Q2 Jane Eyre

For this quarter’s outside reading I have chosen to read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I have not had much time to read this week but so far the book is really good. It is a long book so I hope I will be able to finish it. Hopefully over thanksgiving break I will have more time to read. In the first seventeen pages of the book the relationship between Jane and John is already apparent. John Reed is a 14-year-old boy. He is fat and lazy yet his mother loves and praises him. He rarely attends school and treats Jane cruelly. He cares nothing for her well being, hoping only to torment her. Jane is a young 10-year-old girl. Her parents passed away and left her in the care of her uncle, Mr. Reed, who has since then passed away. Mrs. Reed is now Jane’s guardian and she cares little for the girl. Jane feels no matter how hard she tries she will never live up to Mrs. Reed’s expectations for her. Although her children constantly misbehave, Jane who tries so hard to be perfect for her finds she always falls short. Jane wonders to herself, “Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned? Why could I never please? Why could I never please?” (2, 14). This quote stood out because it shows how no matter how hard Jane tried to please everyone, she never could. There would always be something she did wrong, something the matter with her. She could never please everyone with everything. I wonder what Jane will decide to do about this?