The risk in running away

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"What have you heard? What do you see?" asked St. John. I saw nothing, but I heard a voice somewhere cry -

"Jane! Jane! Jane!"--nothing more.

"O God! what is it?" I gasped.

I might have said, "Where is it?" for it did not seem in the room-- nor in the house--nor in the garden; it did not come out of the air- -nor from under the earth--nor from overhead. I had heard it-- where, or whence, for ever impossible to know! And it was the voice of a human being--a known, loved, well-remembered voice--that of Edward Fairfax Rochester; and it spoke in pain and woe, wildly, eerily, urgently.

"I am coming!" I cried. "Wait for me! Oh, I will come!" I flew to the door and looked into the passage: it was dark. I ran out into the garden: it was void.

"Where are you?" I exclaimed.

The hills beyond Marsh Glen sent the answer faintly back--"Where are you?" I listened. The wind sighed low in the firs: all was moorland loneliness and midnight hush." (427)

I always knew that Jane Eyre a woman in love with Eward Fairfax Rochester was going to break down and lose it. I had a feeling that this moment would come. Jane has gone through homelessness and heart breaking situations;she has hidden her feelings for a long period of time. Jane tried to hide her feelings, and for to long she has pretended to be firm and strong when her distance from her loved one (Mr. Rochester) was killing her. Finally, she broke down and started to hear the voice of Mr. Rochester calling her name. I don't think Jane was going crazy; I think she just heard what she wanted to hear. When she asked for guidance: "Show me, show me the path!" I entreated of Heaven." the voice of human in need of help calling her name. It just so happens to be that the timing Jane heard the voice of Mr. Rochester was when she was reconsidering St. John's offer: to marry him and go to India. Luckily, Jane realized that she couldn't run away from her problems that she had left behind in Thornfield Hall.

Running away from your problems isn't a very good idea because when you run away you leave behind the possibility for change without your consent. What I mean by this is that, when you leave or run away you take yourself out of the possibility of changing outcomes. One I know for sure is that you will always cross the same path you used to get away from a problem. For example, what would have happened if she would have stayed and become Mr. Rochester's other women. Would she have met her cousins? Would have Mr. Rochester lost his eyesight and hand? Would she have become an independent woman? Also these question lead to a decision. Jane took the risk of running away. Yes, Mr. Rochester lost his eyesight and hand but that didn't matter to Jane. Jane had earned so much more in return.

Love is blind

Dear Jane,

You said it yourself: you are in love with Mr. Rochester. You make it clear when you say, “I had not intended to love him: the reader knows I have wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, green and strong! He made me love him without looking at me” (177). I believe that you have to take chances in life, and that is exactly what you should do. Take a chance at love; you never know, Mr. Rochester might be the one for you. But you will never know unless you give it a try, right? It is said that love is blind, and I believe so. You said that Mr. Rochester wasn’t the most handsome guy there is, and he, like all other human beings, has his flaws. Although you might be blinded by love, you must always take a step back and look at the big picture. Mr. Rochester has his flaws, and so do you. No one is perfect. But what really matters is that you love him and he loves you. Love has no limits. Take a risk, and don’t let this chance go. Don’t give up on love or anything else, because the worst thing you can do is let the chance go and then later regret it. Even if you fail, you’ll walk away with your head held high knowing that you at least tried.