Moving Forward

Jane the main character from Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, has been through a lot. She has learned many life lessons. Some were good and others were bad. She has shown how to manage through life. An interesting life lesson she learned was to forgive and forget. She had to decide whether it was good for her to forgive some people she loved and whether to forget about them and move on. Two characters that Jane has to forgive and try to forget are Mr. Rochester and Mrs. Reed. With forgiving and forgetting someone or something comes happiness.  
 
              Growing up Jane had a bad childhood. Jane grew up living with Mrs. Reed, her uncle's wife. Mrs. Reed was asked to promise to take care of Jane. She took care of Jane but treated her bad. Mrs. Reed basically treated Jane like she was nothing. It would have been better if she were a little nicer to Jane. After a few years had passed with Jane living with Mrs. Reed she started to attend Lowood. Lowood was an all girls school. There she learns to be a governess. She becomes a governess at Thornfield. Time passes and Jane knows nothing of Mrs. Reed. Later she hears that Mrs. Reed is ill and is dying. Mrs. Reed asks to talk to Jane. Is this Jane Eyre? she said. Yes, aunt Reed. How are you, dear aunt?" (234) Jane addresses her aunt as dear aunt. Even though Mrs. Reed treated Jane bad she was still willing to call her dear aunt. Like Eduardo says in his blog, “I am so shocked at this reaction Jane had towards that evil woman. She never treated Jane with any type of love, why should Jane even recognize her as her aunt?” “Forgive and forget?” I agree Mrs. Reed is an evil woman, all she did was cause a bad life for Jane. She did no good in Jane's life. If Mrs. Reed never treated Jane nice, why should Jane treat Mrs. Reed any different. When Jane talks to Mrs. Reed she is told that she did have family, an uncle, who wanted to adopt Jane. Mrs. Reed gives Jane a letter that her uncle wrote to Jane. Mrs. Reed told him that Jane had died. Like, Liszette says in her blog, “This stood out to me because I couldn't believe that Jane, when she was still a young girl, said something to Mrs. Reed that stuck with her for so many years.” “Forgive.” Mrs. Reed still remembers how Jane treated her when Jane was living with Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Reed hasn't learned to forgive people and yet Jane is willing to forgive her. Also, considering that Mrs. Reed treated Jane worse than Jane treated Mrs. Reed. Even after hearing this Jane is willing to forgive her. Jane knows she can't do anything about it now so she forgives and forgets all the trouble Mrs. Reed put her through.
 
              When Jane became governess at Thornfield she didn't know who the master was. She went to go put a letter in the mail, while she was doing this a man on a horse was heading her way. At this point she didn't know that he was the master of Thornfield. Not knowing this she went back to Thornfield and later figured out the man she ran into was the master. At first there was no connection between Jane and the master, Mr. Rochester. Later on it seemed like they were starting to have a connection. Jane started having feelings for Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester also started having feeling for Jane. They would show that they had a connection. They weren't open about it and didn't tell each other this right away. They never talked to each other about this. One of them should have just said what they felt right away instead of trying to hide it. When everything was going well Mr. Rochester decided to propose to Jane under a chestnut tree. Later they have hear that the chestnut tree has split in half. This could possibly be a bad sign. They go along with the weeding. They are getting married and Mr. Mason stops the wedding. He says that Mr. Rochester is married to Bertha Mason, Mr. Mason's sister. She is locked on the third field in Thornfield. This breaks Jane's heart. Mr. Rochester never mentioned anything about having a wife. Mr. Rochester has lied to Jane. Jane has the decision of whether to forgive Mr. Rochester or not. She decides to forgive Mr. Rochester. Then she runs away. Like, Cassandra says in her blog, “Forgiving and leaving show that she respects Mr. Rochester and his marriage, even though she loves him.” “Forgive and Forget”
She decides to leave it all behind and move on. She wants to start a new life. Her life could have been her marrying Mr. Rochester and starting a family. But her dream of starting a family with Mr. Rochester didn't come true. When she ran away she found out that she had a family. By her moving on with her life was a good thing. In the end she ended up marrying Mr. Rochester and had a kid. She now has a family of her own.
 
              By forgiving and forgetting Mr. Rochester something good came of it. She found out that she had family and even ended up having a family of herself. By finding a family and finding love she was now happy. She had a bad childhood and now her life is better than before. Growing up she never was happy and she never knew what love was. But now that she is with Mr. Rochester she now knows how it feels to be loved and be happy. I think that happiness can make things better. It is better to be happy than not be happy. Jane my have thought that she would never be happy. Things were never good or were as she wanted. Things that made Jane happy were finally having a family, marrying Mr. Rochester, having money, Bertha isn't in the picture anymore, and she can now start over with Mr. Rochester and create a new life. I have learned that everyone should always forgive people no matter what. The only hard part is to forget it. If it is a sad thing people should forget it and move on but if it is a good or happy thing you should also forget it even though it may be harder.
 
              Even though it may not be the best thing to do sometimes it is best to forgive and forget, move on. Sometimes something good can come out of it, just like it did for Jane. But other times you may regret it. People should learn to forgive and forget. By moving on and letting the past be the past life could be better. You wouldn't have to worry about what good or bad could come in your life. Even though moving on for Jane wasn't very easy it won't be easy for anyone. You just have to learn to deal with life and all of its outcomes.