BR1-12: Jane Eyre

“I am coming, Edward. I am coming！”

In the 1825, Jane Eyre was ten years old. She had no parents, so she lived in her aunt's house. When she was in the house, she had been bullied by aunt's son, John Reed, and also the aunt looked down on her. However, she never surrendered for their sarcastic comments.

Then she sent to Lowood school which is really strict, students had to keep a lot of rules. At the school, Jane made a friend, Helen. Their personalities were totally different. Helen believed God, but Jane had no religious. However, because of the school's bad sanitary conditions, Helen was dead. When she grew up, she decided to advertise for a situation, and she hired as a governess by Mr. Rochester who is a lord of large country, Thornfield.

Few weeks later since she hired, Jane heard a strange laughter in the night. When she opened the door, she saw smoke coming from Mr. Rochester’s room. Rushing into his room, she found him was sleeping, and curtains on fire. Jane pours water on the curtains and saved his life. Then Mr. Rochester scolded a servant, Grace poole, so Jane thought that she was the culprit of the fire.

After that, Mr. Rochester made a proposal to her, and at first, Jane had doubted about that because she thought that he is going to marry a woman who is a rich. However, she knew that he loves her, so she accepted it.

Jane was really happy, and they were about to become a married couple, but it wouldn't because Mr. Rochester already had a wife. According to him, his wife is insane, so he put her in a locked room. The culprit of the fire was her action. When she heard the news, she surprised and disappointed with him, then she left Thornfield. After that, she spent all her money, and she wandered from place to place. She was very hungry and tired. At that time, she saved her life by a kind clergyman.

He found her to place to live, and he also introduced her to a job. She worked at a school as a governess. Few weeks later, she was informed of her uncle’s death from the clergyman, and the man left a great wealth for her, she became a rich. Several months passed, one day, she was walking on a grass near her house. At that time, she heard Mr. Rochester's voice. He was calling her name over and over, and she replied it. Next day, she headed to Thornfield.

When she arrived the mansion, it was burnt down, and nobody was living there. She went to near the village, and asked about Mr. Rochester. According to a villager, after Jane left Thornfield, the mad woman set the house on fire, and because of the fire, he lost his sight, and right hand.

She learned the place he lives, and she went there. There was a servant she knows, and she brought Jane to his room. She entered the room, and met him after a long separation. Jane said to him that “I will never leave you again.” However, Rochester replied her that he will bother her due to his crippled, but she answered “I will take care of you, Edward.” Then they got married, and his eyes were better before. Finally, they lived happily.

This is the story of about love. Jane belongs to the lower class, so she can't date him normally, even get marry with him. However, Rochester doesn't care about her class, he placed importance on her character. And also, she doesn't care his class, and appearance. I learned again that the importance thing is what people think, and what people do.

Brontë Charlotte ; retold by Bell Florence. (2005). Jane Eyre. Oxford : Macmillan Heinemann ELT.

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