“Madam,
“Will you have the goodness to send me the address of my niece, Jane Eyre, and tell me how she is: it is my intention to write shortly and desire her to come to me at Madeira. Providence has blessed my endeavours to secure a competency; and as I am unmarried and childless, I wish to adopt her during my life, and bequeath her at my death whatever I may have to leave.
“I am, Madam, etc., etc.
“John Eyre, Madeira.”
This a letter that Jane's uncle sent Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed sent him a letter, when Jane was younger, about her problems with Jane. What Jane's uncle wrote on this letter was that he would adopt Jane. Jane didn't know she had an uncle. She only thought that the Reeds where her only family. If She knew about this at that time, she would of gladly take the offer with no doubt. Jane would of done this if she knew about the letter, but she didn't because Mrs. Reed hid it from her. Mrs. Reed didn't want Jane to leave and have a comfortable life. This was a evil thing to do because Jane could have had a better childhood and not suffer with the Reeds. Mrs. Reed just doesn't want to see Jane happy. She even said it herself. She said that she never showed the letter to Jane because Jane didn't deserve it. She said that Jane was always cruel to her and thats the reason Jane didn't deserve the letter. She is a cruel old women. Jane could of probably had a better life but Mrs. Reed ruined it. Here is a link to a picture of the object that could of change Jane's life.
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Mrs. Reed was always a bad person to Jane and made her life a living hell, but even so, all the things she made Jane go through can be forgiven. However, the one thing that draws the line is the act of Mrs. Reed not giving Jane the chance to make her life better. Do you think Jane does right in forgiving Mrs. Reed? If you were in Jane's shoes, would you have forgiven Mrs. Reed?
ReplyDeleteKevin poses a good question about this part of the book. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteNice picture! This illustrates your point nicely. Include the title and photographer, as well as the url/link.
Include the page citation for your quotation too. And be sure to edit more carefully. Look for sentence errors, plus common mistakes (thats/that's, where/were, woman/women).
What do you thnk about the fact that Jane forgave Mrs. Reed? Do you agree with that?
ReplyDeleteYes, Mrs. Reed was being cruel to Jane by not showing her the letter that might of changed her life, but Jane hasn't always had it bad. She now knows Mr. Rochester and she is madly in love with him, so there's a good in her not finding out about the letter. I'm not saying what Mrs. Reed did to her was right or has a justificaton put there's always a reason why things happen.