, marriage was almost the only option, other than becoming a governess, which is exactly what Jane does. She takes care of herself and rarely ever asks for help. That's why I was actually very surprised that she relied on St. John to find work for her and that she couldn't find any herself. Was she unable to find work for herself because of the way women were seen in that time period? Or was it Bronte's way of affirming the idea that Jane had simply hit rock bottom in her life and she needed a man to clean it up for her for once? 

One of my favorite parts in the book is after Rochester proposes to Jane, but before the wedding. Jane will not let herself succumb to her happiness and just let Rochester spoil her and change who she is. She's almost mean to Rochester because she wants to prove herself. I love that idea! Don't let a man change who you are, even if you do love him. I especially want to focus on the three or four weeks before the wedding, and Jane's behavior to her fiancé. 

I guess I mainly want to focus on women during the period this book is set in and how Jane contrasts those ideals because her character is so strong-willed. I really enjoy Jane’s personality. 

Wilder Reason vs. Passion

In the book, it focuses on Passion vs. Reason as one of the main themes of the novel. Throughout the text, Jane and other characters feel the constant comparison from the two and there are many instances where they are both brought up in the novel.

One instance is when Jane is locked in the Red Room. While Jane is still living with the Reed family, John Reed throws a book at her face, which angers Jane and insults and bashes on John. Because of this, Jane is forced to be locked into a room where her uncle had died before. The room is called "The Red Room." The color red also has a lot to do with passion as well, and is only fitting that this room is used for punishment for being to passionate. 

Another instance that occurs is the character of Bertha, who is Rochester's crazed wife who is locked up in the third story attic in Thornfield. Bertha represents everything that is passionate, with her crazed ways and her not caring personality. On the other hand, Jane represents how to control your ways and have reason in life. 

I am looking forward to writing about this topic in the near future.

TJ's ideas for analytic essays

So far, I don't have an idea of what to write about. The themes in the book, like fire and ice, make sense but I am not sure where to go with them.

What Interests John Broadhead

What interests me the most would be how Jane really let you into her world and experience it as a reader. There are strange things that happen to he in her life that make you want to see where they lead because it could go in any direction. When she is homeless and about to die, you have no idea  whats gong to happen. Who knew she was going to find this random house where they took her in, nurtured her, and gave her a job. The emotion of the book changed from sympathy to excitement and relief for Jane. My interests is in Jane journey through the the life challenges God throws at her.

I also like Jane's character and her independence and nonconformity and how her independence or better the way she stands up to Rochester for example is a hint to gender relations in general. I think it' s good that she left Rochester although she already forgave him for everything because she needs to do her own thing. I was impressed that she did it actually although I felt it was necessary and pretty obvious for the plot. It is also that she does not need a man to take care of her, she can do it on her own as well. It was pretty mean from Rochester to imply that she could not make it on her own and if she does not say yes to him that nobody cares for her when he says: "Who in the world cares for you? or who will be injured by what you do?" When Jane answers that she can care for herself and "The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained, I am, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God, sanctioned by man. I will hold to the principles received by me when I was sane, and not mad - as I am now" she shows her independence. It kind of reminded me of the scene when she told Mrs. Reed her opinion of her, I like it when she stands up to people and do not just do what she is supposed to do or what would be easiest  but not the right way for her.

analytical essay idea

So far in the book the theme that has interested me the most is that of social roles. Throughout the book, after Jane comes to Thornfield, we can see social roles effecting her, especially when she is asked to marry Rochester. I plan to write about how even though Jane is as intellectual as Rochester, she isn't on the same level, socially , as him. Also about how Jane stands up to the social stigmas set forth in the Victorian age.

Olivia Jane eyre

The theme of social classes and hierarchy is a topic in Jane Eyre that is very interesting to me. Jane's social stand point affects her throughout the entire novel. Starting in the beginning when Jane is outcastes by her aunt and uncle and cousins she starts out feeling less important at a very early age, as an orphan. Then, when she is at lowood she again feels socially unimportant because she is an orphan and is belittled by her teachers and headmasters. Then when she becomes a governess at Tornfield she is bossed around and is well aware of her social standpoint. Even when she confesses her love to Rochester and realizes it is a mutual feeling, she cannot marry him because she wishes to be his equal and knows that she stands much lower than him socially, and hopes to get an inheritance.

Jane Eyre topic.....

The topic that I think I will be mainly focusing on from Jane Eyre, for my essay, will be how Jane acts around men, she doesn't let herself be talked down on. She stands up for what she believes as we'll she answers back in an intelligent way. men find her to be plain her physical features but her personality made Mr. Rochester fall in love with her.
  I also want to relate it to how Jane see herself to be equal with the men, she also doesn't let her self get tied down. She was close to marrying Mr. Rochester because she loved him, but when she found out that he was married she wasn't going to marry him or stay with him still, she moved on she said she had to keep going. Then being a woman going out by herself, she has new experience.
I am going to combine these thoughts together into an essay topic.

Marygrace- What interest me about Jane Eyre

One thing that I am interested in Jane Eyre is the concept of mother figures. Since Jane never grew up with an actual mother, it seems that the role of a mother figure is constantly popping up in Jane's life. Throughout the story Jane is constantly running into strong female/ mother figures in which she can model herself from. This idea of different mother figures in the story could also potentially relate to the theme of genders and Bronte's interpreted opinion of strong female figures in society. Almost all women in the story so far have acted as a nurturing figure whom Jane can look to for guidance. In the beginning of the novel, the servant Bessie acts as a mother figure and takes care of Jane. When Jane is living in Lowood, she essentially looks to Helen for comfort and guidance, and also as a figure which she can model herself from. From Helen Jane learns many things such as the bigger idea of respect and self worth. In Lowood Jane also encounters Miss Temple who also acts as a mother figure towards her. Jane eventually makes her way to Thornfield where she herself takes upon acting as a mother figure for Adele. This supports the overall idea of mothering in the novel, but also shows how Jane has learned the significant role of being a mother figure from all of the influential individuals Jane has encountered in her past.

Thinking about our upcoming Jane Eyre essay assignment, I have a few topics I am interested in.  There is one however that I am particularly keen about. The proto-feminist aspect of the story really has intrigued me.  How she continues to emasculate Rochester, the way she stands up to all the men she comes in contact with, there are many times in the book we see this pro-feminism being displayed.  To me that is one of the biggest concepts of the book.  It is a recurring theme, that in which we always look further into.  I love how the sun and moon are described, being male and female, and how it relates to how whenever the moon comes up, Jane is empowered-Rochester falls off horse, Rochester stutters in her presence during the night hours, etc.  There's so many symbols and things in the novel that support this overlying theme of pro to-feminism, and I am very interested in it!

Intriguing topics of jane eyre

The most interesting part of this book for me is the tie between gender roles and passion vs. reason. To me it seems like it was expected for women to not be very passionate at all, which is partly what makes jane stick out so much.  Janes passion makes her unlike other women of her time period.  It seems like the 'normal' and conforming woman back the w as very passive, very quiet and not passionate whatsoever. Women seemedt o be expected to simply stand by their partners and follow along, without speaking out or standing up for themselves, like when Helen burns has the sign on her for missbehaving at lowood, she simply accepts it. Jane however, rips it off angrily and passionately and does not want to accept punishment that she feels is unjust. In this book it seems as though janes passion makes her unlike other women from her time and makes her switch the gender roles.  While women were not expected to speak out and be passionate, men on the other hand could be as passionate and outspoken as they please, without concern from anyone.  Janes passion makes her more equal to men and she does not not conform to the normal picture of women during her time.

Reason Vs. Passion

One of the fundamental opposites of the earth is fire and ice. One is cold, one is hot. One slows, and one speeds up. In Jane Ere, fire and ice represent passion, and its opposite, reason.

This is important, because it can relate to many choices we make today in our lives. Whether to give in to the whim, which is a product of passion, or to deny that whim because it may be harmful and instead think and do the logical choice. An example could be eating a second piece of cake. A passionate person might say, "oh that cake was excellent, Im going to eat another piece." A reasonable person might think, Well, this cake is really unhealthy, full of fat and sugar. It also might make me feel sick later.  And will not take that second piece.

In Jane Ere, there are many examples of whether a passionate response to a situation, or one based on reason, are appropriate. These examples could help us decide which one is actually better, passion or reason. And in the end, maybe it is too complicated to sum up, because like in the book, there are many different scenarios where different responses are better, and it could just be up to the person to decide.

Jane Eyre

It's hard to choose a topic to write about when it comes to Jane Eyre, not because the topics are scarce, but because there are so many, it's hard to make a decision between them all. What to choose? Gender relations, proto-feminism, passion vs reason, Rochester vs St John, or Jane vs Helen? So many choices! I think though I have come to the conclusion that the idea which intrigues met eh most and could extract the most critical thinking from my mind would be Charlotte Bronte's ability to break the traditional characters in Romance novels of her time. As opposed to plotting a story led by a damsel in distress, she sketched a story around a strong independent woman, who, if anything, was the one saving her leading man. That may be another reason she wrote under a pseudonym, because she knew that the notion she was suggesting about empowering women in novels, no matter how lovey dovey they may be, would not be as eagerly accepted, let alone acknowledged, if it came from a woman, because it may be seen as a sort of self promotion, or gender bias.

Chapter 24-27 Response

I was really surprised that Grace Poole is not actually the mad one, but there is in fact another person on the third floor, Bertha! It makes everything that happened before, all the crazy occurrences, make a lot more sense to  me.  Even though many things were explained in these chapters, I felt that they were overall really disappointing! I wish Jane hadn't left Thornfield!  It seemed like the second things were starting to go very well, and it looked like there could be a happy ending, Bertha was introduced!  I hope that later in the book there is SOME sort of happy ending.

My thoughts about Jane Eyre

I think Jane Eyre is an interesting story where i never really know whats coming next. Jane is this sweet lonely girl that is bored with her life and is looking for excitement just like all of us. I like that you can always tell what shes feeling and what going on in her mind, its like you really thinking and feeling like Jane Eyre. Its interesting to read about her life because even though its not jam packed with action or excitement, you can relate in some ways and start to feel for her. The fire with red and passion is fun to look for in the book and find new ways shes feeling and experiencing passion. I am looking forward to reading on in the book and discovering more about this girls life.

My thoughts about Jane Eyre

So far, of what we read as a whole I think it is pretty good. Jane's life in the beginning is pretty awful, she is bullied by John Reed, is forced to do work and is locked up in the red room. That is no way for a ten year old girl to grow up, and i think that it will impact her later in her life, with her decisions and how she interacts with other people. One thing i found particularly interesting was the depiction of the the fire contained by the iron bars, which represents her passion that is contained inside her. I think that because she has so much passion for things she wants and believes contained inside of her it that sooner or later that she wont be able to anymore and it. When it all finally comes out, it will be interesting to see hoe she reacts and what will happen.

I think in chapter 20 you really see Jane's devotion, because even with all these odd occurrences happening she can't seem to stop loving Mr. Rochester, its as if all of this is a test, for something bigger to come. Especially when she is emotionally tormented by Mr. Rochester asking her opinion and almost "permission" to marry Ingram Blanche, when he knows he really does not intend to...or does he? Perhaps he is testing Jane, to see how far he can push her until she stops returning. I think he gets carried away with toying with Jane and testing the waters, that if I were Jane I would almost see him as immature when it comes to something so serious as love.

Audrey's thoughts on Chapter 20

Wow. Chapter 20 has been the most suspenseful and interesting yet, it seems like this novel has almost taken a turn. For Mr. Rochester to open up a huge part of his life to Jane then bring up Blanche is absurd, and I got so mad how he didn't give her a chance to speak up. He is such a closed character and once you think that he is gonna show he soft spot he gets insecure and runs off. I am also enticed by Masons injury, I am astonished that Jane didn't have the guts to speak up, I wanted her to go again Rochester's will and speak to Mason but a part of me knew that she wouldn't do that. Really suspenseful chapter and it is not filled with mystery!

Jane Eyre Comments and Thoughts

While I have read this book three times, on the third time 'round I am finding even more deeper meanings and secrets hidden among the literary work of Charlotte Bronte. While some may find Jane to be inspiring and independent, at time I find her stubborn and annoying. She seems somewhat mad at the world (understandable, given her childhood) and seems course. Through the meeting of Mr. Rochester though she begins to soften up, and is shown an entirely different array of emotions, which before she only thought attainable through art. She seems somewhat difficult, which may be frustrating to most men, but to Mr. Rochester it is entertaining and somewhat charming, as if to match his peculiar sense of humor. Overall, I am enjoying the book once again, which I think says a lot about the book if you are able to read it three times and not shoot yourself from boredom.

So far in the book I have been thinking a lot about the characters, their importance and who they are. Mr. Rochester is a character that I just can't seem to understand everything about him, I feel as if he is hiding something very important. He is stern-featured, rude, abrupt, always on the edge of violence, likes to order people around, and stays very secretive. Grace is another character that I feel is about to get into a lot of trouble, since she is being accused of setting off the fire, because of her 'laugh'. She is also very secretive and mysterious. Helen is extremely intelligent, calm, and caring. She is very devout to religious faith but I feel like she cause jane to be confused when she was still alive. I think Jane is confused by Helen’s patient and how she can stay so happy even tho she went through so much mistreatment. Then theres Jane, I would describe her as someone who's laid back and just rolls with the flow because she doesn't like to share. Although she went through such a bad time when she was young she is still so strong, but if she had her way everything in the book so far I feel would somewhat be "switched." If Jane had the power and wasn't an orphan or had Mr.Rochester as her "master" she wouldn't know what to do or how to handle anything but I feel like she would open up more and try and make many things different. Jane is lost in her life and has too many things that keep effecting her with too many emotions hitting her all at once.  She tries to hide herself in the story, so we have to try and figure out what she wants or what she has. But I do believe that deep down Jane is actually one of the strongest and most intense characters in the novel. 

My thoughts on Jane Eyre so far

So far in the book I've noticed that the servant Grace is very mysterious. Jane suspects her as the one who started the fire, because she heard the same laugh then as she did earlier coming from Grace's room. I wonder what will come out of this, or if anything will, but Grace is very suspicious and is the only one at the house that gets drunk and had bad manners. At one point she even asks another servant to bring her her dinner. Later that day Jane hears a loud noise in her sleep. My prediction is that something big will happen with Grace.

Audrey's Thoughts So Far

     Throughout Jane Erye, many different things have stuck out to me, but one quote that was said in chapter 4 has spoke to me the most out of all of them.

"I am glad you are no relation of mine. I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to visit you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick, and that you treated me with miserable cruelty. . . . You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity. I shall remember how you thrust me back . . . into the red-room. . . . And that punishment you made me suffer because your wicked boy struck me—knocked me down for nothing. I will tell anybody who asks me questions this exact tale. ’Ere I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph, I ever felt. It seemed as if an invisible bond had burst, and that I had struggled out into unhoped-for liberty. . . ."

This quote utterly shocked me, I always knew that Jane was getting very sick of her life and the people she was surrounded by, but I never thought she would have this in her. She has such a fiery spirit in her and through this outburst you find out a lot more about Jane. "I will never call you aunt again as long as I live." Saying something like this to someone who raised you your entire childhood takes a lot of courage. I like how she craves justice, self respect, and acknowledges the fact that she deserves love, even in this time period where most treatment is justified.  I think it also speaks about her new life that she is creating and how her childhood years are not going to set her back, but make a new drive and motivation from her feelings if anger and revenge. 

First thoughts

first thoughts on jane ere

Well I think the best part is the French. It is fun to read the French in the book, since I am fluent.  This aspect is also unique. I have never seen a boom with this much foreign language before. But it was written in a different time. I guess the the majority of people know French in the 1900's and other languages besides, which is a contrast to modern American society.

In the most recent chapters the fright jane had before the fire reminded me of the fright she had locked in the red room. Both had a sort of supernatural aspect. I'm not sure if this is important later on when we find out who set the fire and learn more about them. But even so, it may be an example of her passion for the overreacting, and how she most recently used reason to to calm down and later solve the problem of the fire. 

As it is the fire itself is a sign for passion, and how her passion for him might end up burning him. Or it could be someone else's passion for him and how she saves him. 

The last thing is how little we actually know about everyone living in thornfeild. We keep learning things and changing our perspective, and I think this ignorance will be important I the future. 

Jane Eyre thoughts on book.....

The book Jane Eyre didn't catch my attention at first, I thought this book was going to be a girl telling her life at Lowood, but it became interesting when she left, and went to Thornfield to become a governess. Her life went through a great change, for she had not experienced anything outside of Lowood. As for Jane's features, I imagined her looking pretty not plain, for her personality is kind and she has passion when she speaks. When Mr. Rochester comes into the story, you get his perspective on what Jane looks like, and how he see her as someone who hasn't experienced much in her life outside of Lowood. When reading you can tell that Jane Eyre is beginning to care about Mr. Rochester and what he thinks. She almost has a breakdown or is sad that he left, she wanted to know how long we would be gone when he would come back and who he was going to be with... another woman?

Jane Eyre first impression Gage

        The first 10 chapters really reminded me of an old fashioned Matilda.  They both have a mean family, are misunderstood, go to a scary school, have a mean principal one nice teacher, and one close friend.  The only difference is that instead of being able to do magic, Jane is ugly.  I find this novel pretty hard to read because of the confusing content.  Even some of the more simple scenes require that I look over them multiple times.  After reading through the first section of the book, I have started to feel really bad for Jane.  Her family shuns her, and her orphan school is very cruel to her and all the other girls.

Jane Eyre first impressions

I like jane eyre so far, charlotte bronte is a very good writer. I've been trying to find connections between this book and the transcendentalist ideals, and i'm a bit confused about the fact that this book is considered to be a part of the transcendjentalist movement. It's mentioned nature a few times, but other than that I don't really see the connection. To me, it's just an interesting story about Jane's expieriences. There is a lot of commentary on feminism, and the confines of women in those days, which I find interesting. Mr. Rochester is a very confusing character at times, I can't decide whether I like him or not. He's not a very nice person, although ometimes he's nice to Jane. He puts his neds before everyone else; he's not very considerate. Jane and Mr. Rochester's relationship is interesting because they treat eachother as equals. Mr. Rochester has made a practice of treating everyone as his inferior, but Jane doesn't let him do this to her. She is actually empowered when she's with him.

First Impressions on Jane Eyre

                                   The first section of this book shows me how different aspects Jane encounters during her young life. At first, she grows up with no parents and has to live prisoned in a household where she is treated like an animal rather than a human. This story part of her childhood life reminds me of the Cinderella story who is stuck with her wicked step sisters and mother. I also find it interesting that a young girl can stand up for herself so much in this day in age, which I think foreshadows her accomplishments later on in the novel. After her terrible childhood in the Reed house, things change a little in Jane's life as she enrolls in Lowood School. Although the conditions of the school are harsh, Jane seems to enjoy the place and learns a lot in her life while attending the school. She finds ways to deal with her struggles and love your enemies from Helen and learns to enjoy certain aspects of life even if they may be in the harshest of conditions. After this stage in her life, her life progresses even more as she now works at Thornfield. She finds love in her life with Rochester, she works around good people in Mrs. Fairfax and her pupil and she lives in good confinements. Although she enjoys living here, she still seems trapped in the confinements. The aspects and living conditions that change throughout her life gives interest to me. Also, the mystery of the household is also interesting. How there is now murder involved shows that there are various gothic elements still present in the novel.

First Impression Jane Eyre - Katharina

I like "Jane Eyre". Although I am confused of the many words I don't know, I can still get the sense of the text most of the time. I can pretty much identify with Jane and I like her character. I also like Mr. Rochester although he is kind of rude, he seems to be interesting and intelligent. I totally felt like Jane when she doesn't get what he talks about because I don' t get it either. But he has character and Jan can learn a lot of him, I like his thoughts about life. I also think it's funny how he plays with her sometimes, just when he asked her if she thinks he is handsome. Therefore I like reading their  conversations.
The chapter with the fire when Jane saves his life was the most exciting chapter so far. I cannot believe why Grace Poole might have done something like this. I mean, her lough is strange but why would she hate Rochester so much that she wants him dead? I feel like it's dangerous for Jane that Grace kind of knows that Jane knows what she has done. Also, it is weird that Rochester just left right away without saying anything. He could have at least said Jane goodbye, she saved his life, and he left without a word. I feel sorry for Jane because she thinks about this woman and him now. It is sad that she sells herself so short now.                                    
                                                                

Jane Eyre blog post

So far, I am enjoying Jane Eyre.  It is starting to become really interesting! I'm particularly very interested in the evolving relationship between Rochester and Jane.  At first I was skeptical about the character Rochester and his attitude towards Jane.  I thought of him to be a man consisting strictly of business and anything for his own benefit.  But since last night's reading, I have begin to see another side of Rochester and his mannerisms towards and around Jane.  All of his (what I saw to be) bitterness, is turning to more of a sense of sarcastic, weird humor.  As he pulls a chair close to him for Jane, and as he asks her to keep conversation with him, it all is beginning to show, maybe, bit of affection towards Jane.  How he treats Adele compared to how he treats Jane, especially supports this theory.  With Adele, he does not wish to hear of her talk about her presents and is constantly wanting her voice to be quiet.  But with Jane he is urging completely the opposite, getting frustrated when he doesn't talk to him, for instance.  As their relationship evolves, I'm hoping their feelings for each other will surface and become clearer.  It hasn't failed to bore me so far and can't wait to see what happens next!

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Grace Poole is extremely creepy to me. She reminds me of a crazy, psycho old lady who I could see doing something lighting the room on fire. Although, I have a strange feeling that Adele might be the one who lit the room on fire. I don't have solid evidence for why she would, but Mr.Rochester doesn't care for Adele and frequently tells her to leave him alone. Adele may have done this to get his attention, but like I said I don't have solid evidence to why it was her.

This chapter has been my favorite chapter so far because of how spontaneous and creepy it was. It was one of the first times that I wanted to keep reading until I found out who did it. Earlier in the book, multiple times, Rochester tells Jane that she is going to know a secret that he has, and I think we will know this secret in the next couple of chapters, having to do with this fire.

I also thinks it's extremely strange how Rochester left right after the incident, like he needs space to figure out how he will explain what  happens to Jane. When he returns, Jane is going to to get a surprise of her life and her life might not be so plain anymore.

I think in the next couple of chapters the book is going to take a dramatic twist involving Jane having an inner struggle with keeping the secret closed off to the rest of the world and I'm excited to read the next couple of chapters.

First impression of Jane Eyre
Marygrace Greene

My first impression of Jane Eyre was that it is not at all what I was expecting. I did not think the story would start out being about a girl practically being tortured and forced to do labor. Yes, I did suspect that most orphans in that time were not treated with full respect, but i was not expecting the orphans in the story, including Jane, to be treated in such a harsh way. The conditions of Lowood were extremely severe, which made me feel skeptical about reading and actually enjoying the novel. However, now that we have gotten further into the story, it is much more interesting. What i really enjoy about this novel is how Jane occasionally addresses the reader. She does this in a few of the chapters to explain the deeper meaning of what is happening, and just to personally connect with the reader. This makes the story seem much more personal in a sense. For me personally, I feel as if she is talking to me, and not at me (like what most autobiographical authors do).

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I thought chapter fifteen of Jane Eyre was the most interesting chapter yet. I like the fact that Jane is finally happy! She actually has interest in life. Before this chapter, she was generally content (except in the very beginning of her Lowood attendance), but now she is actually smiling, laughing and isn't constantly wanting something more out of her life. I like that Rochester and her get along so well, and I think I would be thinking the same things Jane is. He likes her and she is right in taking an interest in him! However, it's almost a doomed love because he's so much older than her, she's poor, he's rich and all that. I think they'd be good together. They're both so intellectual and Jane's inexperience matches Rochester's maturity well. Plus, then Adele would have a good set of parents. Rochester could provide for her, and Jane could provide the love and education that orphans often times don't receive. 

I have kind of a weird take on the whole fire incident. My first reaction was that a ghost set the fire. That's why Rochester can't be happy at Thornfield. There's some kind of spirit thing that is so ticked off at him that it tried to kill him! Maybe I'm just being dumb, because Grace Poole was acting pretty strange, but why would she wait eight weeks to make her move? And if it was her, why wouldn't Rochester immediately fire her? Also, the laughing was deep, not like a woman's laugh. I was honestly so creeped out last night. I was alone in my house and it freaked me out! Any one else?   

I really enjoy this book so far, and I like how there is a lot of mystery. So far I really like how many hardships jane has had to go through because the reader gets to slowly watch her get stronger. Once she gets to Thornfield, she meets Rochester and slowly starts to fall in love with him. I don't know how I feel about him because he seems very mysterious and I feel like he leads Jane on. I also don't really understand who Grace Poole is, and that situation seems sort of strange.

Jane Eyre so far?

At the start of the book I really wasn't intrigued at all with the book. Lavender kept calling it a "page turner" but I wasn't seeing it. It wasn't until the book switched from Lowood to her new life as a governess that book became interesting. So far the best part of the book has been chapters 15 and 16. Once the odd and unexplainable events started to take place the book became hard to put down. After Jane saved Mr. Rochester I was left wondering who was the cause of the fire. Was it just Mr. Rochester's carelessness? Maybe, but I still believe this event has more to do with Grace than anything else!

Jane Eyre Response

              So far, I am enjoying this book. It took me awhile to get interested in the story, but now that mr. Rochester is in the plot, I'm liking it a lot more. I really enjoy reading jane and Rochesters playful fighting! It seems like Rochester teases and pokes fun at jane because he likes her.  I like how he opens up to her about the woman, Celine, broke his heart and was having an affair while with him. It seems sweet how jane is the only one who he really talks to. Rochester and jane seem like they would be a very suitable couple seeing as they both are very passionate! I am looking forward to reading more and getting deeper into the story. I hope jane and Rochester end up together!

Devin's Draft

“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry.” This is what Henry David Thoreau said in Walden, and his words speak to me. We live in a world that is obsessed with moving forward. In one giant competition, we want to be faster, stronger, greater. We want to be the best. One may want to be the best runner, or the fastest swimmer. Or perhaps be the smartest, or the smartest. In our obsession with advancing and excelling, we are losing sight of things that should also be important to us. Owning the latest “smart” phone or the newest car is not what can truly make us happy, but blind us to other blessings we have already been given. Simply walking outside in the morning and looking up at the sky, listening to the sounds around us can be more fulfilling than any of those superficial needs. Taking the time to appreciate your family and friends can bring fantastic satisfaction. Looking at the things you take for granted everyday that others in this world could never dream of having is something more people need to do. We need to stop, and simply look around.

            Just as we all fall into the rush of the human race we live in, I myself will lose sight of what is the most important. Spending most of my time in surrounded by other adolescents yearning to belong, searching for themselves and in that process, mimicking the behavior and style of those students they wish they could be, I find myself doing the same thing. Everyone wants to fit in, but is that always the best answer? How can we truly discover who we are and love our own personalities, style, and quirks if we are attempting to be like people who we see that we envy. Those $200 designer jeans are beautiful and sparkly, but wearing them because everyone else does will not define me, and not make me better or worse. Buying myself a new iPhone 5s will not make me someone I want to be. All of these superficial desires that are drilled in us from the day we are born make us lose sight of what may truly matter. I would rather wear the same outfit everyday, have no phone or tablet, and walk everywhere I go than lose what is ultimately important to me. My family, my history, my friends, myself. The love for the world around me.

            Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that “ […] few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. at least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child.”  Emerson was a man who appreciated everything. He spoke of how no one constantly admires the glory of the stars in the night sky, but how everyone would marvel if they were only there for one night. Being one with the world can bring great satisfaction. Everyday I try to recognize everything in my life that makes it great, and I try and help others do the same. Spending time outside of the daily routine, the same faces, the normal lifestyle you live, can bring some amazing perspective in to what is amazing about your life. One of the best ways to do this is travel. Go somewhere you’ve never gone. Meet people you would never spoken to before. Even trying new foods can do this for you. It certainly has for me. With every new place I go, a new outlook on the world comes with it. Though I will never fully accomplish it, I will never stop trying to go beyond what is trending lately, look through all the competition of life, break free from the stereotypes I am expected to follow, and find what we all ultimately want: harmony with ourselves.

Edgar's Draft

Transcendentalism Ideas and Me

            “Imitation is suicide.” These wise words are the work Emerson in his classic poem Self-Reliance. Conformity and uniqueness are a joke. That being stated I have conformed almost every day in my brief life of sixteen years. Uniqueness is dead and has never existed in the sense that nobody does what you do. People might say “Nobody is exactly like me.”  It is unnecessary to state the obvious. There are no two single people alike biologically but behavior is what truly defines us anyway. As impossible as it may sound some person in the world might also be writing an essay about transcendentalism and drinking orange juice (though theirs will probably be better than mine.)

            Conformity is part of the human experience and all of us want to belong. Conformity is performed all the time in the halls of Brush High School by yours truly. I walk quickly enough to get on class on time and not so slowly that I see the whole school pass me. I wear appropriate clothes to school and call my teachers beginning with Mrs. or Mr. Our society has grown to accept and reward conformity. Whether it be watching the latest terrible episode of Duck Dynasty or listening to the hit single What Does the Fox Say, most young people want to talk and do what their friends are talking and doing. They choose to watch this show and this music to feel in the group. Then there are those other people that don’t fit in that circle of watching Duck Dynasty or listening to What Does the Fox Say. They might watch Workaholics and listen to Kendrick Lamar. Uniqueness is often looked at judgmentally by the conformists and the unique people are out casted by them.  We have each written a set of acceptable behaviors and standards. Those who don’t follow are judged and ridiculed. Yet those people that are pushed out of the socially acceptable circle are the same with many more of those nonconformists and are not that unique to begin with.

STILL NEED TO USE THESE QUOTES SOME HOW OR ADD ANOTHER QUOTE: “I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” “There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more youth or age than there is now, And will never be any more perfection than there is now, Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now.” 

            Humanity would not be where humanity is if conformity didn’t exist. The same is true for uniqueness. If Thomas Edison conformed to everybody’s idea that oil was the future of lighting and nothing could be done to find a new light source, where would humanity be? If Sham-wows creator just used paper towels, where would people waste $19.99 plus shipping and processing?  If we never found out how to use electricity, I can almost guarantee I would not be typing this essay or be attending this class via internet via electricity. If everybody was truly unique no two people would have the same interests. By saying you are unique you contradict yourself. For example: I’m unique because I am running out of ideas to write an essay about. Yet another person might be stuck in this same situation so I am not unique. Being your own person is one of the most overused, meaningless phrases ever. Choice and action define a person not conforming or being unique.

Ambers Nonconformist Essay

            “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.” Spoken by the great Ralph Waldo Emerson, begs the question who are you, and what do you stand for? In a world of 7 billion and growing, there is only one you, and to give that self-respect up to society would give up everything you are living for. In society there are so many chains pulling you each and every way. Each time pulling a larger piece of you away with it. Do you try hard to look like the people in the magazines? Train hard to be like that athlete in the Olympics? Study more to be like some lawyer who got accepted into Harvard? Life itself comes with a rulebook of guidelines you must follow in order to succeed, but you as an individual need to find that fine line between learning from the rules, and caving into them.

             Being an adolescent your rulebook consists of school until grade 12, ages you must reach until you are aloud to do specific things, and having your choices made for you until you are adult enough to do so. You are always wanting to break the rules, and constantly asking yourself who you are. Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman are all well renowned writers that we learn about in school, and read from in class. They each stand for there own morals, and wrote their own rulebooks to life. The biggest lesson I learned from them is to follow your own road. Don’t let society conform your decisions, and point you in one direction or the other. You are your own person, and you need to follow no other heart but yours.

             School teaches you the same things from day one. Not to cave into peer pressure, don’t be a bully, be your self, and express how you are feeling. But what If schools are doing the exact opposite of this, and in fact are the very source of where all the conformity in society is coming from? One thing about being an individual is that you should have the free will to express your self through your clothing, hair, and or any other look you choose. Most schools though have strict dress clothes that crush the idea of expression. How are you supposed to find your self, and know who you are if you aren’t even aloud to choose what you look like?

             Boarding schools either require uniform, or extremely strict dress codes. Where even on free dress days, or days where the weather calls for something extra to your outfit, you are told how you are aloud to dress, and what you must look like.

Private schools, categorize you as female or male, and then throw you into a sea of students who look exactly the same. Girls wear sweaters with skirts, and penny loafer shoes. Boys wear kakis with polo’s and nice dress shoes. With one change of your outfit you are written up, and ultimately in trouble for trying to be your self. There are constantly limits to who you can be, and once you are finally given the option to dress free like a bird, you feel small and tiny like a mouse and have no confidence to dress for whom you really are. Just like that, school systems have broken one of the many lessons they supposedly teach.

             Apart from dress codes, schools also have a very strict schedule they must follow, and make the children follow as well. Every year you are put into specific classes and subjects that you are required to take if you want to move to the next grade, and ultimately work towards the goal of graduation. If you fail a class, or decide to not take it you will not be able to graduate. There is one simple problem with this. The fact that every student is different, and excel in different subjects, and have different interests in others. As you get older you get to choose maybe two or three of the classes you have to take, but that just simply isn’t enough to decided what you like, or who you want to be. Students should be put into specific classes until they have learned the basics of learning, such as how to read and write, or how to count and so on. Emerson wrote in his essay “ Self-Reliance” that “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind”, and he is right. No one knows you better then your self, especially not a school systems. Your mind knows you best, and knows what you are interested in more then anyone, so what point is there in studying subjects that don’t interest you, and only make you bored and upset? At a certain age bellow eighteen, you should be able to decided what you want to study.

             That brings me to the last lesson that schools teach but don’t follow through on. Experiencing things and learning for our self’s. When in school we reach many mile marks, and learn to grow up in a sense. But with so many strict rules, and consequences if we break them, we never get to learn for our selves. Not getting to choose our classes we don’t get to experience what we like and don’t like. Having the same  schedule for ten plus years, we never get to experience change. No being able to make  choices for our selves until we are seniors in high school… age eighteen, for must of us that gives us three or so months to learn and grow up fast before we must head of to college and be by our selves.