How Does Jane Eyre Change Throughout The Novel

Character Analysis of Jane Eyre “You have no business to take our books; you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us” (Jane Eyre). Jane has to survive in the world that is really hard for her, she has to try hard in order to find a better life. While finding a better life she will face many challenges and changes, in the harsh world where she has nothing. Jane faces many challenges at Gateshead Hall where she lives with the Reeds family and also faces challenges at Lowood Institution. One challenge Jane faces at Gateshead is the red room, she has a mental disorder due to the challenge. At Lowood she faces many challenges including

She faces sickness due to cold weather. As well as the other girls at school, Jane cannot wash her face due to the water freezing in severe temperatures. “Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold: we had no boots, the snow got into our shoes and melted there: our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning” (Ch.7, 58). This quote shows the readers that she has to face cold weather and pain of hurting feet from freezing. As shown in Chapter 7, Jane is given poor quality food as well as the rest of children. “Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid” (Ch. 7, 58). We learn that Jane does not grow up as a rich child and faces many challenges at Lowood. We can see that Jane does not feel well and believes that she is treated poorly at Lowood. Jane was led through the young years in Lowood by Miss Temple and was also inspired by her to learn. Due to Miss Temple leaving, now Jane has nobody to look up to. She is the only person able to protect the girls at the school from the cruelty of Mr. Brocklehurst. We can see that after Miss Temple leaves, Jane is

Jane grows to become educated and live a better live even though she is in a lower class than the Reeds. Throughout the settings of Jane Eyre there are many signs of personal growth of Jane. Jane learns to stand up for herself. She Faces challenges at Gateshead hall with the Reed family which leads for Jane to stand up for herself. When Jane fights her cousin John, who is a young man of a higher class, she is punished and sent to the Red Room. Her anger and pain gives her immediate consequences and she learns to mess around with John Reed. When she first meets Mr. Brocklehurst at Gateshead hall she notices that he is a bad men and she proceeds to act mean and rude to him. Jane creates a good judge of character for others. At Gateshead, before Lowood, Jane stands up for what she believes in, she is certain about what she likes and dislikes, and she is defensive. She grows to be defensive while treated poorly at Gateshead hall with the Reed family. At Lowood, Jane is influenced by Miss Temple and grows from her actions. Miss Temple influences Jane to become a better person by facing challenges. Also Jane’s friend Helen helps Jane to become a better person because they both go through harsh times at the school. Jane faces severe weather at Lowood and learns that in order to succeed she