BOOK REVIEW:JANE EVRE

1. The character of the story:

Jane Eyre:

The orphaned protagonist of the story. When the novel begins, she is an isolated, powerless ten-year-old living with an aunt and cousins who dislike her. As the novel progresses, she grows in strength. She distinguishes herself at Lowood School because of her hard work and strong intellectual abilities. As a governess at Thornfield, she learns of the pleasures and pains of love through her relationship with Edward Rochester. After being deceived by him, she goes to Marsh End, where she regains her spiritual focus and discovers her own strength when she rejects St. John River’s marriage proposal. By novel’s end she has become a powerful, independent woman, blissfully married to the man she loves, Rochester.

Edward Rochester

Jane’s lover; a dark, passionate, brooding man. A traditional romantic hero, Rochester has lived a troubled wife. Married to an insane Creole woman, Bertha Mason, Rochester sought solace for several years in the arms of mistresses. Finally, he seeks to purify his life and wants Jane Eyre, the innocent governess he has hired to teach his foster daughter, Adèle Varens, to become his wife. The wedding falls through when she

learns of the existence of his wife. As penance for his transgressions, he is punished by the loss of an eye and a hand when Bertha sets fire to Thornfield. He finally gains happiness at the novel’s end when he is reunited with Jane.

2. The plot of the story:

Jane Eyre, is a poor orphan with a joyless life as a child in the opening chapters. Her wealthy aunt, the widowed Mrs. Reed, is bound by a deathbed promise to her husband to raise his orphaned niece, Jane. However, she and her children are unkind to Jane, never failing to emphasize how she is below them. Jane's plain, intelligent, and passionate nature, combined with her occasional "visions" or vivid dreams, certainly do not help to secure her relatives' affections.

After a serious typhoid fever epidemic occurs simultaneously with Helen's death, the conditions in Lowood improve and Jane slowly finds her place in the institution, eventually becoming a teacher. When Miss Temple marries and moves away, Jane decides to change careers. She is desperate to see the world beyond Lowood and puts out an advertisement in the local paper, soon securing a position as governess in Thornfield Hall.

At first, life is very quiet with Jane teaching a young French girl, Adèle, and spending time with the old housekeeper, Mrs. Fairfax. But everything changes when the owner of the manor—brooding, Byronic,

fiery Edward Rochester—arrives. Though on rough footing at first, he and Jane slowly become acquainted with and grow to respect each other. Mr. Rochester creates an elaborate set-up by seemingly courting a proud local beauty named Miss Blanche Ingram until Jane cannot bear it any longer. Mr. Rochester then admits that his courtship of Miss Ingram was a ruse to arouse Jane's jealousy and that it is she whom he truly loves. His feelings are returned, and they become engaged despite their differences in social status, age, and experience. Jane is young and innocent at nineteen years old, while Rochester is nearly forty—worldly, and thoroughly disillusioned with life and religion. Jane is determined to stay modest, plain, and virtuous, and Rochester is almost equally determined to offer her expensive presents and finery. The former has the moral high ground, though, and the weeks before the wedding are spent mostly as she wishes.

Jane Eyre, is a poor orphan with a joyless life as a child in the opening chapters. Her wealthy aunt, the widowed Mrs. Reed, is bound by a deathbed promise to her husband to raise his orphaned niece, Jane. However, she and her children are unkind to Jane, never failing to emphasize how she is below them. Jane's plain, intelligent, and passionate nature, combined with her occasional "visions" or vivid dreams, certainly do not help to secure her relatives' affections.

The wedding ceremony is interrupted by a lawyer, who declares that Mr.

Rochester is already married. His mad wife Bertha Mason, a Creole from Jamaica whom his family forced him to marry, resides in the attic of Thornfield Hall, and her presence explains all sorts of mysterious events that have taken place during Jane's stay in Thornfield. Mr. Rochester offers to take her abroad to live with him, but Jane is not willing to sacrifice her morals or self-respect for earthly pleasures, let alone accept the status of mistress, even though Rochester insists Jane will break his heart if she refuses him. Torn between her love for Rochester and her own integrity and religion, Jane flees Thornfield in the middle of the night, with very little money and nowhere to go.

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第二篇：简爱读书笔记

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读书笔记——《简爱》

在文学史上，有许多的经典名著将要永不垂朽，但《简爱》这样深深的进入人们的灵魂，它以一种不可抗拒的美感吸引了成千上万的读者，影响着人们的精神世界，甚至对某些人来讲，影响了他们一生的作品并不多。《简爱》是英国文学史上的一部经典传世之作，它成功地塑造了英国文学史中第一个对爱情、生活、社会以及宗教都采取了独立自主的积极进取态度和敢于斗争、敢于争取自由平等地位的女性形象。

闭上双眼深深品味《简爱》的魅力所在，忽然间觉得罗切斯特和简爱的爱情是如此诗意般耐人寻味。他们的事迹诠释着人的价值=尊严+爱。

是的，在夏洛蒂、勃朗特和，《呼啸山庄》的作者艾米莉是姐妹。虽然两个人生活在同一社会，家庭环境中，性格却大不相同。夏洛蒂、勃朗特显得更加温柔，更加的清纯，更加的喜欢追求一些美好的东西。经管她家境贫穷，从小失去了母爱，父爱也很少，再加上她身材矮小，容貌不美，但也许就是这样一种灵魂深处的很深的自卑，反映在她性格上就是一种非常敏感的自尊，一自尊作为她内心深处的自卑的补偿。因为她的自尊，她更懂得什么是尊严和真正的爱。她描写的简爱也是一个不美的，矮小的女人。但她有着极其强烈的自尊心。她坚定不移的追求着一种光明的、圣洁的、美好的生活。

《简爱》，以19世纪早期英国偏远乡村为背景，用女主人公简·爱的视角以自叙方式讲述了一个受尽摧毁、凌辱的孤儿，如何在犹如儿童的人间地狱的孤儿院顽强地生存下去，成为一个独立、坚强、自尊、自信的女性的成长故事。

简·爱是个孤儿，从小寄养在舅母家中，受尽百般欺凌。后来进了慈善学校洛伍德孤儿院，灵魂和肉体都经受了苦痛的折磨。也许正是这样才换回了简·爱无限的信心和坚强不屈的精神，她以顽强的意志以成绩优秀完成了学业。为了追求独立生活，她受聘在桑菲尔德庄园任家庭教师。故事的重点是身份低下的家庭教师简·爱与男主人罗切斯特之间历经磨难的爱情。这段爱情因男女主人公悬殊的社会地位和个性的差异而充满了激烈碰撞，也因两人志趣相同、真诚相爱而迸发出灿烂的火花。作者以简·爱鲜明独特的女性视角和叙事风格娓娓道来，真实而有艺术感染力。特别是简·爱的独特个性和思想，爱是一个不美的，矮小的女人，但她有顽强的自尊心。在打动身为贵族的男主人公的同时，也紧紧抓住了我们读者的心。

简·爱作为爱情小说的女主人公是以前所未有的女性形象出现在这部十九世纪的文学作品中的。以往爱情故事的女主人公都是些美丽温柔、高贵贤淑的女子形象。而简·爱，她“贫穷，低微，不美，矮小”，但她拥有的一颗智慧、坚强、勇敢的心灵，使那些外在的美在这内在美面前黯然失色。更为可贵的是简·爱并不因为自己的贫穷和外貌而自卑，相反，她勇敢坚定：“我和你的灵魂是平等的。”“我跟你一样有灵魂，——也完全一样有一颗心！”“我现在不是凭习俗、常规，甚至也不是凭着血肉之躯跟你讲话——这是我的心灵在跟你的心灵说话，就仿佛我们

都已离开了人世，两人一同站立在上帝的跟前，彼此平等——就像我们本来就是的那样！”

简爱生存在一个父母双亡、寄人篱下的环境、从小就承受着与同龄人不一样的待遇。姨妈的嫌弃，表姐的蔑视，表格的侮辱和毒打，这是对一个孩子的尊严的无情的践踏，但也许正是因为这一切，换回来简爱无限的信心和坚强不屈的精神，一怔不可战胜的内在人格力量。

在罗切斯特面前，她从不因为自己是一个地位低贱的家庭教师而感到自卑，反而认为他们是平等的。不应该因为她是仆人，而不能受到别人的尊重。也正因为她的正直、高尚、纯洁的心灵没有受到世俗社会的污染，使得罗切斯特为之震撼，并把她看作了一个可以和自己在精神上平等交谈的人，并且深深爱上了她。 花园里的每一次邂逅，映照在夕日余晖的斑驳光辉中，显得格外唯美，格外的充满爱的点缀。他的真心，让她感动，她接受了他。无语的告白，欣然的接受，简单中透露着深爱，每一个眼神都诠释着关爱，诠释着最伟大的相爱。命运总是磨练人的，当他们结婚的那一天，简爱知道了罗切斯特已有妻子时，她觉得自己必须要离开，她这样讲：“我要遵从上帝颁发世人认可的法律。我要坚守住我在情形时而不是像现在这样疯狂时所接受的原则，我要牢牢守住这个立场。”这世简爱告诉罗切斯特她必须离开的理由。但是从内心讲，更深一层的东西是简爱一是到自己受到了欺骗，她的自尊心受到了戏弄。因为她深爱着罗切斯特，试问哪个女人能够承受得住被自己最信任、最亲密的人所欺骗呢？简爱承受住了，而且还做出了一个非常理性的决定。在这样一种非常强大的力量包围之下，在美好、富裕的生活诱惑之下，她依然要坚持自己作为个人的尊严，这是简爱最具有精神魅力的地方。

不一样的环境，不一样的待遇，不一样的人生态度，造就了她这样一位有思想，有感追求美好生活的人。她不屈于世俗的鄙夷，她不屑于自己的身份低微，在她心中完美的生活不只属于上流社会的人，同样属于追求完美的人。

大凡喜爱外国文学作品的女性，都喜欢读夏洛蒂的《简爱》。如果我们认为夏洛蒂仅仅只为写这段缠绵的爱情而写《简爱》。我想，错了。作者也是一位女性，生活在波动变化着的英国19世纪中叶，那时思想有着一个崭新的开始。而在《简爱》里渗透最多的也就是这种思想——女性的独立意识。让我们试想一下，如果简爱的独立，早已被扼杀在寄人篱下的童年生活里；如果她没有那份独立，她早已和有妻女的罗切斯特生活在一起，开始有金钱，有地位的新生活；如果她没有那份纯洁，我们现在手中的《简爱》也不再是令人感动的流泪的经典。所以，我开始去想，为什么《简爱》让我们感动，爱不释手——就是她独立的性格，令人心动的人格魅力。

然而，我们不禁要问，仅这一步就能独立吗？我认为，不会的。毕竟女性的独立是一个长期的过程，不是一蹴而就的。它需要一种彻底的勇气，就像简爱当年毅然离开罗切斯特一样，需要“风潇潇兮易水寒，壮土一去兮不复返”的豪迈和胆量。我想，这应该才是最关键的一步，也应该是走向独立的决定性的一步。而夏洛蒂笔下的简爱却把她倔强的性格，独立的个性留给我们一个感动。所以她是成功的，幸福的女性。

简爱已作为独立女性的经典，我希望阳光下，鲜花里有更多的简爱走出来，不管是贫穷，还是富有；不管是美貌，还是相貌平庸，都有美好的心灵和充实的心胸，都能以独立的人格和坚强的个性生活。从这本书中,可以看出它塑造了一个体现新兴阶级的某些要求的女性形象,刻画了工业革命时期的时代精神。

她的生活追求是从一个家庭教师开始的。她作为罗切斯特女儿的家庭教师，从此开始了她的爱情长路。在这条似乎不那么平坦的道路上，她始终是坚持不懈的，始终都是不懈追求的。她在寻找自己的人生价值。她始终相信上帝会眷顾没一个有追求的人，她同样相信每一个有追求的人都会有一段唯美的童话爱情。

印象中有一段是这样的：罗切斯特装成一个巫婆，对简爱说：“你冷，你不舒服，且很蠢，你冷是因为你孤孤单单一个人，你不舒服是因为多少甜蜜以及美好的东西都与你无缘，你蠢是因为你明知道有一份幸福在等着你 你却不愿向他靠近一步”罗切斯特用心细致地观察发现了简爱当时的处境和简爱的所思，所想。罗切斯特也是让我很喜欢的男主人公，若没有他对简爱细致，用心地爱，也成全不了他们那么刻骨铭心的爱。

她的精神魅力是别人所不具有的，因为她一直都是完美主义者。小说设计了一个很光明的结尾——虽然罗切斯特的庄园毁了，他自己也成了一个残废，但我们看到，正是这样一个条件，使简爱不再在尊严和爱之间矛盾，而同时获得满足——她在和罗切斯特结婚的时候是有尊严的，同时也是有爱的。

看过的爱情小说很多，也总痴情与别人的故事，但唯独《简爱》让我百看不厌，爱不释手，每次翻开总会激-情满满，思绪万千。简爱勇敢、独立、坚强、外表朴素却心思绵密，机智、敏锐，每一个眼神都具有穿透力、洞察人的内心。貌似平静，但内心深处有着十分绚烂而甜蜜的幻想，有着火样的热情与如水的柔情。简爱一直以来都是我的偶像，当我身处逆境时，深受挫折时，我总会想起她，想起那个简爱：他告诉我无论经历什么，无论遇到了什么，都不要放弃自己，不要对生活失去希望，即使在痛苦中也要努力，努力让自己向上，认真地生活。