Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Movie Vs. Book
I think that the movie went very quickly and overall left a lot of key scenes out of the play. One of these scenes being the part where Rochester plays the role of a gypsy in order to create jealousy in Jane. I think that without this, we lose some sense of the direction of the movie. Other things that struck me when I was watching the movie was the characters; some characters were left out, like the other cousin of Jane and others like St. John, did not portray the roles that Bronte wrote. The part of St. John I felt was played poorly because it did not trully show how devote St. John was toward god. The movie appeared to me as if it was rushed through and if I had not read the book prior to watching the movie, I would have believed that there was not plot line in the movie because the scenes seemed to just jump from one to the other. I also felt as if the characters feelings were portrayed well enough to convince me of their feelings for one another.
Character Portralys
The Characters from in the novel Jane Eyre and in the movie were totally different it almost seemed like they were opposite from what they were potrayed in the book.For instance Jane seemed prettier than described in the book, Rochester was perfectly casted in my opinion. Many charachters seemed to look better than described in the novel. Bertha i had imagined to look more crazy but she was just as i had imagined her phsyically. All in all the charchter potrayls werent that bad.
Movie vs Novel
Jane Eyre in the novel and the movie were very different. Many things werent even shone in the movie if i hadnt read the book the movie wouldnt even make since. For instance St. John didnt have two cousins, (Diana and Mary) as in the novel in the movie he only had one Diana. St. John also found Jane in the woods instead of in the novel were as Jane found their house came knocking on the door and was refused to come in but since she was a peculiar case st. john allowed her to come in and rest. In another case that also happened in the novel that didnt happened in the book was that Jane and St. John never relieazed they were cousins, and Jane never became rich. Also Jane told St. John her real name as in the novel were she told him a fake name. The movie left many different scenes from the novel that seemed very important to novel out from the movie. Making from after watching the novel very dissapointing, the acting was good and it the movie didnt really flow but over all its a ok film.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Quotation Response
"Reader, I married him." Pg: 452 Chapter 38
Even though Rochester has conflicting maladies that have been thrust upon himself through bad fortune and circumstance, Jane still loves him. Jane loves Rochester because even from the moment the she first laid her eyes on him and fell in love with him, she forgave all of his faults and saw him as a handsome person whom she loved with all of her fault. Looks did not trully add to the love that they held for each other, but the personalities that both of them held, which seemed to appeal to both one another. That is why Jane was able to look past Rochester's handicaps. Jane loves Rochester and is devoted to him and always has been even after she left him when he asked her to marry him. She always felt a strong bond to Rochester that could neved be separated nor broken by any means of distance or circumstance. Resulting in this bond, she is able to love unconditionally and be forever with Rochester
Even though Rochester has conflicting maladies that have been thrust upon himself through bad fortune and circumstance, Jane still loves him. Jane loves Rochester because even from the moment the she first laid her eyes on him and fell in love with him, she forgave all of his faults and saw him as a handsome person whom she loved with all of her fault. Looks did not trully add to the love that they held for each other, but the personalities that both of them held, which seemed to appeal to both one another. That is why Jane was able to look past Rochester's handicaps. Jane loves Rochester and is devoted to him and always has been even after she left him when he asked her to marry him. She always felt a strong bond to Rochester that could neved be separated nor broken by any means of distance or circumstance. Resulting in this bond, she is able to love unconditionally and be forever with Rochester
Quotation Response
"And got the servants out of their beds and helped them down himself--and went back to get his mad wife out of her cell." Pg 431 Chapter 36
Once the fire has started in the house, my main priority would have been to make sure that I was first safe and sound, while Rochester disregarded his for the safety of the others. He made sure that everyone of his employees was made it safely out of the house and he even went out to get his crazy wife Bertha whom ruined his relationship with Jane. This reflects Rochesters good-natured character and if he had just left Bertha to die in the fire, she would be dead and he would not have recieved any bodily harm to him that may affect his outlook on life and how people view himl.
Once the fire has started in the house, my main priority would have been to make sure that I was first safe and sound, while Rochester disregarded his for the safety of the others. He made sure that everyone of his employees was made it safely out of the house and he even went out to get his crazy wife Bertha whom ruined his relationship with Jane. This reflects Rochesters good-natured character and if he had just left Bertha to die in the fire, she would be dead and he would not have recieved any bodily harm to him that may affect his outlook on life and how people view himl.
"I have now been married ten years. I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on Earth. I hold myself surpremely blest-blest beyond what language can express;because I am my husband's as fully as he is mine. No woman was ever nearer to her mate than I am:ever more absolutely bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh. I now know weariness of my Edward's society: he knows none of mine, any more than we each do of the puslation of the heart that beats in our separate bosoms; consquently we are ever together." Chapter 38
This is jane expressing how her and Rochester are meant to be together. How they are one another's body and soul how they are one. She also expresses how class doesnt matter she is with the man that she loves and that is all that matters. Jane says she knows Rochester basically like the back of her hand she knows and loves Rochester the way no other woman could know or love a man. Jane and Rochester have been married for a blissful ten years now and according to Jane nothing can break their love. Jane feels blessed beyond anything lanuage can express because she and Rochester absoluetly love one another.
This is jane expressing how her and Rochester are meant to be together. How they are one another's body and soul how they are one. She also expresses how class doesnt matter she is with the man that she loves and that is all that matters. Jane says she knows Rochester basically like the back of her hand she knows and loves Rochester the way no other woman could know or love a man. Jane and Rochester have been married for a blissful ten years now and according to Jane nothing can break their love. Jane feels blessed beyond anything lanuage can express because she and Rochester absoluetly love one another.
" 'My living darling!These are certainly her limbs, and these her features;but i cannot be so blest, after all my misery. It is a dream; such dreams as I have had at night when i have had a night when I clasped her once more to my heart, as i do now; and kissed her as thus--and felt that she loved me, and trusted that she would not leave me... Gentle, soft dream, soft dream nesting into my arms now,you will fly,too, as your sisters have all fled before you: but kiss me before you go embrace me Jane' " Chap.37 pg 382.
This quote is Rochester how at firsts believes how Jane visiting him is a dream. Jane assurses him he isnt having a dream and it is actually her in his room. As Rochester grabs Jane to feel her embrace him she relieazes and tells Rochester she will be with him forever. Is this true love i see? how Jane comes back to horrible poor Rochester and still loves him and wants to be with him forever. I guess so it would only be true love for that if Jane really didnt love Rochester she wouldnt want to be with a "crippled" man and at that a poor man who's status has went down in society. After all that Rochester has put Jane through she still wants to be with him! wow most women wouldnt go back to a man like that which proves the love between Jane and Rochester is true.
This quote is Rochester how at firsts believes how Jane visiting him is a dream. Jane assurses him he isnt having a dream and it is actually her in his room. As Rochester grabs Jane to feel her embrace him she relieazes and tells Rochester she will be with him forever. Is this true love i see? how Jane comes back to horrible poor Rochester and still loves him and wants to be with him forever. I guess so it would only be true love for that if Jane really didnt love Rochester she wouldnt want to be with a "crippled" man and at that a poor man who's status has went down in society. After all that Rochester has put Jane through she still wants to be with him! wow most women wouldnt go back to a man like that which proves the love between Jane and Rochester is true.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
St. John Rivers' Calling
The proposal may be a surprise, but the impulse is good, right? Or is it? Do you think that the missionary zeal that St. John shows gives a positive view of Christianity? Is he an admirable character, a positive religious model?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Judging a book by its cover
In chapter 28 Jane comes to find her haven, but she is not very welcomed at the door by the old servant Hannah. Thankfully St.John over hears the conservation and invites Jane in because he thought she was a "peculiar case". Three Days later when Jane is able to get back on her feet and healthy Diana and Mary reliaze Jane is an well educated woman. Showing how the old servant Hannah shouldnt judge a book by its cover. Just because Jane was looking very vulgar at that time and moment, not taking Jane in she could have died that night.Even though Hannah did judge Jane they still slowly became friends. Bronte shows how to judge a book by its cover and how she uses the Romantic movement. She uses the romantic movement by showing us the everyday, because if you were to see some bum or homeless person on the street you would do extactly what Hannah did and turn the other check. Bronte shows use not to help all homeless people off the streets but to talk to somebody and try to see if their case is "peculiar".
Quotation Response
"But my night was wretched, my rest broken: the ground was damp, the air was cold: besides, intruders passed near me more than once. No sense of safety or tranquillity befriended me." Pg 331
It was only by chance that Jane was not taken advantage of and she should feel extremely lucky. To others, she may seem as an easy target to prey upon. If misfortune continues to rain down on her and her not be able to find or buil an adequate shelter then her moral will fail, hunger will knaw at her persistently, and if this continues to go on she will die of starvation or a disease she may catch.
It was only by chance that Jane was not taken advantage of and she should feel extremely lucky. To others, she may seem as an easy target to prey upon. If misfortune continues to rain down on her and her not be able to find or buil an adequate shelter then her moral will fail, hunger will knaw at her persistently, and if this continues to go on she will die of starvation or a disease she may catch.
Quotation Response
"I coveted a cake of bread. With that refreshment I could perhaps reagain a degree of energy; without out, it would be difficult to proceed." Pg: 328
Jane may have been better off staying in Thornfield. At least there, there is food, water, and shelter. I don't believe that Jane fully thought this through because she has no money for food or lodging, she has no idea about how the outside world trully works, and she is inable to protect herself if something were to happen to her. Thus, she is forced to beg and grovle for food, this goes against every fiber of her being to perform self-degradation, but she must if she wants to live and its that primal instinct that allows her to keep going and help her survive what the world throws at her. Althoug in the end she is able to get food, she never has enough to fully sustain her and keep her strong, which will eventually lead her to become weaker and weaker with every day that she does not attain the essentials to living.
Jane may have been better off staying in Thornfield. At least there, there is food, water, and shelter. I don't believe that Jane fully thought this through because she has no money for food or lodging, she has no idea about how the outside world trully works, and she is inable to protect herself if something were to happen to her. Thus, she is forced to beg and grovle for food, this goes against every fiber of her being to perform self-degradation, but she must if she wants to live and its that primal instinct that allows her to keep going and help her survive what the world throws at her. Althoug in the end she is able to get food, she never has enough to fully sustain her and keep her strong, which will eventually lead her to become weaker and weaker with every day that she does not attain the essentials to living.
Quotation Response
"I would have got past Mr. Rochester's chamber without a pause; but my heart momentarily stopping its beat at that threshold, my foot was forced to stop also." Pg: 322
Jane at this moment is feeling three things right now; sympathy, regret, and devotion. After Rochester had told his tragic story about Birtha and how he was tricked into marrying her without any pretense of her mental condition, Jane feels much sympathy towards Rochester and this greatly factors into whether she will stay with him or leave. It is her conscience that strongly tells her to leave, forget about him and start anew. Jane feels tremendous regret for leaving Rochester because she feels as if he needs her love and devotion and without it, he is nothing, he is a man without a cause, he is lost. When Rochester realizes that she is gone in the morning, he will probably feel great regret of his past life. He never should have married without knowing what he was getting himself into and he should have divorced Birtha. If he had taken steps to accomplish this, then his love for Jane may have been possible and they may have been married and lived happily ever after, but this is sadly not the case because he had not taken these steps. His clarity of thought was being blocked by the his feelings towards Jane.
Jane at this moment is feeling three things right now; sympathy, regret, and devotion. After Rochester had told his tragic story about Birtha and how he was tricked into marrying her without any pretense of her mental condition, Jane feels much sympathy towards Rochester and this greatly factors into whether she will stay with him or leave. It is her conscience that strongly tells her to leave, forget about him and start anew. Jane feels tremendous regret for leaving Rochester because she feels as if he needs her love and devotion and without it, he is nothing, he is a man without a cause, he is lost. When Rochester realizes that she is gone in the morning, he will probably feel great regret of his past life. He never should have married without knowing what he was getting himself into and he should have divorced Birtha. If he had taken steps to accomplish this, then his love for Jane may have been possible and they may have been married and lived happily ever after, but this is sadly not the case because he had not taken these steps. His clarity of thought was being blocked by the his feelings towards Jane.
Character foil: Jane vs. Diana
One of the essay prompts was of the character foils, and an example of one were the contrasting physical, and mental differences between Jane and Miss Ingram. I feel that another foil would be between Jane and Diana. As Jane spends more and more time with the sisters I can't help but compare her to them in their descriptions and their actions. Jane herself compares her likeness to Diana; Jane says,"...Diana... far excelled me: she was handsome; she was vigourous... there was an affluence of life, and certainty of flow...[that] excited my wonder, [and] it baffled my comprehension"(352). I believe that Jane's comparison of herself led me to compare her to Diana also, I think that Bronte is showing a more self conscious side of Jane that I knew was within her but that I wasn't conscious of. I also now believe that it is not necessarily a "foil" that lies between Jane and Diana; because if Jane hadn't made the comparison i doubt that i would have either. I think that it is perhaps just another side of the story that has yet to be unraveled.
Is keeping her past a secret from St. Jonh and his sisters a detrimental act to jane's future ?
Jane told St. John and his sisters some of her past but she did not reveal many specifics. The family knows that Jane is an orphan, how she was, "... brought up by a dependent"(349), and that she was educated and also ended up teaching in the same institution where she herself had been taught,"...I spent six years as a pupil, and two as a teacher- Lowood Orphan Asylum'(349). I wonder whether in not telling the family the entire truth of her past, or at the least her true name, that she is holding herself back from a profitable future. I believe that as a female that Jane needs to vent her emotions, and she has not had the opportunity to do that, she is holding in her emotions and she could end up having a mental breakdown. I also believe that if Jane should be in trouble of some sort that the family will not know to trust her, or will not know how to help her if the situation should arise. The keeping of secrets is a terrible thing for the health of ones body and mind, it tears away at your heart an takes all of your concentration to keep under tabs, Jane will eventually have to fess up to all that she has been through but in the mean time she will suffer for her actions.
From our class dicussion monday we reliaze thatJane leaving mr.rochester all in all is a some what good decision. In the book as we read in chapter 28 it appears as though she had made a very bad decision. How she was begging for change on the street it looked like Jane was going no where after leaving mr.rochester. She ends up in St.Johns which is right her haven as she returns back to health and gets on her feet. In chapter 29 Jane trys to decided what she is going to do with herself and how she wont live off of st.johns, she is trying her hardest to get off her feet and make a living of her to self to prove to everyone their is life after mr.rochester. Jane later tells Rivers some of her history and also Jane Elliott so Rivers helps Jane find an unglamorous job knowing she wont be looking for charity to much longer. Proving to herself their is life after Rochester.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Jane Eyre and The Romantic Movement
Chapter 27 is a great one in many ways. I'm sure you'll want to blog about the moral dilemma Jane faces and the "debate". However, please also take a few minutes to comment on how this chapter adds to our view of Bronte as a writer of the Romantic Movement. Imagination, nature, symbolism, myth, emotion, individualism, the everyday and the exotic - what shows up here?
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Free Response
"They have a worth-so i have always believed;and if i cannot believe it now, it is because i am insane-quite insane:with my viens running fire, and my heart beating faster than i can count it throbs."(pg319)
This quotation near the end of chapter 27 shows how intense Jane's feelings are towards Mr. rochester. Her feelings are this intense do to the fact that Mr. Rochester is still legally married to Bertha Mason. Even though Mr. Rochester almost convinces Jane to stay she reliezes she will be insane to stay. It would almost be like how Bertha Mason embodies how Jane feels within, basically her stunt double. Jane feels her staying is against her morals and she must go its just making her insane.
This quotation near the end of chapter 27 shows how intense Jane's feelings are towards Mr. rochester. Her feelings are this intense do to the fact that Mr. Rochester is still legally married to Bertha Mason. Even though Mr. Rochester almost convinces Jane to stay she reliezes she will be insane to stay. It would almost be like how Bertha Mason embodies how Jane feels within, basically her stunt double. Jane feels her staying is against her morals and she must go its just making her insane.
Free Response
"It was only yesterday morning, however, that Bessie understood she was pronouncing your name; and at last she made out the words, Bring Jane--I want to speak to her." Pg: 224
As Jane catches wind of what Miss Reed has said, I think that she saw it as a turning point in her life. She no longer felt any resentment towards Miss Reed, for it had been far too long, and with time, you wounds heal. This is what happened to Jane, but she believes that Miss Reed, being on her death bed, whats to atone for her sins that she committed towards Jane when she took up a place in her house. For Jane to just know that she resented the fact the she was mean, rude, and cruel to her as a child is trully enough. Even though this is more that Jane could have possibly dreamt about, she wants to know if Miss Reed's outlook on Jane has changed. She wants to know if she no longer hates and resents her presence on this earth and now trully loves her.
As Jane catches wind of what Miss Reed has said, I think that she saw it as a turning point in her life. She no longer felt any resentment towards Miss Reed, for it had been far too long, and with time, you wounds heal. This is what happened to Jane, but she believes that Miss Reed, being on her death bed, whats to atone for her sins that she committed towards Jane when she took up a place in her house. For Jane to just know that she resented the fact the she was mean, rude, and cruel to her as a child is trully enough. Even though this is more that Jane could have possibly dreamt about, she wants to know if Miss Reed's outlook on Jane has changed. She wants to know if she no longer hates and resents her presence on this earth and now trully loves her.
Free Response
"Will you promise to sit up with me to bear me company? To you I can talk of my lovely one." Pg: 221
I believe that Rochester does not intend on marrying Miss Ingram ever, but as he says this, I cannot help but feel that he seems to be testing Jane, or putting her on trial to see what her response would be to what he has just said. I think that he wants to see if Jane, through the good and the bad, will stay true to him and always love him, no matter what may come between them, like a marriage. By her saying that she will do this for him, Rochester now fully understands the extent that Jane loves and cares for him. I think that with him now knowing this, he can now confirm, to himself, that he loves Jane and that he trully wants to marry her because she possesses qualities and traits that he admires to a great extent.
I believe that Rochester does not intend on marrying Miss Ingram ever, but as he says this, I cannot help but feel that he seems to be testing Jane, or putting her on trial to see what her response would be to what he has just said. I think that he wants to see if Jane, through the good and the bad, will stay true to him and always love him, no matter what may come between them, like a marriage. By her saying that she will do this for him, Rochester now fully understands the extent that Jane loves and cares for him. I think that with him now knowing this, he can now confirm, to himself, that he loves Jane and that he trully wants to marry her because she possesses qualities and traits that he admires to a great extent.
Free Reponse
"What creature was it, that, masked in an ordinary woman's face and shape, uttered the voice, now of a mocking demon?" Pg: 212
As Jane is sitting in the attic caring for Mr. Mason, she cannot help but notice that there is a door leading into the room that she is currently in that, holds the creature responsible for ravashing Mr. Mason nearly to death. Jane suspects that Grace Pool is the culprit and cannot help but think how its possible for her to commit such bodily harm to Mr. Mason with no motives. I do not think that Grace is the one that caused harm to Mr. Mason. She seems to be held in the highest regard by most of the staff that works in the mansion and by Rochester. Grace is the highest payed employee for what she does and Jane does not know what her true job is and why, if she is the one commiting all of these horrible deeds, is still hired and has not been turnedover to the police. This is why I don't think that it is Grace, but something else. Something that has been heard by Jane late in the night before the burning of Rochesters bed. Perhaps this is an impostor in the house or maybe somebody that is mentally ill?
As Jane is sitting in the attic caring for Mr. Mason, she cannot help but notice that there is a door leading into the room that she is currently in that, holds the creature responsible for ravashing Mr. Mason nearly to death. Jane suspects that Grace Pool is the culprit and cannot help but think how its possible for her to commit such bodily harm to Mr. Mason with no motives. I do not think that Grace is the one that caused harm to Mr. Mason. She seems to be held in the highest regard by most of the staff that works in the mansion and by Rochester. Grace is the highest payed employee for what she does and Jane does not know what her true job is and why, if she is the one commiting all of these horrible deeds, is still hired and has not been turnedover to the police. This is why I don't think that it is Grace, but something else. Something that has been heard by Jane late in the night before the burning of Rochesters bed. Perhaps this is an impostor in the house or maybe somebody that is mentally ill?
Free Response
Mr. Rochester is keeping a secret, how big a secret I do not know. I speculate that perhaps he is obligated to another woman that will stop his marriage to Jane, or maybe something to do with Grace Poole and her role in the house hold. Grace Poole- I thought- tried to kill Mr. Rochester by setting his room on fire, Jane believed it was Grace, and Mr. Rochester did nothing to dissuade her of her suspicions; Jane is suspicious of Grace Poole, and she has made me suspicious as well. What does Grace Poole do for Mr. Rochester? Why does she receive a higher payment then the other servants? Are Grace and Mr. Rochester having a " Fling ", it would not appear so since apparently she tried to kill him. But nevertheless Mr. Rochester is hiding something, a terrible secret that he has not yet told Jane and i believe his reason for not telling her is in fear that it will put a strain on their relationship
Rochester proposing to jane out the blue is very weird and creepy. He kisses Jane while Mrs. Fairfax is watching and the next day he says hey mrs. rochester were getting married in four weeks! Jane is in disbelief about this whole ordeal, it seems like a fairytale to her. I dont think this wedding is going to happen its happening to fast and blanche warns jane to stay far away from rochester. Im wandering does rochester have a skeleton in the closet that he is trying to make go away
Monday, October 11, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Writer of Conscience
Jane may not be as overtly Christian as Helen Burns, but she has a strong sense of morality. She is concerned about character. She comments also on Mr. Rochester's warning, "Beware remorse." Let's keep an eye on Jane's inner struggle with conscience, and I'd like to hear from all of you about the values that she considers important.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Free Response Jacob Beland:
Jane believes that she is not worthy to be loved by Rochester because she does not have the beauty and talent like Miss Ingram possesses. She convinces herself of this because she can not possibly believe that a person like herself who is not pretty and does not possess many lively talents can be loved by a man such as Rochester that has such high standards in life. I think that Rochester trully loves Jane for a person that he can connect to and relate to on a very deep level and has not been able to have this connection with other people for a long time.When Jane learns of Miss Ingram, she cannot help but feel jealous of her. Jane yearns for beauty and talent that people admire and marvel at
Jane believes that she is not worthy to be loved by Rochester because she does not have the beauty and talent like Miss Ingram possesses. She convinces herself of this because she can not possibly believe that a person like herself who is not pretty and does not possess many lively talents can be loved by a man such as Rochester that has such high standards in life. I think that Rochester trully loves Jane for a person that he can connect to and relate to on a very deep level and has not been able to have this connection with other people for a long time.When Jane learns of Miss Ingram, she cannot help but feel jealous of her. Jane yearns for beauty and talent that people admire and marvel at
Free Response Jacob Beland:
Right from the beginning Rochester struck me as a man of wealth but the way he acts towards his employees, to me, seems very odd. He is abrupt and moody and expects others to hold themselves to a high status and act that way. When others do not hold themselves to these high standards that he sets in place for other people he, to a certain extent, pity's them and from then on will not have anything to do with them because he is this way to most people he is around, he Jane believes he makes it up by being extremely polite and nice towards her. As the story progresses and Jane spends more time with Rochester she begins to find him handsome and continually wants to be in his presence and spend time with him. She fears that Rochester will leave her because from past experiences it is known that he only stays at Lowood for a fortnight. Rochester has been in Lowood for eight weeks and Jane's affection towards him grows every day
Right from the beginning Rochester struck me as a man of wealth but the way he acts towards his employees, to me, seems very odd. He is abrupt and moody and expects others to hold themselves to a high status and act that way. When others do not hold themselves to these high standards that he sets in place for other people he, to a certain extent, pity's them and from then on will not have anything to do with them because he is this way to most people he is around, he Jane believes he makes it up by being extremely polite and nice towards her. As the story progresses and Jane spends more time with Rochester she begins to find him handsome and continually wants to be in his presence and spend time with him. She fears that Rochester will leave her because from past experiences it is known that he only stays at Lowood for a fortnight. Rochester has been in Lowood for eight weeks and Jane's affection towards him grows every day
imani says: so far in this story i feel that the charchters are different than any i have come across. Jane is a resourceful young lady in that she has been able to secure a postion as a governess in a respectable house she has removed herself from the desolute surroundings of the orphanage. In the house that the she is employed too she is the governess of a young persian girl named Adel. She is a spirtly child under the guardianship of mr. rochester who owns the house where jane is employed. mr. rochester isnt a handsome man some say he is ugly, hes a peculiar man he has frequent mood swings. he goes from being cordial to an arrogant man.
Alana says: i think the narrartors perception is a result of the authors development of character .Um, th characters are okay they are sometimes vivid and others are just there, i think that scince the characters have traits that seem to split between Good and Bad i think there will be a balance of those types of characters, and we have seen that to be relatively true at this point in the story
Monday, October 4, 2010
If Helen Burns seems "too good to be true" to you, how does that reflect on either the narrator's perception or the author's development of character? Are there other characters in the first 8 chapters that seem too "flat" to you? What expectations do you have of the balance of the novel, given the characters you've met so far?
Response from Jacob Beland:
In my opinion, I believe that the authors description can be spot on. When given that much influence over how to do things and how to view the world at such a young age, having god be your one and only saviour with you atoning for all the sins that commited is not a hard thing to believe. Children at a young age will learn by example and if this was shown to her repeatedly throughout her life then she is most likely to believe it and live by it as a sense of a moral and ethical code of conduct. Maybe to a certain degree this character, Helen Burns, is being exaggerated in her devoutness towards god, but again its not hard to believe that she was trully this way.
Another character that doesn't seem to be right in the mind is Mr. Brocklehurst. He seems to be an evil and cruel person that believes the orphans to be full of sin and lust for things that they cannot attain or achieve, which is why he thinks that by denying the orphans of certain luxuries, like ample food, clothing, and an adequate shelter prevents them from becoming this way. In the real world, there are people just like him that have these beliefs and have, in my opinion, been corrupted with the devoutness to god and his teachings. They take everything that god has to say about the way life should be lived and live by that as a meaning of life.
Response from Jacob Beland:
In my opinion, I believe that the authors description can be spot on. When given that much influence over how to do things and how to view the world at such a young age, having god be your one and only saviour with you atoning for all the sins that commited is not a hard thing to believe. Children at a young age will learn by example and if this was shown to her repeatedly throughout her life then she is most likely to believe it and live by it as a sense of a moral and ethical code of conduct. Maybe to a certain degree this character, Helen Burns, is being exaggerated in her devoutness towards god, but again its not hard to believe that she was trully this way.
Another character that doesn't seem to be right in the mind is Mr. Brocklehurst. He seems to be an evil and cruel person that believes the orphans to be full of sin and lust for things that they cannot attain or achieve, which is why he thinks that by denying the orphans of certain luxuries, like ample food, clothing, and an adequate shelter prevents them from becoming this way. In the real world, there are people just like him that have these beliefs and have, in my opinion, been corrupted with the devoutness to god and his teachings. They take everything that god has to say about the way life should be lived and live by that as a meaning of life.
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