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Dialectical Journal For Jane Eyre '

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Jane Eyre Chapters 5-6: I chose the quote, “The “real” subject of [Jane Eyre] is the emotional and intellectual needs (the two inextricably related) of a woman.” to connect with Chapter 6. In pg. 51, it states, “‘You dirty, disagreeable girl! you have never cleaned your nails this morning!” This exclamation spoken by Miss Scatcherd shows the current state the girls are in [in the orphanage]. It is not the girls’ fault that they were unable to wash their hands for the water was frozen. However, the superintendents in the orphanage lash out at them and mistreat them. Life in the institution is harsh, and the girls are overworked and underfed. The superintendents do not show compassionate towards the girls and this lack of affection deprives them of the love and care they need. Jane Eyre Chapters 7-8: “‘A careless girl!’ said Mr. Brocklehurst...Then aloud-how loud it seemed to me! ‘Let the child who broke her slate come forward!” (64) “What my sensations were, no language can describe; but, just as they all rose, stifling my breath and constricting my throat, a girl came up and passed me; in passing she lifted her eyes” (66). “I mastered the rising hysteria, lifted up my head, and took a firm stand on the stool” (66). …show more content…

After Jane drops the slate, Mr. Brocklehurst positions Jane on top of the stool and publicly humiliates her in front of her peers and teachers. He orders everyone to shun her, avoid her, and exclude her from their converse. The public shaming is Jane’s adversity because she states, “There was I, then, mounted aloft: I, who had said I could not bear the shame of standing on my natural feet in the middle of the room, was now exposed to general view on a pedestal of infamy” (66). However, as the girls are passing by, a girl lifts her eyes at Jane and this act inspires Jane to have dignity. Through overcoming this misfortune, Jane grows and learns that people are by her

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