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challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was my second attempt at reading Jane Eyre, and I’m a little surprised I had trouble finishing it the first time. I enjoyed reading it every time I picked it up.
The writing was rich, lyrical, and beautiful. Charlotte Brontë as well as paints a picture with every paragraph. I loved Jane as a narrator: I found it very interesting to experience rural England circa 1840 through the eyes of a bright, pertinacious young woman close to my own age.
On the other hand, I just did not like Mr. Rochester and found it very hard to sympathize with Jane for “loving” him. At his worst, he is selfish, egotistical, and violent. At his best, he is over-passionate and nonsensical. He didn’t really appreciate Jane for who she was, as evidenced by the way he treated her when they were to be married the first time. He dressed her up in expensive outfits she felt uncomfortable in and she later refused to keep his gift of pearls because it wasn’t truly hers. Mr. Rochester treated her as a pet and it seems that Jane, with her unrelenting principles and independent spirit, should have seen right through this and valued herself more than some man twice her age.
Ultimately, I was on Jane’s side and found it very interesting to read this novel in the twenty-first century. I wish she had not married until she had truly found her match, but her independence and early career was admirable for someone of her time.
The writing was rich, lyrical, and beautiful. Charlotte Brontë as well as paints a picture with every paragraph. I loved Jane as a narrator: I found it very interesting to experience rural England circa 1840 through the eyes of a bright, pertinacious young woman close to my own age.
On the other hand, I just did not like Mr. Rochester and found it very hard to sympathize with Jane for “loving” him. At his worst, he is selfish, egotistical, and violent. At his best, he is over-passionate and nonsensical. He didn’t really appreciate Jane for who she was, as evidenced by the way he treated her when they were to be married the first time. He dressed her up in expensive outfits she felt uncomfortable in and she later refused to keep his gift of pearls because it wasn’t truly hers. Mr. Rochester treated her as a pet and it seems that Jane, with her unrelenting principles and independent spirit, should have seen right through this and valued herself more than some man twice her age.
Ultimately, I was on Jane’s side and found it very interesting to read this novel in the twenty-first century. I wish she had not married until she had truly found her match, but her independence and early career was admirable for someone of her time.