英语111 1107071022 杨晓晨

Name: Jane Eyre

Writer: Charlotte Bronte

The time of the first edition: 1847

A report of Jane Eyre

Recently, I have read a book named Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte which is one of her most successful works. Also, it is a story which is famous all around the world. Charlotte Bronte described a character named Jane Eyre who has a distinctive rebellious spirit. Jane pursues the equality, the freedom and hope to have an independent life. In the ending of the story Jane realized her dream and lived in a happy life finally.

This story told us a story which happened in Britain. The main characters of the book are Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester. Jane is an orphan girl who suffered a great deal but she is still positive and has a strong spirit of revolt. Later on, he works as a governess at Thornfield Hall where she falls in love with Rochester, her employer. Although the mysteries and dangers hidden in the house threaten to destroy her happiness, the ending of the story meets our expectations as Jane married Rochester and has a real happy marriage.

I am fond of Jane Eyre. Firstly, I think she is brave and strong. Her parents died when she was a child and she was taken care of by her aunt. What’s worse, she was abused by her aunt and her cousins. When John hit her, she said ‘You are like a murderer, you are like a slave driver, and you are like the evil rules of ancient Rome.’ She criticized John bravely. Jane endured abuse, beating and punishment before she was sent to Lowood where she received education. However, the life in Lowood is still terrible. She was misunderstood by others and she lost her friend Helen who is only one friend she has. Jane has a very strong will. During these horrible days, she encouraged herself and learned a lot. She rose to be the best and became a teacher. Secondly, Jane has a spirit of revolt. When her aunt forbids her to play with her cousin as she would have bad impact on them, she claimed that her cousins will never deserve to be her friends. Jane thinks that she should be equal to anyone in the world. While Helen tolerated all the punishment in the Lowood, Jane was filled with anger and she hated the cruel headmaster. Although Jane lives at the bottom of the society

英语111 1107071022 杨晓晨

Name: Jane Eyre

Writer: Charlotte Bronte

The time of the first edition: 1847

and suffered a lot, she never gives up seeking equality and freedom. She thinks that all the people in the world is fair in love. She didn’t abandon the pursuit of love and happiness even though she is a servant. Jane loves Rochester because of his personality instead of his wealth. Thirdly, Jane is faithful to her own feelings. Before Jane and Rochester’s wedding, Jane found that Rochester had a wife already. Then, Jane chose to leave because she would not like to be a mistress. Jane met John River later on and John want to marry her. However, Jane refused him because she knows that River does not love her and what he actually needs is not a wife. Last but not least, I think Jane is a very kind lady, the salt of the earth. When Helen was badly ill and everyone in the Lowood was told to keep away from her, Jane visited Helen and accompanied her. She is sincere not only to her friends but also to her loved one. When she went back to Thornfield Hall and discovered that Rochester was blind, she was deeply touched. Although Rochester was a blind man, Jane still decided to marry him.

As far as I am concerned, the novel is really fantastic. Charlotte Bronte created an almost perfect character in Jane Eyre. Jane is a woman of reputable character. She is unwilling to tolerate oppressing, she pursues freedom and equality. Although Jane was poor, she lives a life of dignity. She struggled to achieve respect and happiness. The novel is a big success which impressed me a lot with Jane’s tremendous character.

 

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作者简介：

Charlotte "Jane Eyre" Brontë

(1816-1854)

Charlotte Brontë was born 21 April 1816, third of the six children of Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell Brontë. The major event of her young life was the death of her mother in 1821, whichcreated a lot of chaos. In 1824, Charlotte and her two older sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, were sent to the newly-opened Cowan Bridge Clergy Daughters' School.

Conditions there were bad even by the standards of the time, and it was not long before both Maria and Elizabeth became ill enough to be sent home, where they both died of consumption in the spring of1825. Patrick brought Charlotte and her younger sister Emily, who had recently joined them at the school, back home as soon as the other girls became ill, but Charlotte in particular never forgot what the school had been like.

The surviving kids all became each others' best friends. They created the kingdom of Gondal and wrote all kinds of epic stories and poems set in that realm. Charlotte and Branwell were in charge of Angria proper, while Emily and Anne (the youngest) ran the neighboring kingdom of Gondal.

Charlotte's next adventure was going to school in Brussels with Emily in 1842. Charlotte's time there was brief, less than two years, but it led to her eventual writing of Villette beginning in 1852.

Back home, Charlotte lapsed into chronic unemployment and severe hypochondria, actually thinking she was going blind, just like her father was. In 1846 the three sisters published a book of Poems, and though sales were very slow, the reviews were good and spurred on further literary endeavours. Charlotte's novel of this time, The Professor, was actually rather bad, suffering from a less-than-believeable main character. In August of 1846 Charlotte began work on Jane Eyre. Though it was published in 1847, Charlotte didn't tell her father about it until the next year, when the novel's success was plain.

内容梗概：

When the novel begins, Jane 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.

经典语段：

You think because I'm poor, I'm plain, I have no feelings? I promise you, if god is gifted me with wealth and beauty, I should make it does as hard for you to leave me just as for me to leave you now, but he didn not. If my spirit can address yours, as we both pass the grave stood before him equal.

你以为我穷，不好看，就没有感情吗？告诉你把，如果上帝赐予我财富和美貌，我会让你难以离开我，就像我现在难以离开你。可上帝没有这样做，但我的灵魂能够同你的灵魂说话，仿佛我们都经过了坟墓，平等地站在上帝面前。我们是平等的??至少我们通过坟墓，平等地站到上帝面前。

读后感受：

In the story,her life can be devided into five parts.

一． At Gateshead(before ten years old)

二． At Lowood School (8 years` school life,6 years to study ,2

years to teach)

三． At Thornfield(about one year,the most important time in

her life)

四． At Moor House(half a year)

五． At Ferndean Manor(maybe the rest of her life)

It is known to us,even though living at Gateshead,in such a beautiful house with the Reeds, Jane Eyre`s childhood wasn`t filled with happiness. Jane Eyre`s uncle Reed had taken her to his house when her parents both died.On her uncle`s death bed he had made his wife,anut Reed, promise to look after Jane Eyre like her own children,but she didn`t keeping her promise.People thought Mrs Reed was a good woman,becasure they didn`t know how she hate Jane and are cruel to her.MrS Reed`s attitude made the others change their view to Jane.Her cousins did not love her even bullied and punished her all the time.The servant Bessie

is the only person who was kind to her.

Jane has spent most of her childhood in Gateshead,no other than this special experience shaped her personality of brave and strong to challenge her new life.

At Lowood,she was both excited and nervous about the new place she had see and the new people she had meet.Life at Lowood wasn`t good at the beginning.People there must believed in hard work,plain food,simple clothes and no luxury of any kind.So most of them were offish except Miss Temple,the headmistress of Lowood School.

Jane has made a friend here,the first really friend——Helen Burns.The girl was smart and kind-hearted but was hated by her teacher Miss Scatcherd and always be punished because of her “untidy and careless”.Jane was so angry about that,on the contrary,Helen told her:“Life is too short to continue hating anyone for a long time.We all have faults,but the time will come soon when we die,when our wickedness will pass away with our bodies,leaving only the pure flame of the spirit.That`s why I never think of revenge,I never consider life unfair.I live in calm,looking forward to the end. ”

That is true,her life was too short!When Jane felt she was accepted,learned to like school and set to work to learn as much

as she could,make as many friends as possible,Helen`s illness was much more serious than Jane first thought,she had got a tuber culosis.One morning Miss Temple found Jane asleep with Helen Burns dead in her arms.Helen have a great effect on Jane,she teached Jane how to learn to love,forgive and do as the Bible tells:“Sometimes you have to put up with some hard things in life even if other people hurt us.”

Jane stayed for eight years in Lowood,for the last two as a teacher.She was busy and happy all that time,however,suddenly she realized she had never known any other world apart from Lowood or Gateshead.She wanted freedom,decided to change her life or at least a new master to serve.So she advertised in a newspaper for a job as a governess and then came to Thornfield. The following story is as what happened in the film Sound of Music.

The governess of no presence moved Mr Rochester with her beautiful,simplehearted and frank soul.The dialogue between Jane and Rochester was interesting. Rochester was clever but a little peculiar,Jane thought she didn`t really understand him and never sure whether he`s serious or joking.So she always speaking carefully and keeping serious to build a wall that she think are there to protect herself.Fortunately,finally she had

the courage to take down the wall and express her love to Mr Rochester.She said:“Do you think I can watch another woman become your bride?Do you think I`m a machine,whitout feelings?Do you think,because I`m small and poor and plain,that I have no soul and no heart?Well,you`re wrong!I have as much soul and heart as you.It is my spirit that speaks to your spirit!We are equal in the sight of God!”

I believe when you heard what she said all of you will stand in awe of Jane.When I thought the story would come to an end,a sudden,surprising change were taking place.

On the wedding day,Jane found the secret of Rochester.The wedding cannot continue because Mr Rochester was already married and his wife was still alive!His explanation made Jane forgive him at once in her heart because she knew what he said was true.However,in her heart she also knew it was right for her to leave.

She left Mr Rochester when he was rich and health butcame back even though he was bland and disabled.I think that is true love.