Why does Jane take so much pleasure in the fantasy world of books? What does this reveal about her character? Use evidence from the book. Keep reading :)
Jane Eyre is trapped in an emotionally stressful household where she is constantly being harassed and left depressed. To combat this, Jane turns to fictional books detailing utopian fantasy worlds filled with fairies, giants, and pigmies. Fantasy worlds appeal to Jane because they are much better than her own, which provides her with an escape to an imaginary paradise. Early in the novel she was escaping from John Reed, however as the story progressed Jane was escaping from other uncomfortable situations such as her first day of school. On pages 50-51 Jane cites her first day as "Vague and Strange" and she attempts to look for things she is familiar with such as fantasy worlds in order to comfort herself. This leads to her conversation with Burns,the narrator comments, "The step was contrary to my nature and habits;but I think her occupation touched a chord of sympathy somewhere, for I, too, liked reading..." This highlights Jane's character as a dreamer, but also shows that she must have something she is familiar with to feel comfortable. In this situation it was fantasy worlds, earlier in the story it was a doll. -Lorenzo Lambert
Jane takes pleasure in the fantasy world of books because it gives her a "short stimulus". From this jane references the book Gulliver's Travels and she says she finds it intresting and the contex deeper than the regular tale. "This book I had again and again persued with delight; I considered it a narrative of facts, and discovered in it a vein interest deeper than what I found in fairy tales...". Even in chapter 1 it even gives a description of Jane reading a book called Bewicks History Of British Birds. This shows her automatic intrest in books. This intrest reveals about her character is that despite all the negative aspect in living with her uncle wife. She has found an intrest in novels. She has an intrest in books and wants to expand her knowledge. Jane uses this reference to relinquish herself from the ownership of Mrs. Reed and go to school.
A person's imagination can transport them to a positive realm escaping reality. Jane Éyre, is a girl who has such a strenuous and difficult home life, who would rather immerse herself in fantasy books, than endure harsh reality. Eyre's three cousins, Eliza, John, and Georgiana, all have difficulty accepting Éyre in their home, along with Mrs. Reed. Jane finds a place where she is accepted, which is the window-seat where she reads her literature in isolation."With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." This quote, symbolizes her yearning for books that helps her escape to her happy place. This reveals about her character, that even though she has such a difficult home life, she tries her best to find positive aspects in her life, such as reading books that she cares for. -Ann Coltrane
Jane Eyre takes much pleasure in the fantasy world of books because it is her escape from depression and abuse. Her cousins and aunt treat her as she was "less" than a slave. Reading for Jane Eyre makes her get away from all the disappointments in her life. As a example in the chapter 1," Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting..." This reveals about the character is when Jane Eyre reads she can escape from her life and dream of a better world from the books she reads. -Bobbi Cordle
Jane Eyre takes pleasure in immersing herself in a world of fantasy rather than reality because her reality is a very unpleasant one. Her cousins are very spoiled children and her "benefactress" aunt doesn't take the time to check on her niece. Jane prefers fantasy because it is a way to escape from her harsh reality. Fantasy won't hurt her in a way reality does, both physically and emotionally. That being said, Jane's emergence into fantasy shows her a person who thinks with her heart and emotions rather than her mind. For example, when she pounced upon her cousin John in the first chapter. Along with that it displays Jane as a very naive girl. Clearly seen when Helen Burns was dying (chapter nine, when the nurse stated that Helen will "not be here long.") Though Jane has characteristics that can get her into unpleasant situations, these same characteristics may be able to get her out of the same unpleasant situations.
It's true in a sense of how you described Jane's characteristics to get her into "unpleasant situations" and how they can also get her out of them all the while. I really liked that portion, Patty. Very well observation.
Jane Eyre takes pleasure in the fantasy world of books because for a short while, it makes her forget her real life situation in Gateshead with the Reed family. Jane's cousins, (Mrs.Reeds daughter and son) Georgiana, Eliza and John Reed all treat Jane cruelly because their mother, Mrs. Reed, feels that she shouldn't be obligated to take of Jane after the passing of her late husband. In chapter 3, Jane reads the fictional novel, "Gulliver's Travels", which is about a man that constantly wanders to different fantasy lands where there are tiny people, giants and animals that control humans. In this same chapter, Jane asserts, "the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library." (pg.17) This quote explains the short-time distraction Jane acquires when she reads fantasy books. The purpose of the short-time distraction is to temporarily forget the physical and verbal abuse Jane gets from her cousins and aunt, it's the only way she can get away from them until she arrives at Lowood. This reveals about her character that she is capable and emotionally strong enough to find ways to get out of situations by herself, which means she is independent to a certain extent.
Jane is very un-pleased with her stay at the Gatehead so she finds an outlet from the abuse she endures from the Reed family in reading books. On page three she states " With brick on my knee, I was then happy..." this is when she went to go read in the small breakfast room. Then later on when she is sent to Lowood she is intrigued by the book Burns is reading because it's not the bible and rather a non fiction book which she can draw herself into it and escape the harsh reality that Lowood is. Jane is a kind of person that likes to see the nice part of life and ignore the negative even though she herself can be a little feisty, and that's what got her in that situation. -Christian Jose Rodriguez Cabral
Jane takes pleasure in the fantasy world of books because it allows her to live a different life from the harsh reality she has to encounters. The way her aunt and cousins treat her is very unpleasant and in an abusive manner. For example, when Jane aunt sends her to the “Red Room”. This displays the inequality and hardship she has to go through. The interest in novels helps her escape reality. This reveals about her character that when she reads the novels it allows her to still have a sense of happiness.
When your life is filled with physical and emotional abuse, but one is never able to get away from it, the only way to escape is through the fantasy of books; this is exactly what Jane Eyre does. The fantastical worlds that books present, allow for a temporary getaway from the negativity of the real world that surrounds her. For example, in the first few pages Miss Eyre is getting interested in the introductory pages of her book because it speaks of far away countries and the sea-fowl that haunt them. This shows that she is not only is she knowledge hungry, but also adventure hungry young lady. She also truly enjoys the tales that the governess, Bessie, tells the children. The knowledge that Jane is consuming as a child, without instruction, shows that she is naturally an intelligent child and this will definitely shape her as an adult and already gave her an upper hand when sent to Lowood because she easily moves up group levels at the boarding school. - Breanna Bailey
Jane Eyre lives a solitary life, being the outcast of her cousins. And rejected by her benefactress and others in the household. Jane feels inferior emotionally and physically compared to her cousins. When she reads she escapes her harsh reality and gets to think childlike. Which she really didn't get much since her parents died at such a young age."each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting" this quote, symbolizes how much adoration she has for books and the pleasure she gets from reading that can't be found anywhere else. -Kate Morales
Jane Eyre takes so much pleasure in the fantasy world of books because she wants to let her imagination wonder off and be free from reality. Since the day she arrive at her aunts house she was treated badly and her only option to become distracted a little was to read books. As in the beginning of the novel Jane mentions she was being accused of doing something wrong and is sent to another room where she decides to escape from reality and reads a book. "I soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures. I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly closed, I was shrined in double retirement."..."With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." Jane in order to be happy and to be able and forget her problems reads which reveals that her character is of a lonely child who feel as belonging in the stories told in each book were she wont be rejected as she is been treated by her aunt and cousins. Which as the novel proceeds tells on how Jane begins to adore books even more as she is sent to school, "I hardly know where I found the hardihood thus to open a conversation with a stranger...but I think her occupation touched a chord of sympathy somewhere; for I too liked reading." Which shows a connection with both girls on how after being sent to Lowood they share an interest in books since their way of escaping reality is by doing the one thing they love to do. - Elizabeth Rodriguez
Jane's amusement in her books reflects on the fact that she is seen as the orphan girl that does not belong and is not accepted by her aunt and cousins. She turns to her fantasy books as a bypass and is able to tune out her everyday punishment of being shut out and thrown into the red room. On page 21 Jane tells Mr. Lloyd after he asked her why she would want to leave such a splended place (refering to the Reed's house) " If I had anywhere else to go, I should be glad to leave it; but I can never get away from Gateshead till I am a woman" therefore leaving Jane with no choice but to use her novles as an escape.
Jane Eyre lives a live full of solitude being an outcast, where she is constantly abused by her cousin John and his two sisters and emotional abuse by her aunt Mrs. Reed. " I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii...(pg.51)" With fantasy books she finds an a brief escape of her harsh reality, an escape where she doesn't need to be a part of recurring abuse and solitude. -Lensie J. Wilson
A book can be inexplicably capable of taking ones mind off of the world around us, and for that, I can understand why Miss Jane Eyre is such a profound thinker. It is inevitable of us to believe she's miserable in such a life, and that's why she chooses simply to enrapture herself in the pleasures of a well-bound book. Due to the irrevocable and excruciating pains of the tormentous day-to-day basis Jane goes through with her very much spoiled cousins (let it be John's 'thrusting out his tongue...as far as he could without damaging the roots' or Georgiana and Eliza's unsupportive actions in chapter 1), not to mention her intolerable Aunt Reed, it provokes an inclement surge of character to show how strong she has become over the years. In strength, you can see the rose in her cheeks when given the opportunity to read, like in chapter 3 when Bessie asks if she would have a book, and this proves to be her only escape from reality. Deep within the contents of the book, this shows one of strong developments in Jane's character; showing that isolating herself from the haunting life she lives in can only be healed by a most good read indeed. This truly exemplifies the life of secrecy Jane lives in, not only keeping her tongue on how she truly feels, as in chapter 3 with her conversation amongst Mr. Lloyd and herself (expressing only by stating that she's "very unhappy, for other things."), but the explosion in argument with her Aunt Reed in chapter 4 when she merely says, "My Uncle Reed is in heaven, and can see all you do and think; and so can papa and mama: they know how you shut me up all day long, and how you wish me dead." This outburst led to the revealing of her true character as being misguided, misunderstood, and mistreated by none other than her relatives.
Jane as all children, is a curious child. The situation Jane is in holds her back from being a regular child with the opportunity to learn. She enjoys books best with pictures, I believe she does this because her reading level is not high enough to understand novels without pictures. Jane's passion for books revealed her love for learning. Although Jane loves to learn on her own as any child would she struggled her first day of enrollment in chapter six. "At first, being little accustomed to learn by heart, the lessons appeared to be both long and difficult..." By reading and being at school Jane is away from her problems at home, which is another reason why Jane enjoys fantasy books. Jane is no longer depressed when she reads or is learning.
The reason why Jane Eyre takes so much pleasure in fantasy books it's because she can forget. Jane forgets the horrible things she has to endure at her house in where she lives with her aunt and cousins. "Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels". When she reads fantasy books, Jane makes a world of her own, a world in which she is happy. The fantasy books help her escape the reality that she has to go through everyday and the fact that she really doesn't have anyone besides her aunt and cousins.
Due to Jane's irregular way of living, and the fact that she has yet no choice but to corporate with her only family that is left, the books she reads benefits her in a way that allows for her to escape mentally from the situations of her bias cousins and Aunt. Through that matter, her readings are her only availability of hope that she can always contain whenever she encounters negativity brought by people like her Aunt and Mr.Brocklehurst who inflict on Jane about her character. Chapter four, "That proves you have a wicked heart; and you must pray to God to change it to give you a new and clean one: to take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.", Mr.Brocklehurst criticizes Jane about her character of being beau of her personal indifference with an ideal related to God (Psalm verse).
Jane has no choice but to live, more so pull herself through a so called "life" dealing with abuse of all sorts from her wretched cousins and bias Aunt Reed. She is isolated, from everything and I believe amongst all this she finds refuge and sanctuary from the dreaded life she lives through reading. (ch.5,pg.51) "I think her occupation touched a chord of sympathy somewhere, for I, too, liked reading, though of a frivolous and childlike kind.", " It [Rasselas] looked dull to my trifling taste, I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii..." It was through fantasies she escaped and that kept her well off through her hard times at Gateshead. Concerning her character, this shows that though she has had to, what it seems like, grow up faster than others she still has her childlike demeanor all while she has gone through so much. - Jordan T. Ocampo
"I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed..."(Pg.35). Jane Eyre, an ever so intelligent young girl, has realized her strong emotions towards her abusive Aunt Reed and cousins. Although, the only way she can escape is through magical worlds, worlds created by literature. "... I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library. This book I had again and again pusued with delight."(Pg.17) Jane persued books time after time because she was continuosly abused, no doubt a great emotional escape allowing her to keep some sanity. Which in turn tells much of Janes persoanlity. Since Miss Eyre had 'no bussiness to take' the the Reed familys books but indeed took them anyway shows how Jane is defiant towards disliked authority. Also this, in turn, shows how greatly aware Jane is of her unfair life, having to get lost in fictional places. Similar to Helen and her retreat to books as she is outcasted by auothority as well.
Jane is living a life that she can not stand anymore, but she loves reading about fantasy. The reason she reads those is to only set her mind in a fantasy world where she could only go there by imagining. In chapter one it says, "I returned to my book-Bewick's History of British Birds...'Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting..."(pg.1-2) From this book is the one that Jane could forget about her evil aunt and cousin, John that caused so much harm to her while living in that house. She compares her life to a book where she now notice that her life have been so unfair because her cousins are treated mostly good and not her. Also Jane's character is that she is curious about how really life is and wants to have that fair life instead living with her aunt with an unfair life.
Jane Eyre uses books to escape the real world and everything that is going on around her, Eyre is not happy with the life she is being forced to live, so the only pleasure and happiness she gets is when she buries herself in the books she is reading. The books give Eyre a sense of relief. The fact that she buries herself in her books show that she is not satisfied with the life she is living and their is nothing she can do about it. Her aunt and cousins treat her like she is property rather than a family member and the only way she knows how to cope is by reading books. "Are you not very thankful to have such a fine place to live at? It is not my house, sir; and Abbot says i have less right to be here than a servant. Pooh! you can't be silly enough to wish to leave such a splendid place? If I had anywhere else to go, I should be glad to leave it; but I can never get away from Gateshead till I am a woman." (Page 21). Since Jane Eyre cannot leave the house physically, reading her books is her escape mentally.
Jane Eyre, I think, not only uses books as a relief from that witch, Mrs. Reeds, but also to obtian a sense of truth. "...the word book acted as a transient stimulus... I considered it a narrative of facts, and discovered in it vein of interest deeper than what i found in fairy tales..." (Page 17). Jane produces a world she would like to believe in, one of truth. "...for I, too, liked reading, though of a frivolous and childish kind." (Page 51). These two sides show indeed that she wants to be childish and read books that have no direct meaning but also for it to be one that comforts her with truth. Mrs. Reed puts Jane in her torture house with no nourishment while breaking her promise by not raising Jane like on of her own which reveals Jane's character to lack affection but is determined to find love that is true.
Jane Eyre loves to lose herself into the world of books simply because it gives her a type of "stimulus". Jane sees it as a beautiful experience where she is able to forget about the nightmare of living with her abusive cousins and. Aunt Reed. Jane is the type of person that lets get emotions take over to the point that she takes every chance to get away from the really that she lives in. -Ismael Sosa
Jane Eyre uses books to escape the reality of her life because of the way Gateshead treat her. The Gateshead abuse Jane, physically and verbal, when Mrs.Reed gave them Jane due to the fact that her husband passed away and she felt like she couldn't care of Jane. After be giving Jane by Mrs.Reed, the Gateshead abuse Jane treating her less than nothing, In Chapter 1 after being caught reading Jane cousin quotes "You have no business to take our books;you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought beg, and not live here with gentlemen's children like us...I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they are mine." After this Jane cousin punished Jane by throwing a book at her making her cut her head against the door. Making Jane feel like she was a slave and they we're the slave-driver. -Anthony Sida
Jane Eyre doesn't like the reality she was in, so as a means to escape she reads books. Books to Jane are a way of escaping her present life and entering a world of fantasy, adventure and love, she also reads as a way to keep away from Mrs. Reeds. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour; and when, having brought her ironing-table to the nursery-hearth, she allowed us to sit about it..." This quote shows how even when Jane was just a girl some of the only positive memories she had were stories or tales and how this helped shape her into a frequent reader. "I scarcely knew what school was; Bessie sometimes spoke of it as a place where young ladies sat in the stocks, wore backboards, and were expected to be exceedingly genteel and precise; John Reed hated his school, and abused his master: but John Reed’s tastes were no rule for mine..." Jane wanted to attend school not just to learn but also as an escape, if the people she hated didn't like school then she would most likely love it.
After being treated as "... less than a servant, for you do nothing for your keep," Jane decides to turn to fantasy novels. Like most people, she rather live in the fictional world simply because its an escape from reality. Not only does Jane enjoy these novels, i believe its her hideout in the "redroom" that helps her escape the harsh life she's living. As you read chapter two you understand her pain of living with her aunt and cousins. "... I had to stem a rapid rush of retrospective thought before i quailed to the dismal present," clearly shows that Jane rather be alone in a book ( fictional place ) than alone in life. In the room she imagines the world at her hands. - Desaree Hinojos
Jane feels that she is not worth value by the way she is treated by her aunt Mrs. Reed and her cousins and likely finds books as a way to provide a sense of value to her life; maybe an escape from her “real” life. Fantasy world have long been used as a way to escape the harsh reality of life and escape to a far more greater life. Jane shows us that although she is seen as a useless orphan, she can escape this by picture and books. Early on, John Reed, Jane’s awful cousin who tormented and abused her, acts out by throwing a novel at Jane which she had been reading. "You have no business to take our books; you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mama's expense. Now, I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they ARE mine; all the house belongs to me, or will do in a few years. Go and stand by the door, out of the way of the mirror and the windows." (Chapter 1, page 15). He would then strike Jane with the book and cause her to fall and cut her head. Jane quickly compared this abuse to something she had read in Oliver Goldsmiths’ History of Rome; playing out this abuse as fantasy rather than reality. She is escaping her torment, which shows us that it was her way of dealing with her bad situation.
In the quote on page 51..."Rasselas looked dull to my trifling taste. I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii; no bright variety seemed spread over the closely-printed pages." it shows that Jane is a kid that enjoys reading fantasy novels about fairies rather than encyclopedia and bible type books. She likes reading them ultimately because they are fun to read, but also they provide a sense of hope and happiness to Jane. That being said it shows that Jane's character is one full of wonder, and curiosity. The fantasy novels give Jane the hope that there is something more out there for her than that of her dreadful life. It foreshadows that in the future she will have the want to explore life rather than just to go with what people tell her. She will be creative and different, which may seem bad and naughty to other characters in the book but is what actually makes the character of Jane Erye so great. -Dominique Lopez
Jane Eyre finds pleasure in reading books that contain fantasy worlds because she uses them as an escape from the world that she is currently living in. While at Gateshead, Jane is constantly abused whether it be physically or verbally by the Reed family. Since Jane was practically forced into this family, Ms. Reed clearly doesn't want Jane and treats her far worse than her own children. Ms. Reed's children Georgiana, Eliza, and John bully her constantly and Ms. Reed sides with her children of course. In chapter 3, Jane ends up reading a fictional novel, "Gulliver's Travels". In this chapter she states, "the word book acted as a transient stimulus.... I considered it a narrative of facts, and discovered in it a vein of interest deeper than what I found in fairy tales". This quote allows for the reader to see that Jane is experienced with reading fairy tales and finds interest in Gulliver's Travels which is about a man that travels to numerous worlds/fantasies. It allows for us to see that Jane uses books containing fantasies and different worlds as a mental escape from the hardships she has faced. This character trait shows that although Jane has faced many problems, she is still in search of something greater even if it is through her imagination. -Isaac Combs
Jane Eyre does not have companionship at Gateshead Hall. She is mentally and physically tortured so the books are her escape. Eyres illusions of the stories keep her sane, pleased with her life for a moment and hopeful for a brighter future. "I was then happy... I feared nothing but interruption..." Eyre is able to tune out her bleak lifestyle and into a refuge created by her novels. Even being surrounded by cruelty and hatred Eyre is able to maintain her spirit. This shows how strong and capable of a character she is by going against her surroundings. Her strength shines through and perserves her identity.
Jane Eyre finds her peace in her own little world of solitude, and not the lonesome sort of solitude either. "...Rasselas looked dull to my trifling taste; I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii, no bright variety seemed spread over the closely-printed pages." (Pg. 56) Jane, though smart and cunning , is still a child and as a child she will want to have something peaceful and blissful to remember as an adult despite her abusive household. Jane feels more content and herself while reading because there no one can judge to harshly or neglect her anymore because fantasy is supposed to have a happy ending. The pleasure in reading, not only it being that she envisions this fantastical world, she envisions tranquility and her childlike mind wonder as a child's mind should- foolish and free. - Ana Cranfield
Jane Eyre as a child of only ten years old, would much rather fantasy books (fairytales) simply because of her age and reading level. In chapter six, page 51, Jane says, "Helen was talking to herself now: she had forgotten I could not very well understand her--that I was ignorant, or nearly so, of the subject she discussed. I recalled her to my level," proving that her mind could only understand so much. Also I believe reading fantasy books for Jane is a method of leaving her cruel life. -Joshua Duron
The conditions Jane Eyre felt while at Gateshead Hall caused her to find a form of escapism, which in her case was books. Her favorite kind were fantasy which would take her away from the lonesome reality she faced living with Mrs. Reed and her children. This assumption is proven when Jane examines Haley's book "Rasselas" and finds it dull, since she "saw nothing about fairies" and found no variety in it. Jane's love for reading gives her an imaginative mind and therefore would affect the way she saw the world as a child. When she is in the red room, her creative mind causes her to believe that a moving light in the room was a ghost. Jane conjectured that it may had been "a gleam from a lantern carried by someone across the lawn", but her imagination makes her see it as an apparition. She also owns a doll which she describes "shabby as a miniature scarecrow" and uses it as a form of comfort and questions why she put so much affection into it. Jane might have imagined it as a part of her and put love into it since she wasn't given any from her cousins and aunt. She was then happy when she made it feel safe and warm and thus believed it was happy also. - Michael Hipps
The reason Jane Eyre takes so much pleasure in reading books is because it helps her not to think of all the hurt an pain she has gone through. She looks for joy and comfort in the books she reads and uses it to forget all that she has been though either from her cousins and from her aunt. The books are an escape from the isolation given to her by her cousins, the abuse of her aunt, and her being thrown into the Red Room. As said on page 5 "I was then happy; happy at least in my way.. I feared nothing but interruption..." It explains that Jane is happy in the imaginary life she is living through the fantasy novels and how she is trying to find the positive facets with what she is given. This reveals that even though Eyre goes through difficult and painful situations, she has hope for a greater future and something more for her than a distressing life. - Savannah Ortivez
Because Jane lives such a misrable life, she lives for her imagination. For a moment she can burry the life she knows and wonder into another relm. The fantasy world serves as an escape for her. She has so much going on, the only comfort she has is in books. This tells the readers she has an expanded imagination. Jane has deep, detailed thoughts that she keeps to herself. The more time she spends exiled from her "family", the more elaborate her imagination becomes. When Jane first meets Helen at Lowood Institution, she first notices the book she is reading. Asking to see the book Jane remarks in her head "I did so; a brief examination convinced me that the contents were less taking than the title: "Rasselas" looked dull to my trifling taste; I saw nothing about faries, nothing about genii; no bright variety seemed spread over the closely-printed pages." (page 51) Jane desperately needs the fantasy world to capture her. Ever since birth, she has lived a dull childhood. Always outcast and unwanted, she searched for the missing piece in her life. Jane's sole intrest in books requiring her to be engaged using her imagination exhibits her inner desire to live a bright life with adventure. With a neglectful aunt, bothersome maids, and abusive cousins, Jane thrives off the happiness reading about fantasy worlds to keep her for spiraling in a depressive trance. Tameka Smith
Jane Eyre is a young orphan raised by the very wealthy and civilized Reed Family. Despite living in the household of her hatful aunt, Jane manages to escape and find comfort when reading books. For example, in chapter 3 she says “Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver’s Travels from the library.” and that “…all was eerie and dreary; the giants were gaunt goblins, the pigmies malevolent and fearful imps, Gulliver a most desolate wanderer in most dread and dangerous regions.” It is obvious that Jane challenges the social norm of the 19th century Victorian society and faces a difficult time doing so. Therefore when reading she emerges herself in the fantasy world of books as an outlet, seeking happiness and comfort lacking in reality. This illustrates to the readers that Jane is a very smart, creative and imaginative girl because although she’s different and punished for it, she uses books to ease the pain and is able to get away from some of it.
Jane Eyre is unfairly treated living with her Aunt and cousins in Gateshead hall. Reading fair tales and books are her escape from dealing with the emotional and physical abusive done onto her by her care givers. In chapter three she express her, "inexpressible relief," when realizing that Mr. Lloyd was in the room, a complete stranger, than anyone belonging to Gateshead. Mrs. Reed does not treat Jane as one of her own, she's neglected and always scolded for wrong doing she is not guilty of. Also, in chapter one she speaks of how she reads and the only thing she fears was none other than to be interrupted. Janes use of books benefits her by giving happiness for short periods of time.
Jane Eyre finds pleasure in reading because the fantasy worlds found in between the pages offer an escape from her abusive home life. Living with her aunt Mrs. Reed and her three children, Jane is unwelcome. Constantly told to be grateful for her 'benefactress' Mrs. Reeds, Jane aims to please her. But no matter how hard she tries, Jane is told that she is deceitful and naughty and is abused. Not to mention she is terrorized by Mrs. Reeds son, John. But once she opens a book and settles in the window seat behind the curtain, Jane escapes her tormentors and bleak reality. Jane is very intelligent because she finds solace and comfort in things that give her knowledge. In addition to that intelligence, she is also resilient. She's a young girl, only ten years old, and she endures John's cruelty and Mrs. Reed's indifference. Her lack of emotional bonding with family has made Jane into a tough cookie of a girl and instead of letting the loneliness consume her, she escapes into the world of books. Books are Jane's source of happiness. "Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels. This book I had again and again perused with delight." -Cristina Rodriguez
Jane Eyre is found reading and immense number of books and she loves living in that fantasy life because through reading she escapes what is right in front of her at her aunts house. Being treated unfairly let her to try to escape from all this injustice through literature. In chapter 4 it shows how bad of an outcast she really is,"From enjoyement I was, of course, excluded: my share of the gaiety consisted in witnessing the daily apparelling of Eliza...". While also been sent to the "Red Room", it gives us an idea of how lonley and mistreated she is, leading to finding her only happiness in the art of literature, escaping the cold hard reality she has to live with.
Jane Eyre I believe uses books as an escape as her home life is not the best with her aunt Mrs.Reed does not treat with such pleasure after her uncle had died. She appears to me to be a very intelligent girl for a 10 year old as she expresses her interests in books in chapter 5 when she first sees her friend Helen reading a book by herself she asks her "Is your book interesting? I had already formed the intention of asking her to lend it to me some day." Jane's character is someone who likes to block the negativities out of her life by simply opening up a book and letting her imagination wonder through the fantasy world of books. -Clarissa Ontiveros
Jane Eyre enjoys her books because it's a pathway to somewhere away from not only her life at home, but life in the real world. She doesn't enjoy books that have any relation to the real world, but instead indulges in stories of fantasies of faeries and imps; this is shown when she doesn't enjoy Helen Burns' book, Rasselas, because of it's tale of a journeying prince (Chapter 5). She loves to escape to a world unknown and kind, even risking punishment to feel away (Chapter 1). When she does go away from Mrs. Reed's home, it seems that she ceases to read as much as she did, meaning she was content in the new world she has found. This is a turning point in Jane's life where she doesn't have to fear anyone anymore, even though there was that incident with Mr. Brocklehurst in Chapter 7, which no one really acknowledged, and was refuted in Chapter 8 by Mr. Lloyd.
Books are a gateway to a fantasy world where one could escape the clutches of reality and all the struggles that come with it. In order to endeavor these atrocious predicaments such as her cousins and aunt, she uses a book as a crutch to leave. Reading was creating Jane Éyre's alternate world. "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." When she escapes, she only fears leaving. She try's staying in line and is still looked upon as detrimental. From these books she knows enough to talk educated and even insult people with it such as the incident with the Romans. It makes her bold.
Jane Eyre is stuck in a household with people she detests. She is excluded from most activities and spends her time daydreaming and fantasizing about different stories she's read or has been told by Bessie. For her, fantasizing about a different world, makes her forget about the real world she is in. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting..." (Chapter 1) Although Jane might not always understand everything she reads, she is very interested in the stories and wants to learn more. Reading was how she got educated before she was sent to school. But reading was also hope. Hope that her life will become better. -Dominique Briddell
To me it seems that Jane Eyre's pleasure in the world of fantasy is simply a form of escape from her daily life of being mistreated and being miserable. She is just like most people who have hardships in their life; they try to escape from their crappy reality. It becomes her escape to a place of wonder and amazing things that are nothing like her real world, she creates herself a safe haven where no one can hurt her and cause her the pain she is so used to feeling day to day. She just wants to hide from the world. To be free of the real world and not to be hurt by the people she is living with. When she went and hid in the curtains with the book in chapter one she was trying to escape her cousin and feel safe by escaping into the book she wanted to read Aaron Pingo
Jane Eyre uses the book to escape reality, she goes to these fantasy world's to live a better life. She is mistreated by the people who should be protecting her they hurt her both physically and verbally. She likes being part of the world's in the books since she can be whatever she thinks of. Even when she reads she would have to hide from her family. Chapter 1 she is found reading and is punished for it when she did nothing. After leaving the house away from them she starts reading less excepting the reality she is in now.
Jane enjoys reading fantasy books because its her only source of happiness as stated in chapter one when Bessie reads to her, Jane says, "With Bewick on my knee, I was happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon..."(pg.3) . With both her parents dead and living under mistreatment of her aunt and cousins, Jane is really unhappy. For Jane, reading such imaginary books of such perfect scenarios, she can't help but to drag herself into them and leave earth for a while just to forget such hate and mistreatment from the others. For a 10 year old girl like Jane, she is really smart to understand whats happening around her and really maturing to bypass all she has gone through. -Julia Martinez
Jane Eyre uses the fantasy books she reads as essentially her own fantasy world to escape from the harsh reality of living in a household she isn't appreciated in. Jane's character is creative and intuitive but also shows that she needs to relate to something to feel comfortable, so she finds comfort in what she reads. In the quote, "The word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her [Bessie] to fetch 'Guliver's Travels' from the library." Jane's interest in reading books and the worlds she "travels" through while reading is made apparent, as she even finds the mere mention of a book as a temporary delight in her life.
Jane Eyre is intrigued by the world of fantasies because she desires to escape the cruel world she lives in and enjoy the wonders of joy and happiness, something she rarely experiences. She is always oppressed and ill-treated by her "benefactress" and family because she is "less than a servant" in their snotty attitude. She is treat unjustly and neglected which makes her feel unwanted and unloved in the real world. However, in her books she can experience and feel the wonders and joy the book contains, thus escaping the torments of the other world, “This book I had again and again perused with delight” (3% I have a kindle). This shows that she is persistent in learning new things she doesn’t get to learn, especially because she is always locked up by Mrs. Reed. Also she is a self-righteous and feels that people need to stand up for themselves for any unjust actions that are bestowed on them, (If she struck me with that rod, I should get it from her hand; I should break it under her nose… it seems disgraceful to be flogged.” She has a strong and tough character especially for a girl of her early age, which also shows how hungry she is for an adventure. As a result, she relishes her world of fantasies to escape the cruel world and live in her joyous one. Adan Rivas
Bronte immediately opens up with Jane being an adventurous and different child compared to Mrs. Reed's biological children and on the second page, she sets Jane with a book infatuated in her own world, "with Bewick on my knee, I was then happy; happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption." Throughout the book, she faces the problems of abuse within her benefactress, Mrs. Reed and her son, John Reed which displays what type of childhood she's living... strained, neglected, and abused. She poses an opinion of books after she has been attacked by John, being, "The word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gullliver's Travels from the library." Even if it might not be the worst conditions, she uses the fantasy of reading as a distraction from the strenuous life she still possesses. As for her character, she's usually described as naughty and tiresome, when in reality or in present time she'd simply be considered curious and adventurous. However, around the early 19th century, that was considered and abnormality and a sign of the devil within the child. Jane just had a stronger sense of independence, integrity, and desire for happiness.
Jane reads and uses the fantasy books because she feels that it is her only way to escape reality because she reads Bewick's History of British Birds (Ch.1) and also Helen reads to her and she gets into the books but when she comes back to reality she feels sad and left out because she faces with mean cousins and her aunt as well and it is not fair to her. Jane doesn't want to live reality that is why she goes to fantasy books and she is really happy when she gets to leave Gateshead (Ch.4) because she can finally be free from her aunt and cousins. Mostly she uses the fantasy books because when she come to reality she can't face it because she thinks that she is not ready for reality and also because of her rude family members. Jane enjoys fantasy books a lot and what it show about her character is that she is very open minded and also creative as well.
Jane Eyre finds pleasure in the fantasy world of books due to the lack of affection in her family. She finds fantasy as an escape to her reality. Due to the bad treatment from her family she doesn't feel no affection towards them. "They were not bound to regard with affection a thing that could not sympathise with one amongst them; a heterogeneous thing, opposed to them in treatment, in capacity, in propensities, a useless thing, incapable of serving their interest, or adding to their pleasure a noxious thing, cherishing the germs of indignation at their treatment of contempt their judgement." (pg.11) Books helped her escape into a fantasy where she doesn't have to face the treatment of others. -Ailyn Flores
The reason Jane Eyre finds so much comfort in books is because its her way of escaping this harsh reality that she has been forced to live in. She lives with her aunt and three cousins that treat her very badly. They put her down mentally, emotionally, and physically. In Chapter 3, when becomes ill, Mr. Lloyd assigns Bessie to look after Jane and as soon as Bessie asks Jane if she would like something, Jane says that she wants a book from the library. She found great pleasure in reading "Gulliver's Travels." When Jane reads she is filled with happiness.
The reason Jane Eyre took pleasure from living inside the fantasy world of books is because she had lived most of her life under Mrs. Reeds oppression and sought to find liberation from reality, where she could shelter her mind and maintain her sanity. Not only do books keep her in refuge but they also provide her with hope, "I doubted not that I might one day, by taking a long voyage, see with my own eyes the little fields , houses, and trees, the diminutive people .....when I turned over its leaves and sought in its marvelous pictures the charm...all was eerie and dreary.", although this is just imaginary, it parallels her real desire to become a grown woman, and eventually live away from Gateshead Hall, away from unfair inhumanities and pursue her happiness. Jane Eyre's fantasies make her resist the harassment from John Reed, the cruel isolation from Eliza and Georgina, and Mrs. Reed's unfair subjections, and displays her strong-willed character. Jane is a time-bomb character which the books she read relieved her, that kept her to endure cruelties for so long, keeping her thoughts to herself, in which her fantasies had extended and built her power, until she finally explodes with the truth and her feeling against Mrs. Reed. Her revelations against Mrs. Reed showed how independent, self-righteous she was, and displayed the strength she possesses.
Jane is struggling to feel a part of the Reed family, there fore she finds an escape while entering the worlds of "Bewicks 'History of British Birds' and Gulliver's Travels" in which she feels she can escape to any other part of the world, and feel a sense of joy rather than in the world she lives in now with a family who seems bothered by the fact that she is living with them. She states that infact is being bullied by John Reed "he bullied me and punished me; not two or three times in the week nor once or twice a day, but continually: every nerve I had feared him." He also seems to blackmail her into gettin into trouble with Johns Mom, leading to Jane being reprimanded for things that she did not do. She has the character in which psychologist call a "dreamer" they have tendencies that exhibit cetrain traits that Jane has. For example she reads to escape from reality, which means that her imganination is over active and busy. ~Angel Franco
Being mistreated by her cousins and aunt and with both of her parents dead Jane lives a life that no one would enjoy living. Being sad the majority of the time, Jane seems to enjoy reading fantasy books because it's a place in where she can break free from the real world and relax in a way in where she can be satisfied and happy. An example that could describe how she feels is in pg.3, as it states like this, "with Bewick on my knee, I was then happy; happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption." Being scared of getting interrupted while being hatred and mistreated shows a lot on how intelligent Jane really is, and keeping in mind that she's only ten years old is quite fascinating because being that young and getting sucked into an imaginary book and forgetting about everything is really impressive. It is as if her mind pleases reading fantasy books so much that it makes Jane go into a different dimension, making her forget about everything that is going on around her.
Jane's pleasure in her books reflects on the fact she is an unwanted being and is not accepted by her aunt and cousins. She turns to her books as a way to escape the reality of her everyday punishment of being shut out and thrown away like garbage. The surroundings of Jane at this time are unbearable, when a life is literally thrown into nothing and cast aside with no hope or help, it is a miserable life to live. This type of hell, with no escape can lead to various mental and physical problems that have long term effects on her body, such is the need for an escape. "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." This quote, symbolizes her want and need for the books that helps her escape to a place of peace and release from her every day troubles. -Jack Touchstone
Jane Eyre, a young and troubled child finds pleasure in the fantasy world of books as a result of the tribulations she has endured in her life. Like any other reader, Jane has a hunger for a sort of escape from her difficult everyday life. As a ten year old girl, she feels unprepared for conflict that many of more mature standings know as "life". Mistreatment around the mansion, including both physical and verbal abuse (chapter 1) are causes for a desire to live in a fantasy painted by books. Books spark a slight sense of satisfaction as stated on page 3, Jane was happy in her own way. The ability to imagine more idealistic situations provides a better outlook on life for Jane, and as a result it is only natural to appreciate the indulging thoughts she can formulate from fantasy found within the covers of books. -Andrea Marie Rodriguez
Jane Eyre attempts to escape from her uncomforable living situations through "another world" to be able to find comfort and happiness. Something she longs for. Eventhough Jane is creative yet subtle for a 10 year old, she also shows that she needs to relate to something to feel comfortable, so she finds comfort in what she reads. In the quote, "The word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her [Bessie] to fetch 'Guliver's Travels' from the library." Reading brings joy into her life, it enables her to "get away" from her problems with her aunt and cousins. It brings her security and allows her to be her 10 year old self. Allison Salter
Jane Eyre finds a lot of pleasure from reading fantasy books due to the books acting as an escape and isolation from her cruel harsh life. Being Caused by Mrs. Reed ( Her Aunt) who mistreats her and locks her in the red room which is a room " entirely decorated in red and a little bit of white" is where presumably Jane uncle died and Jane's uncle's final wishes where that Jane's aunt Mrs. Reed should raise Jane as one of her own in which turned to out to be untrue and raises Jane in the complete opposite. in chapter 1 jane claims that " Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my underdeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting;" another example to her pleasure in reading is found in the same chapter saying " with bewick on my knee, I was then happy: at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption. which adds evidence that reading her fantasy book allow her to isolate herself from the rest of the world. what the quotes from above show about Jane is that even though her life with her cruel aunt is she still finds peace and isolation through reading even though Jane is ten years old doesn't fully understand the book it seems mysterious to her "underdeveloped understanding" which adds more interest toward the book which allows her to be at peace in a grown way for her age of ten years old
Jane Eyre takes pleasure in the fantasy of books because those stories are better than the reality of her life. Her aunt and cousins all shun her and treat her horribly. She lives a sad life with them because her parents are dead and her uncle that cared so much for her died as well. Books therefore provide her with an escape from her life which is why she enjoys them so much. You can tell she really liked books from one of the first pages when she says "With Bewick on my knee, I was happy; happy atleast in my way. I feared nothing but interruption..." Her love for books reveals that she has a good imagination and that she's a dreamer. She longs to one day have a better life. It shows that she is a strong person for finding something to help her get away from her unhappy life, even if it is only awhile. -Kayla Quintero
Jane Eyre puts up with the daily stress of abuse, ignorance, and solitude. But one thing she can't put up with is hunger. Jane takes so much pleasure in reading books because books are ger only escape from reality. She speaks to Mr. Lloyd about how about her being unhappy, how she cried, how she was blamed for disrespecting her cousin after he made her head bleed, and her being enrolled into school. However, she also reads books because she's never experienced the outside world as said in chapter 3. As for her character, in chapter 7, Mr. Brocklehurst was telling everyone how Jane was a liar, you can say how it diminished her hopes of becoming a good girl and to making new friends, this can be played into her character as having the desire to be finally accepted. -Isaac Dominguez. H.
Jane Eyre finds most comfort in the fantasy world books provide. She begins to use them as an escape from the abrasive reality of her household. Her aunt and cousins are not very fond of her; they view and treat her as if she were "less than a servant". Books are an easy distraction and become very personal because unlike the people around her, they cannot and do not hurt her. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on the winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour..." Though Bessie seems to only always scold Jane, it's only out of care and doesn't have the same goals as the others. She is the closest to Jane and comparing the stories in the book with Bessie's shows Jane's values. Jane continues to be drawn toward books because of the perpetual affect they have on her. "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy; happy at least in my way. I feared nothing by interruption..." Jane is not happy with anything else in her life and for someone or something to interrupt her during another shot at it, is scary and dreadful. This shows about Jane's character that she remains hopeful and optimistic, on happiness, even if it doesn't come from something she can physically reach out for. -Victoria Gonzalez
With both parents gone and mean cousins and aunts, Jane isn't very happy. But she finds happiness when she reads books, especially the fantasy kind. Jane likes fantasy because it becomes a whole different world than the hard world she lives in and it plays a distraction to her. On page 3 she says, "I feared nothing but interruption." This shows us how much she enjoys reading and how it's her way of relaxing and having some time to herself. As for Jane's character, she seems to be very strong and also very independent. As a reader I can see how much she would like to have her own "fantasy" and live in her world where she can be happy. -Kimberly Gibson
Jane takes so much pleasure in the fantasy world of books because they transport her away from the hell that she lives through on a day to day basis. Growing up as an orphan in a home with suitors who abuse and stop at nothing to diminish her self worth gives her no option but to look for any escape, even though it may be fictional. These books provide Jane with brief happiness and strength, something that she never experienced in her real life. Jane's reliance on these imaginary worlds reveals that she is indeed a dreamer and most likely will always be one. As said in the first chapter, "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." This quote emphasizes the brief happiness that Jane's fictional worlds give her, and how much they mean to her. They push her to keep striving through the hard times with the hope that one day she can achieve the life that she dreams and reads about. -Dayjah Harris
Jane finds salvation through isolation. She hides in fantasies to shelter her mind, trying to figure out a place to belong, and the only place is within herself. “With Bewick on my knee I was then happy: happy at least in a way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon.” Jane’s escape allows her to cope with the cruelty and loneliness she suffers. However, Jane’s suffering strengthens her and makes her resilient. “I resisted all the way…like any other rebel slave, I felt resolved, in my desperation, to go all lengths.” Jane knew she didn’t have to tolerate their injustice, and though she hid because she was afraid, she knew she could defend herself. She retaliates against John and after Mr. Brocklehusrt leaves in chapter four, she tells off Mrs. Reed, “…the very thought of you makes me sick, you treated me with miserable cruelty… you are deceitful…I hate to live here.” Jane feels triumphant at first, then troubled, confused at her victory over her wicked aunt and decides to read and return to her fantasy shelter but promptly abandons it, realizing that the damage has been done.
Jane takes pleasure in the fantasy world of books, because it is her way of escaping reality. Within the stories she reads she imagens different worlds from the one she lives in. For example, in Chapter 3, pg. 19, Jane states, "I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library. This book i had again and again pursued with delight." After reading this page, the reader can see Jane excitement for the story. Also, the reader can see her hope to find a land, we all these fairytales and fantasies are real. The reader can see that Jane hopes and dreams for freedom, a place of fairytales. Jane looks for a world where good triumphs and bad is defeated.
Jane Eyre is dealing with depression, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and false advertisement . As a ten year old reading novels is her only escape, her muse her only distraction. She dreams about freedom, and getting away from her wicked so called "family". She mentions " I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption..." growing up as an orphan and as complicated as that is for her, opening a book was like opening a door to a new world... at least for the moment that it lasted. -Eurydice Siqueiros
Jane drifts away in the world of fantasy as she reads. she is not faced with the problems where she is neglected: verbally and physically. jane finds happiness as she states ." I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption.." as Jane escapes from reality she is able to be free and it shows that Jane is a free spirited girl who kind yet strong willed to do what she believes in.
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Jane takes pleasure in the fantasy world because it is a place where she can be away from the rough life she is living and go to another world by reading. In chapter 1, page three Jane says " I was then happy : happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon" Jane affirms that reading was a escape to happiness and when she got interrupted she came back to reality.
Jane takes so much pleasure in her fantasy world because it is a way to escape from the terrible reality in which she lives. She is treated horrible by her aunt and cousins. The books are really her only escape from that and she knows that. This is why she loves her books. She even says " I was then happy : happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon". This only conforms the belief that the only time she is truly happy is when she is in isolation with her books. She deals with so much emotional pain caused by her "Aunt" and others. Jane truly reveals how she feels about her aunt when she has that outburst with her aunt just prior to her leaving from Gateshead for Lowood School. She says “I am glad you are no relation of mine. I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to visit you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick.". This statement truly reveals how she feels and its those feelings that show the reader how alone she really is and how she needs the books as a way of getting her through the problems she faces. Its almost as if the books are her salvation.
Jane takes so much pleasure in the fantasy world of books because she is so emotionally distressed as we have come to know as we discover her life in her aunts household. Books are Jane's way as an escape from her reality. Her aunt and cousins isolate her and treat her in a very cruel manner which makes her feel like she doesn't belong. However, books giver her insight and knowledge that she has never been exposed to, but only possibly heard of. "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy; happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption..." For example, when she asks Bessie for the novel Gulliver's Travels, she ponders about how maybe one day she can experience adventure and discoveries. This reveals that her character is lonesome and depressed at times, but that she does not become fully discouraged by obstacles when she knows there is more to life than what she faces now. Despite her harsh conditions, she is never truly alone once she reads and imagines, fantasizes, and dreams of a world beyond her own. Jane is quite intelligent for her young age and she will use her knowledge to her advantage.
Naturally, one can imagine how it would be to live in a house full of a handfull of people who mistreat, ignore and neglect you. They may fancy a hobby to take their mind off of the crule reality of their lives like Jane Eyre has. Reading has the power of teaching and entertaining- allowing the reader to FEEL and visualize all that the characters or historical figures may be going through or have gone through. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour; and when, having brought her ironing-table to the nursery hearth, she allowed us to sit about it, and while she got up Mrs. Reed's lace frills, and crimped her nightcap borders, fed our eager attention with passages of love and adventure taken from old fairy tales and other ballads; or (as at a later period I discovered) from the pages of Pamela, and Henry, Earl of Moreland. With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." (page 13, paragraph 5). Usually when a person pursues such a hobby, they're looking for an escape. The way Jane's mind wraps around the reality of everyday life at such a young age takes a toll on her consious and thought process which leads her to think of darker more mature and lonely things which come in handy as she ages. She uses her knowledge to her benefit.
Jane immerses herself into fantasy books because to Jane it’s her way of escaping the harsh reality that she is living. Reading fantasy books acts as a crutch for Jane by helping her ignore her abusive aunt and cousins. When Jane went to school it revealed that Jane is still a typical kid. For example in page 51 it states, “Rasselas looked dull to my trifling taste. I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii;”. Jane’s love toward fantasy books show that she a typical kid. Typical kids don’t like to read boring books they would much rather prefer books that involve action or adventures in a fictional world. Jane’s love for a fictional world shows that Jane is hopeful that she will eventually leave her horrible situation she is in. Jane’s love for fantasy books reveals to the reader that she is becoming an independent person in reading what she likes to read.
Jane receives a substancial amount of pleasure from reading as the fantasy world allows her to break free from the confinement and control from her abusers at home. The character takes much more interest in the fictional setting of novels rather than presenting any sort of importance to her neglected and lonesome childhood. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profounding interesting". The quote reveals Jane's adoration for books as they always gift her with a feeling of acceptance unlike what she receives from her own life -- sorrow and abandonedment. Wether she grasped the concept of a story, either beautifuly written or too confusing for her purity and innocence, she felt as if any story would always be better than her own personal story of solitude. To deal with the unsatisfaction of her life and living arrangements, Jane creates a strategy with the help of books to ignore all forms of reality and turn to the realms of fantasy.
Jane obtains such pleasure from reading and engaging in the fantasies written by the authors because living in her own lively imagination is much better than enduring the horrible treatment hurled at her by the Reed family. An example of this is in the opening of the book where Jane is reading Bewick's History of British Birds. She loves how every word seems so carefully selected and arranged in a way the makes even a simple rock appear alive and colorful. Everything is great until she is interrupted by John Reed only to abuse and torment her.
I believe that Jane takes so much pleasure from the world she finds herself in when reading books because her reality is depressing; she is abused not only by her aunt but by her horrible cousins verbally and physically. What is worse is that she can't defend herself even though she very much wants to, and when she does, she is only punished more. What I believe this reveals about her character is that she wants a better future, she wants to escape to a nice place. I would consider her to be in reality an independent being for she must enjoy the adventure that she experiences when reading books, since she went through the trouble of taking one of her cousin's books even though she knew she was going to be severely punished if she got caught, and she knew she was going to most likely. Not only that, but she knew no one would defend her, even if they were able to; not even herself.
Jane uses books to escape from the pain she endures in her life. Being emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins Jane needed something to escape the pain. She choose books as her escape and to her it brought happiness as she said "I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption." At this point the only thing Jane was worried about was her happiness being taken away from her. Although the fact that Jane chose books as her escape is interesting, as it may represent her desire to move away and be happy just as the characters in her books.
Jane Eyre lives in a fixed state of ridicule and persecution among the Reed family. She feels as though she has no escape from her pedestal of shame and acts out accordingly, drawing more misery and extreme punishment from her owners.This in turn provokes her desperation and in her own mind forces her to begging for mercy.The Reed family only see these cries for help as another deception by Miss Jane Eyre, bringing upon her more punishment and completing the vicious cycle. The refuge that Jane finds in books is the only relief she finds from the Hell she lives in and allows her superior inherent intelligence and childlike wonder to roam beyond her bonds of exceptional perpetuity and malicious nature. A prime example of Jane's love for the freedom of her own mind would be in chapter one, when John Reed bursts into the breakfast room in search of Jane,"With Bewick on my knee I was then happy: happy at least in my own way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon."What this reveals about Jane's character is that she yearns to ascend from her bonds to the wicked Reed family and their cruelty. She is of a natural talent for learning and self improvement but only in the face of at least minimal kindness, which in this case comes seldom if at all from Bessie. Jane Eyre is a character of intense justice in the face of a deceitful household and consequently holds an unbound passion for learning and surpassing what is expected of her.
Jane lives in a person destroying household. She is hated and tormented and her escape is reading. This reading allowed her to be more than herself for a short amount of time and to be free from the hate and dislike. In this escape we learn that Jane is an intelligent person and a scarred person. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting..." This showed that Jane learned so much from that which she read, and her need for escape showed that she was deeply hurt ans a person.
Jane takes so much pleasure in books because its a way for her to escape reality. The books help her feel at peace even though her life isn't going so well. She wants to live in the fantasy world that she has created. Due to her constant mistreatment and hatred towards her books become her only comfort. Her false reality is what keeps her sane.
Jane uses books as an escape from her harsh reality. The constant brutality and oppression momentarily disappear when she dives into books and she begins to feel some joy. " With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." Although Jane can partially block out the world she is still sucked back into her tragic life as an unwanted orphan at the Reed house where she constantly gets mentally, physically, and emotionally abused. This reveals that Jane longs for an escape and that she is so damaged that she can only be partially happy.
Jane Eyre uses the books she reads as a way to escape an emotionally unstable house. "With Bewick on my knee, I was than happy: happy at least in my way. I fear nothing but interruption,..." (page 3) The only thing in the way of true happiness is the Reed family, that is her interruption. Being taken way from those books may cause her to go insane.
Jane Eyre uses books to escape the daily misery and torture that she has to put up with from the other members of the household constantly. Being so young and realizing her position that she basically has no where else to go she has to just grit her teeth and take the abuse, so whatever little ways allows her to escape, even if it is just in her mind by a book, she will take it. She isn't weak, the non-stop abuse proves this, she knows the rock and hard place she is between and tries her best to stay strong through it, which foreshadows her behavior in later chapters. When she went and hid in the curtains with the book in chapter one she was trying to escape her cousin and feel safe by escaping into the book. Sebastian Burns
Jane takes such pleasure in reading, not because it's realistic or close to how the world works, but because she's already fed up with the world as it is. She likes reading fiction because it's not realistic and it gives her an escape from the world she's gotten tired of - "For I, too, liked reading, though of a frivolous and childish kind." (pg. 51) Showing how she likes to take advantage of the books around her to learn, even though she doesn't deserve an education because she's a girl in that era. She also feels very intrigued by the authors use of words to perfectly describe the objects or characters in the tale with a phantasmal atmosphere.
Jane Eyre is trapped in an emotionally stressful household where she is constantly being harassed and left depressed. To combat this, Jane turns to fictional books detailing utopian fantasy worlds filled with fairies, giants, and pigmies. Fantasy worlds appeal to Jane because they are much better than her own, which provides her with an escape to an imaginary paradise. Early in the novel she was escaping from John Reed, however as the story progressed Jane was escaping from other uncomfortable situations such as her first day of school. On pages 50-51 Jane cites her first day as "Vague and Strange" and she attempts to look for things she is familiar with such as fantasy worlds in order to comfort herself. This leads to her conversation with Burns,the narrator comments, "The step was contrary to my nature and habits;but I think her occupation touched a chord of sympathy somewhere, for I, too, liked reading..." This highlights Jane's character as a dreamer, but also shows that she must have something she is familiar with to feel comfortable. In this situation it was fantasy worlds, earlier in the story it was a doll.
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Jane takes pleasure in the fantasy world of books because it gives her a "short stimulus". From this jane references the book Gulliver's Travels and she says she finds it intresting and the contex deeper than the regular tale. "This book I had again and again persued with delight; I considered it a narrative of facts, and discovered in it a vein interest deeper than what I found in fairy tales...". Even in chapter 1 it even gives a description of Jane reading a book called Bewicks History Of British Birds. This shows her automatic intrest in books. This intrest reveals about her character is that despite all the negative aspect in living with her uncle wife. She has found an intrest in novels. She has an intrest in books and wants to expand her knowledge. Jane uses this reference to relinquish herself from the ownership of Mrs. Reed and go to school.
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ReplyDeleteA person's imagination can transport them to a positive realm escaping reality. Jane Éyre, is a girl who has such a strenuous and difficult home life, who would rather immerse herself in fantasy books, than endure harsh reality. Eyre's three cousins, Eliza, John, and Georgiana, all have difficulty accepting Éyre in their home, along with Mrs. Reed. Jane finds a place where she is accepted, which is the window-seat where she reads her literature in isolation."With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." This quote, symbolizes her yearning for books that helps her escape to her happy place. This reveals about her character, that even though she has such a difficult home life, she tries her best to find positive aspects in her life, such as reading books that she cares for.
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Jane Eyre takes much pleasure in the fantasy world of books because it is her escape from depression and abuse. Her cousins and aunt treat her as she was "less" than a slave. Reading for Jane Eyre makes her get away from all the disappointments in her life. As a example in the chapter 1," Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting..." This reveals about the character is when Jane Eyre reads she can escape from her life and dream of a better world from the books she reads. -Bobbi Cordle
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre takes pleasure in immersing herself in a world of fantasy rather than reality because her reality is a very unpleasant one. Her cousins are very spoiled children and her "benefactress" aunt doesn't take the time to check on her niece. Jane prefers fantasy because it is a way to escape from her harsh reality. Fantasy won't hurt her in a way reality does, both physically and emotionally.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, Jane's emergence into fantasy shows her a person who thinks with her heart and emotions rather than her mind. For example, when she pounced upon her cousin John in the first chapter. Along with that it displays Jane as a very naive girl. Clearly seen when Helen Burns was dying (chapter nine, when the nurse stated that Helen will "not be here long.")
Though Jane has characteristics that can get her into unpleasant situations, these same characteristics may be able to get her out of the same unpleasant situations.
-Carmen Patricia "Patty" Arreola
It's true in a sense of how you described Jane's characteristics to get her into "unpleasant situations" and how they can also get her out of them all the while. I really liked that portion, Patty. Very well observation.
DeleteJane Eyre takes pleasure in the fantasy world of books because for a short while, it makes her forget her real life situation in Gateshead with the Reed family. Jane's cousins, (Mrs.Reeds daughter and son) Georgiana, Eliza and John Reed all treat Jane cruelly because their mother, Mrs. Reed, feels that she shouldn't be obligated to take of Jane after the passing of her late husband. In chapter 3, Jane reads the fictional novel, "Gulliver's Travels", which is about a man that constantly wanders to different fantasy lands where there are tiny people, giants and animals that control humans. In this same chapter, Jane asserts, "the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library." (pg.17) This quote explains the short-time distraction Jane acquires when she reads fantasy books. The purpose of the short-time distraction is to temporarily forget the physical and verbal abuse Jane gets from her cousins and aunt, it's the only way she can get away from them until she arrives at Lowood. This reveals about her character that she is capable and emotionally strong enough to find ways to get out of situations by herself, which means she is independent to a certain extent.
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Jane is very un-pleased with her stay at the Gatehead so she finds an outlet from the abuse she endures from the Reed family in reading books. On page three she states " With brick on my knee, I was then happy..." this is when she went to go read in the small breakfast room. Then later on when she is sent to Lowood she is intrigued by the book Burns is reading because it's not the bible and rather a non fiction book which she can draw herself into it and escape the harsh reality that Lowood is. Jane is a kind of person that likes to see the nice part of life and ignore the negative even though she herself can be a little feisty, and that's what got her in that situation.
ReplyDelete-Christian Jose Rodriguez Cabral
Jane takes pleasure in the fantasy world of books because it allows her to live a different life from the harsh reality she has to encounters. The way her aunt and cousins treat her is very unpleasant and in an abusive manner. For example, when Jane aunt sends her to the “Red Room”. This displays the inequality and hardship she has to go through. The interest in novels helps her escape reality. This reveals about her character that when she reads the novels it allows her to still have a sense of happiness.
ReplyDelete-Yesenia Escobar
When your life is filled with physical and emotional abuse, but one is never able to get away from it, the only way to escape is through the fantasy of books; this is exactly what Jane Eyre does. The fantastical worlds that books present, allow for a temporary getaway from the negativity of the real world that surrounds her. For example, in the first few pages Miss Eyre is getting interested in the introductory pages of her book because it speaks of far away countries and the sea-fowl that haunt them. This shows that she is not only is she knowledge hungry, but also adventure hungry young lady. She also truly enjoys the tales that the governess, Bessie, tells the children. The knowledge that Jane is consuming as a child, without instruction, shows that she is naturally an intelligent child and this will definitely shape her as an adult and already gave her an upper hand when sent to Lowood because she easily moves up group levels at the boarding school.
ReplyDelete- Breanna Bailey
Jane Eyre lives a solitary life, being the outcast of her cousins. And rejected by her benefactress and others in the household. Jane feels inferior emotionally and physically compared to her cousins. When she reads she escapes her harsh reality and gets to think childlike. Which she really didn't get much since her parents died at such a young age."each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting" this quote, symbolizes how much adoration she has for books and the pleasure she gets from reading that can't be found anywhere else.
ReplyDelete-Kate Morales
Jane Eyre takes so much pleasure in the fantasy world of books because she wants to let her imagination wonder off and be free from reality. Since the day she arrive at her aunts house she was treated badly and her only option to become distracted a little was to read books. As in the beginning of the novel Jane mentions she was being accused of doing something wrong and is sent to another room where she decides to escape from reality and reads a book. "I soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures. I mounted into the window-seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross-legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly closed, I was shrined in double retirement."..."With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." Jane in order to be happy and to be able and forget her problems reads which reveals that her character is of a lonely child who feel as belonging in the stories told in each book were she wont be rejected as she is been treated by her aunt and cousins. Which as the novel proceeds tells on how Jane begins to adore books even more as she is sent to school, "I hardly know where I found the hardihood thus to open a conversation with a stranger...but I think her occupation touched a chord of sympathy somewhere; for I too liked reading." Which shows a connection with both girls on how after being sent to Lowood they share an interest in books since their way of escaping reality is by doing the one thing they love to do.
ReplyDelete- Elizabeth Rodriguez
Jane's amusement in her books reflects on the fact that she is seen as the orphan girl that does not belong and is not accepted by her aunt and cousins. She turns to her fantasy books as a bypass and is able to tune out her everyday punishment of being shut out and thrown into the red room. On page 21 Jane tells Mr. Lloyd after he asked her why she would want to leave such a splended place (refering to the Reed's house) " If I had anywhere else to go, I should be glad to leave it; but I can never get away from Gateshead till I am a woman" therefore leaving Jane with no choice but to use her novles as an escape.
ReplyDelete-Jayleen Macias
DeleteJane Eyre lives a live full of solitude being an outcast, where she is constantly abused by her cousin John and his two sisters and emotional abuse by her aunt Mrs. Reed. " I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii...(pg.51)" With fantasy books she finds an a brief escape of her harsh reality, an escape where she doesn't need to be a part of recurring abuse and solitude.
ReplyDelete-Lensie J. Wilson
A book can be inexplicably capable of taking ones mind off of the world around us, and for that, I can understand why Miss Jane Eyre is such a profound thinker. It is inevitable of us to believe she's miserable in such a life, and that's why she chooses simply to enrapture herself in the pleasures of a well-bound book. Due to the irrevocable and excruciating pains of the tormentous day-to-day basis Jane goes through with her very much spoiled cousins (let it be John's 'thrusting out his tongue...as far as he could without damaging the roots' or Georgiana and Eliza's unsupportive actions in chapter 1), not to mention her intolerable Aunt Reed, it provokes an inclement surge of character to show how strong she has become over the years. In strength, you can see the rose in her cheeks when given the opportunity to read, like in chapter 3 when Bessie asks if she would have a book, and this proves to be her only escape from reality. Deep within the contents of the book, this shows one of strong developments in Jane's character; showing that isolating herself from the haunting life she lives in can only be healed by a most good read indeed. This truly exemplifies the life of secrecy Jane lives in, not only keeping her tongue on how she truly feels, as in chapter 3 with her conversation amongst Mr. Lloyd and herself (expressing only by stating that she's "very unhappy, for other things."), but the explosion in argument with her Aunt Reed in chapter 4 when she merely says, "My Uncle Reed is in heaven, and can see all you do and think; and so can papa and mama: they know how you shut me up all day long, and how you wish me dead." This outburst led to the revealing of her true character as being misguided, misunderstood, and mistreated by none other than her relatives.
ReplyDeleteTehvanee Alofa Tuialu'ulu'u
Jane as all children, is a curious child. The situation Jane is in holds her back from being a regular child with the opportunity to learn. She enjoys books best with pictures, I believe she does this because her reading level is not high enough to understand novels without pictures. Jane's passion for books revealed her love for learning. Although Jane loves to learn on her own as any child would she struggled her first day of enrollment in chapter six. "At first, being little accustomed to learn by heart, the lessons appeared to be both long and difficult..." By reading and being at school Jane is away from her problems at home, which is another reason why Jane enjoys fantasy books. Jane is no longer depressed when she reads or is learning.
ReplyDeleteVictoria Hernandez
The reason why Jane Eyre takes so much pleasure in fantasy books it's because she can forget. Jane forgets the horrible things she has to endure at her house in where she lives with her aunt and cousins. "Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels".
ReplyDeleteWhen she reads fantasy books, Jane makes a world of her own, a world in which she is happy. The fantasy books help her escape the reality that she has to go through everyday and the fact that she really doesn't have anyone besides her aunt and cousins.
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ReplyDeleteDue to Jane's irregular way of living, and the fact that she has yet no choice but to corporate with her only family that is left, the books she reads benefits her in a way that allows for her to escape mentally from the situations of her bias cousins and Aunt. Through that matter, her readings are her only availability of hope that she can always contain whenever she encounters negativity brought by people like her Aunt and Mr.Brocklehurst who inflict on Jane about her character. Chapter four, "That proves you have a wicked heart; and you must pray to God to change it to give you a new and clean one: to take away your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.", Mr.Brocklehurst criticizes Jane about her character of being beau of her personal indifference with an ideal related to God (Psalm verse).
ReplyDelete-Evelynn Simmons
DeleteJane has no choice but to live, more so pull herself through a so called "life" dealing with abuse of all sorts from her wretched cousins and bias Aunt Reed.
ReplyDeleteShe is isolated, from everything and I believe amongst all this she finds refuge and sanctuary from the dreaded life she lives through reading. (ch.5,pg.51) "I think her occupation touched a chord of sympathy somewhere, for I, too, liked reading, though of a frivolous and childlike kind.", " It [Rasselas] looked dull to my trifling taste, I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii..." It was through fantasies she escaped and that kept her well off through her hard times at Gateshead. Concerning her character, this shows that though she has had to, what it seems like, grow up faster than others she still has her childlike demeanor all while she has gone through so much.
- Jordan T. Ocampo
"I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you; but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed..."(Pg.35). Jane Eyre, an ever so intelligent young girl, has realized her strong emotions towards her abusive Aunt Reed and cousins. Although, the only way she can escape is through magical worlds, worlds created by literature. "... I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library. This book I had again and again pusued with delight."(Pg.17) Jane persued books time after time because she was continuosly abused, no doubt a great emotional escape allowing her to keep some sanity. Which in turn tells much of Janes persoanlity. Since Miss Eyre had 'no bussiness to take' the the Reed familys books but indeed took them anyway shows how Jane is defiant towards disliked authority. Also this, in turn, shows how greatly aware Jane is of her unfair life, having to get lost in fictional places. Similar to Helen and her retreat to books as she is outcasted by auothority as well.
ReplyDeleteJane is living a life that she can not stand anymore, but she loves reading about fantasy. The reason she reads those is to only set her mind in a fantasy world where she could only go there by imagining. In chapter one it says, "I returned to my book-Bewick's History of British Birds...'Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting..."(pg.1-2) From this book is the one that Jane could forget about her evil aunt and cousin, John that caused so much harm to her while living in that house. She compares her life to a book where she now notice that her life have been so unfair because her cousins are treated mostly good and not her. Also Jane's character is that she is curious about how really life is and wants to have that fair life instead living with her aunt with an unfair life.
ReplyDelete-Daniela Galindo
Jane Eyre uses books to escape the real world and everything that is going on around her, Eyre is not happy with the life she is being forced to live, so the only pleasure and happiness she gets is when she buries herself in the books she is reading. The books give Eyre a sense of relief. The fact that she buries herself in her books show that she is not satisfied with the life she is living and their is nothing she can do about it. Her aunt and cousins treat her like she is property rather than a family member and the only way she knows how to cope is by reading books. "Are you not very thankful to have such a fine place to live at? It is not my house, sir; and Abbot says i have less right to be here than a servant. Pooh! you can't be silly enough to wish to leave such a splendid place? If I had anywhere else to go, I should be glad to leave it; but I can never get away from Gateshead till I am a woman." (Page 21). Since Jane Eyre cannot leave the house physically, reading her books is her escape mentally.
ReplyDelete-Tyasia Priester
Jane Eyre, I think, not only uses books as a relief from that witch, Mrs. Reeds, but also to obtian a sense of truth. "...the word book acted as a transient stimulus... I considered it a narrative of facts, and discovered in it vein of interest deeper than what i found in fairy tales..." (Page 17). Jane produces a world she would like to believe in, one of truth. "...for I, too, liked reading, though of a frivolous and childish kind." (Page 51). These two sides show indeed that she wants to be childish and read books that have no direct meaning but also for it to be one that comforts her with truth. Mrs. Reed puts Jane in her torture house with no nourishment while breaking her promise by not raising Jane like on of her own which reveals Jane's character to lack affection but is determined to find love that is true.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre loves to lose herself into the world of books simply because it gives her a type of "stimulus". Jane sees it as a beautiful experience where she is able to forget about the nightmare of living with her abusive cousins and. Aunt Reed. Jane is the type of person that lets get emotions take over to the point that she takes every chance to get away from the really that she lives in.
ReplyDelete-Ismael Sosa
Jane Eyre uses books to escape the reality of her life because of the way Gateshead treat her. The Gateshead abuse Jane, physically and verbal, when Mrs.Reed gave them Jane due to the fact that her husband passed away and she felt like she couldn't care of Jane. After be giving Jane by Mrs.Reed, the Gateshead abuse Jane treating her less than nothing, In Chapter 1 after being caught reading Jane cousin quotes "You have no business to take our books;you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought beg, and not live here with gentlemen's children like us...I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they are mine." After this Jane cousin punished Jane by throwing a book at her making her cut her head against the door. Making Jane feel like she was a slave and they we're the slave-driver.
ReplyDelete-Anthony Sida
Jane Eyre doesn't like the reality she was in, so as a means to escape she reads books. Books to Jane are a way of escaping her present life and entering a world of fantasy, adventure and love, she also reads as a way to keep away from Mrs. Reeds. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour; and when, having brought her ironing-table to the nursery-hearth, she allowed us to sit about it..." This quote shows how even when Jane was just a girl some of the only positive memories she had were stories or tales and how this helped shape her into a frequent reader. "I scarcely knew what school was; Bessie sometimes spoke of it as a place where young ladies sat in the stocks, wore backboards, and were expected to be exceedingly genteel and precise; John Reed hated his school, and abused his master: but John Reed’s tastes were no rule for mine..." Jane wanted to attend school not just to learn but also as an escape, if the people she hated didn't like school then she would most likely love it.
ReplyDelete- Jarid Holland
After being treated as "... less than a servant, for you do nothing for your keep," Jane decides to turn to fantasy novels. Like most people, she rather live in the fictional world simply because its an escape from reality. Not only does Jane enjoy these novels, i believe its her hideout in the "redroom" that helps her escape the harsh life she's living. As you read chapter two you understand her pain of living with her aunt and cousins. "... I had to stem a rapid rush of retrospective thought before i quailed to the dismal present," clearly shows that Jane rather be alone in a book ( fictional place ) than alone in life. In the room she imagines the world at her hands.
ReplyDelete- Desaree Hinojos
Jane feels that she is not worth value by the way she is treated by her aunt Mrs. Reed and her cousins and likely finds books as a way to provide a sense of value to her life; maybe an escape from her “real” life. Fantasy world have long been used as a way to escape the harsh reality of life and escape to a far more greater life. Jane shows us that although she is seen as a useless orphan, she can escape this by picture and books. Early on, John Reed, Jane’s awful cousin who tormented and abused her, acts out by throwing a novel at Jane which she had been reading. "You have no business to take our books; you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mama's expense. Now, I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they ARE mine; all the house belongs to me, or will do in a few years. Go and stand by the door, out of the way of the mirror and the windows." (Chapter 1, page 15). He would then strike Jane with the book and cause her to fall and cut her head. Jane quickly compared this abuse to something she had read in Oliver Goldsmiths’ History of Rome; playing out this abuse as fantasy rather than reality. She is escaping her torment, which shows us that it was her way of dealing with her bad situation.
ReplyDelete-Joshua M. Messer
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In the quote on page 51..."Rasselas looked dull to my trifling taste. I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii; no bright variety seemed spread over the closely-printed pages." it shows that Jane is a kid that enjoys reading fantasy novels about fairies rather than encyclopedia and bible type books. She likes reading them ultimately because they are fun to read, but also they provide a sense of hope and happiness to Jane. That being said it shows that Jane's character is one full of wonder, and curiosity. The fantasy novels give Jane the hope that there is something more out there for her than that of her dreadful life. It foreshadows that in the future she will have the want to explore life rather than just to go with what people tell her. She will be creative and different, which may seem bad and naughty to other characters in the book but is what actually makes the character of Jane Erye so great.
ReplyDelete-Dominique Lopez
Jane Eyre finds pleasure in reading books that contain fantasy worlds because she uses them as an escape from the world that she is currently living in. While at Gateshead, Jane is constantly abused whether it be physically or verbally by the Reed family. Since Jane was practically forced into this family, Ms. Reed clearly doesn't want Jane and treats her far worse than her own children. Ms. Reed's children Georgiana, Eliza, and John bully her constantly and Ms. Reed sides with her children of course. In chapter 3, Jane ends up reading a fictional novel, "Gulliver's Travels". In this chapter she states, "the word book acted as a transient stimulus.... I considered it a narrative of facts, and discovered in it a vein of interest deeper than what I found in fairy tales". This quote allows for the reader to see that Jane is experienced with reading fairy tales and finds interest in Gulliver's Travels which is about a man that travels to numerous worlds/fantasies. It allows for us to see that Jane uses books containing fantasies and different worlds as a mental escape from the hardships she has faced. This character trait shows that although Jane has faced many problems, she is still in search of something greater even if it is through her imagination.
ReplyDelete-Isaac Combs
Jane Eyre does not have companionship at Gateshead Hall. She is mentally and physically tortured so the books are her escape. Eyres illusions of the stories keep her sane, pleased with her life for a moment and hopeful for a brighter future. "I was then happy... I feared nothing but interruption..." Eyre is able to tune out her bleak lifestyle and into a refuge created by her novels. Even being surrounded by cruelty and hatred Eyre is able to maintain her spirit. This shows how strong and capable of a character she is by going against her surroundings. Her strength shines through and perserves her identity.
ReplyDelete- Celeste Molina
Jane Eyre finds her peace in her own little world of solitude, and not the lonesome sort of solitude either. "...Rasselas looked dull to my trifling taste; I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii, no bright variety seemed spread over the closely-printed pages." (Pg. 56) Jane, though smart and cunning , is still a child and as a child she will want to have something peaceful and blissful to remember as an adult despite her abusive household. Jane feels more content and herself while reading because there no one can judge to harshly or neglect her anymore because fantasy is supposed to have a happy ending. The pleasure in reading, not only it being that she envisions this fantastical world, she envisions tranquility and her childlike mind wonder as a child's mind should- foolish and free.
ReplyDelete- Ana Cranfield
Jane Eyre as a child of only ten years old, would much rather fantasy books (fairytales) simply because of her age and reading level. In chapter six, page 51, Jane says, "Helen was talking to herself now: she had forgotten I could not very well understand her--that I was ignorant, or nearly so, of the subject she discussed. I recalled her to my level," proving that her mind could only understand so much. Also I believe reading fantasy books for Jane is a method of leaving her cruel life.
ReplyDelete-Joshua Duron
The conditions Jane Eyre felt while at Gateshead Hall caused her to find a form of escapism, which in her case was books. Her favorite kind were fantasy which would take her away from the lonesome reality she faced living with Mrs. Reed and her children. This assumption is proven when Jane examines Haley's book "Rasselas" and finds it dull, since she "saw nothing about fairies" and found no variety in it. Jane's love for reading gives her an imaginative mind and therefore would affect the way she saw the world as a child. When she is in the red room, her creative mind causes her to believe that a moving light in the room was a ghost. Jane conjectured that it may had been "a gleam from a lantern carried by someone across the lawn", but her imagination makes her see it as an apparition. She also owns a doll which she describes "shabby as a miniature scarecrow" and uses it as a form of comfort and questions why she put so much affection into it. Jane might have imagined it as a part of her and put love into it since she wasn't given any from her cousins and aunt. She was then happy when she made it feel safe and warm and thus believed it was happy also.
ReplyDelete- Michael Hipps
The reason Jane Eyre takes so much pleasure in reading books is because it helps her not to think of all the hurt an pain she has gone through. She looks for joy and comfort in the books she reads and uses it to forget all that she has been though either from her cousins and from her aunt. The books are an escape from the isolation given to her by her cousins, the abuse of her aunt, and her being thrown into the Red Room. As said on page 5 "I was then happy; happy at least in my way.. I feared nothing but interruption..." It explains that Jane is happy in the imaginary life she is living through the fantasy novels and how she is trying to find the positive facets with what she is given. This reveals that even though Eyre goes through difficult and painful situations, she has hope for a greater future and something more for her than a distressing life.
ReplyDelete- Savannah Ortivez
Because Jane lives such a misrable life, she lives for her imagination. For a moment she can burry the life she knows and wonder into another relm. The fantasy world serves as an escape for her. She has so much going on, the only comfort she has is in books. This tells the readers she has an expanded imagination. Jane has deep, detailed thoughts that she keeps to herself. The more time she spends exiled from her "family", the more elaborate her imagination becomes. When Jane first meets Helen at Lowood Institution, she first notices the book she is reading. Asking to see the book Jane remarks in her head "I did so; a brief examination convinced me that the contents were less taking than the title: "Rasselas" looked dull to my trifling taste; I saw nothing about faries, nothing about genii; no bright variety seemed spread over the closely-printed pages." (page 51) Jane desperately needs the fantasy world to capture her. Ever since birth, she has lived a dull childhood. Always outcast and unwanted, she searched for the missing piece in her life. Jane's sole intrest in books requiring her to be engaged using her imagination exhibits her inner desire to live a bright life with adventure. With a neglectful aunt, bothersome maids, and abusive cousins, Jane thrives off the happiness reading about fantasy worlds to keep her for spiraling in a depressive trance.
ReplyDeleteTameka Smith
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ReplyDeleteJane Eyre is a young orphan raised by the very wealthy and civilized Reed Family. Despite living in the household of her hatful aunt, Jane manages to escape and find comfort when reading books. For example, in chapter 3 she says “Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver’s Travels from the library.” and that “…all was eerie and dreary; the giants were gaunt goblins, the pigmies malevolent and fearful imps, Gulliver a most desolate wanderer in most dread and dangerous regions.” It is obvious that Jane challenges the social norm of the 19th century Victorian society and faces a difficult time doing so. Therefore when reading she emerges herself in the fantasy world of books as an outlet, seeking happiness and comfort lacking in reality. This illustrates to the readers that Jane is a very smart, creative and imaginative girl because although she’s different and punished for it, she uses books to ease the pain and is able to get away from some of it.
ReplyDelete-Illiana Placencia
Jane Eyre is unfairly treated living with her Aunt and cousins in Gateshead hall. Reading fair tales and books are her escape from dealing with the emotional and physical abusive done onto her by her care givers. In chapter three she express her, "inexpressible relief," when realizing that Mr. Lloyd was in the room, a complete stranger, than anyone belonging to Gateshead. Mrs. Reed does not treat Jane as one of her own, she's neglected and always scolded for wrong doing she is not guilty of. Also, in chapter one she speaks of how she reads and the only thing she fears was none other than to be interrupted. Janes use of books benefits her by giving happiness for short periods of time.
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DeleteJane Eyre finds pleasure in reading because the fantasy worlds found in between the pages offer an escape from her abusive home life. Living with her aunt Mrs. Reed and her three children, Jane is unwelcome. Constantly told to be grateful for her 'benefactress' Mrs. Reeds, Jane aims to please her. But no matter how hard she tries, Jane is told that she is deceitful and naughty and is abused. Not to mention she is terrorized by Mrs. Reeds son, John. But once she opens a book and settles in the window seat behind the curtain, Jane escapes her tormentors and bleak reality. Jane is very intelligent because she finds solace and comfort in things that give her knowledge. In addition to that intelligence, she is also resilient. She's a young girl, only ten years old, and she endures John's cruelty and Mrs. Reed's indifference. Her lack of emotional bonding with family has made Jane into a tough cookie of a girl and instead of letting the loneliness consume her, she escapes into the world of books. Books are Jane's source of happiness. "Bessie asked if I would have a book: the word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels. This book I had again and again perused with delight."
ReplyDelete-Cristina Rodriguez
Jane Eyre is found reading and immense number of books and she loves living in that fantasy life because through reading she escapes what is right in front of her at her aunts house. Being treated unfairly let her to try to escape from all this injustice through literature. In chapter 4 it shows how bad of an outcast she really is,"From enjoyement I was, of course, excluded: my share of the gaiety consisted in witnessing the daily apparelling of Eliza...". While also been sent to the "Red Room", it gives us an idea of how lonley and mistreated she is, leading to finding her only happiness in the art of literature, escaping the cold hard reality she has to live with.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre I believe uses books as an escape as her home life is not the best with her aunt Mrs.Reed does not treat with such pleasure after her uncle had died. She appears to me to be a very intelligent girl for a 10 year old as she expresses her interests in books in chapter 5 when she first sees her friend Helen reading a book by herself she asks her "Is your book interesting? I had already formed the intention of asking her to lend it to me some day." Jane's character is someone who likes to block the negativities out of her life by simply opening up a book and letting her imagination wonder through the fantasy world of books.
ReplyDelete-Clarissa Ontiveros
Jane Eyre enjoys her books because it's a pathway to somewhere away from not only her life at home, but life in the real world. She doesn't enjoy books that have any relation to the real world, but instead indulges in stories of fantasies of faeries and imps; this is shown when she doesn't enjoy Helen Burns' book, Rasselas, because of it's tale of a journeying prince (Chapter 5). She loves to escape to a world unknown and kind, even risking punishment to feel away (Chapter 1). When she does go away from Mrs. Reed's home, it seems that she ceases to read as much as she did, meaning she was content in the new world she has found. This is a turning point in Jane's life where she doesn't have to fear anyone anymore, even though there was that incident with Mr. Brocklehurst in Chapter 7, which no one really acknowledged, and was refuted in Chapter 8 by Mr. Lloyd.
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Books are a gateway to a fantasy world where one could escape the clutches of reality and all the struggles that come with it. In order to endeavor these atrocious predicaments such as her cousins and aunt, she uses a book as a crutch to leave. Reading was creating Jane Éyre's alternate world. "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." When she escapes, she only fears leaving. She try's staying in line and is still looked upon as detrimental. From these books she knows enough to talk educated and even insult people with it such as the incident with the Romans. It makes her bold.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre is stuck in a household with people she detests. She is excluded from most activities and spends her time daydreaming and fantasizing about different stories she's read or has been told by Bessie. For her, fantasizing about a different world, makes her forget about the real world she is in. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting..." (Chapter 1) Although Jane might not always understand everything she reads, she is very interested in the stories and wants to learn more. Reading was how she got educated before she was sent to school. But reading was also hope. Hope that her life will become better.
ReplyDelete-Dominique Briddell
To me it seems that Jane Eyre's pleasure in the world of fantasy is simply a form of escape from her daily life of being mistreated and being miserable. She is just like most people who have hardships in their life; they try to escape from their crappy reality. It becomes her escape to a place of wonder and amazing things that are nothing like her real world, she creates herself a safe haven where no one can hurt her and cause her the pain she is so used to feeling day to day. She just wants to hide from the world. To be free of the real world and not to be hurt by the people she is living with. When she went and hid in the curtains with the book in chapter one she was trying to escape her cousin and feel safe by escaping into the book she wanted to read Aaron Pingo
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre uses the book to escape reality, she goes to these fantasy world's to live a better life. She is mistreated by the people who should be protecting her they hurt her both physically and verbally. She likes being part of the world's in the books since she can be whatever she thinks of. Even when she reads she would have to hide from her family. Chapter 1 she is found reading and is punished for it when she did nothing. After leaving the house away from them she starts reading less excepting the reality she is in now.
ReplyDeleteJane enjoys reading fantasy books because its her only source of happiness as stated in chapter one when Bessie reads to her, Jane says, "With Bewick on my knee, I was happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon..."(pg.3) . With both her parents dead and living under mistreatment of her aunt and cousins, Jane is really unhappy. For Jane, reading such imaginary books of such perfect scenarios, she can't help but to drag herself into them and leave earth for a while just to forget such hate and mistreatment from the others. For a 10 year old girl like Jane, she is really smart to understand whats happening around her and really maturing to bypass all she has gone through.
ReplyDelete-Julia Martinez
Jane Eyre uses the fantasy books she reads as essentially her own fantasy world to escape from the harsh reality of living in a household she isn't appreciated in. Jane's character is creative and intuitive but also shows that she needs to relate to something to feel comfortable, so she finds comfort in what she reads. In the quote, "The word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her [Bessie] to fetch 'Guliver's Travels' from the library." Jane's interest in reading books and the worlds she "travels" through while reading is made apparent, as she even finds the mere mention of a book as a temporary delight in her life.
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DeleteJane Eyre is intrigued by the world of fantasies because she desires to escape the cruel world she lives in and enjoy the wonders of joy and happiness, something she rarely experiences. She is always oppressed and ill-treated by her "benefactress" and family because she is "less than a servant" in their snotty attitude. She is treat unjustly and neglected which makes her feel unwanted and unloved in the real world. However, in her books she can experience and feel the wonders and joy the book contains, thus escaping the torments of the other world, “This book I had again and again perused with delight” (3% I have a kindle). This shows that she is persistent in learning new things she doesn’t get to learn, especially because she is always locked up by Mrs. Reed. Also she is a self-righteous and feels that people need to stand up for themselves for any unjust actions that are bestowed on them, (If she struck me with that rod, I should get it from her hand; I should break it under her nose… it seems disgraceful to be flogged.” She has a strong and tough character especially for a girl of her early age, which also shows how hungry she is for an adventure. As a result, she relishes her world of fantasies to escape the cruel world and live in her joyous one.
ReplyDeleteAdan Rivas
Bronte immediately opens up with Jane being an adventurous and different child compared to Mrs. Reed's biological children and on the second page, she sets Jane with a book infatuated in her own world, "with Bewick on my knee, I was then happy; happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption." Throughout the book, she faces the problems of abuse within her benefactress, Mrs. Reed and her son, John Reed which displays what type of childhood she's living... strained, neglected, and abused. She poses an opinion of books after she has been attacked by John, being, "The word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her to fetch Gullliver's Travels from the library." Even if it might not be the worst conditions, she uses the fantasy of reading as a distraction from the strenuous life she still possesses. As for her character, she's usually described as naughty and tiresome, when in reality or in present time she'd simply be considered curious and adventurous. However, around the early 19th century, that was considered and abnormality and a sign of the devil within the child. Jane just had a stronger sense of independence, integrity, and desire for happiness.
ReplyDelete-Princesleah Aguilera
Jane reads and uses the fantasy books because she feels that it is her only way to escape reality because she reads Bewick's History of British Birds (Ch.1) and also Helen reads to her and she gets into the books but when she comes back to reality she feels sad and left out because she faces with mean cousins and her aunt as well and it is not fair to her. Jane doesn't want to live reality that is why she goes to fantasy books and she is really happy when she gets to leave Gateshead (Ch.4) because she can finally be free from her aunt and cousins. Mostly she uses the fantasy books because when she come to reality she can't face it because she thinks that she is not ready for reality and also because of her rude family members. Jane enjoys fantasy books a lot and what it show about her character is that she is very open minded and also creative as well.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre finds pleasure in the fantasy world of books due to the lack of affection in her family. She finds fantasy as an escape to her reality. Due to the bad treatment from her family she doesn't feel no affection towards them. "They were not bound to regard with affection a thing that could not sympathise with one amongst them; a heterogeneous thing, opposed to them in treatment, in capacity, in propensities, a useless thing, incapable of serving their interest, or adding to their pleasure a noxious thing, cherishing the germs of indignation at their treatment of contempt their judgement." (pg.11) Books helped her escape into a fantasy where she doesn't have to face the treatment of others.
ReplyDelete-Ailyn Flores
The reason Jane Eyre finds so much comfort in books is because its her way of escaping this harsh reality that she has been forced to live in. She lives with her aunt and three cousins that treat her very badly. They put her down mentally, emotionally, and physically. In Chapter 3, when becomes ill, Mr. Lloyd assigns Bessie to look after Jane and as soon as Bessie asks Jane if she would like something, Jane says that she wants a book from the library. She found great pleasure in reading "Gulliver's Travels." When Jane reads she is filled with happiness.
ReplyDelete-Shandea Linney
The reason Jane Eyre took pleasure from living inside the fantasy world of books is because she had lived most of her life under Mrs. Reeds oppression and sought to find liberation from reality, where she could shelter her mind and maintain her sanity. Not only do books keep her in refuge but they also provide her with hope, "I doubted not that I might one day, by taking a long voyage, see with my own eyes the little fields , houses, and trees, the diminutive people .....when I turned over its leaves and sought in its marvelous pictures the charm...all was eerie and dreary.", although this is just imaginary, it parallels her real desire to become a grown woman, and eventually live away from Gateshead Hall, away from unfair inhumanities and pursue her happiness. Jane Eyre's fantasies make her resist the harassment from John Reed, the cruel isolation from Eliza and Georgina, and Mrs. Reed's unfair subjections, and displays her strong-willed character. Jane is a time-bomb character which the books she read relieved her, that kept her to endure cruelties for so long, keeping her thoughts to herself, in which her fantasies had extended and built her power, until she finally explodes with the truth and her feeling against Mrs. Reed. Her revelations against Mrs. Reed showed how independent, self-righteous she was, and displayed the strength she possesses.
ReplyDeleteJane is struggling to feel a part of the Reed family, there fore she finds an escape while entering the worlds of "Bewicks 'History of British Birds' and Gulliver's Travels" in which she feels she can escape to any other part of the world, and feel a sense of joy rather than in the world she lives in now with a family who seems bothered by the fact that she is living with them. She states that infact is being bullied by John Reed "he bullied me and punished me; not two or three times in the week nor once or twice a day, but continually: every nerve I had feared him." He also seems to blackmail her into gettin into trouble with Johns Mom, leading to Jane being reprimanded for things that she did not do. She has the character in which psychologist call a "dreamer" they have tendencies that exhibit cetrain traits that Jane has. For example she reads to escape from reality, which means that her imganination is over active and busy.
ReplyDelete~Angel Franco
Being mistreated by her cousins and aunt and with both of her parents dead Jane lives a life that no one would enjoy living. Being sad the majority of the time, Jane seems to enjoy reading fantasy books because it's a place in where she can break free from the real world and relax in a way in where she can be satisfied and happy. An example that could describe how she feels is in pg.3, as it states like this, "with Bewick on my knee, I was then happy; happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption." Being scared of getting interrupted while being hatred and mistreated shows a lot on how intelligent Jane really is, and keeping in mind that she's only ten years old is quite fascinating because being that young and getting sucked into an imaginary book and forgetting about everything is really impressive. It is as if her mind pleases reading fantasy books so much that it makes Jane go into a different dimension, making her forget about everything that is going on around her.
ReplyDelete-Bryan Chavez
Jane's pleasure in her books reflects on the fact she is an unwanted being and is not accepted by her aunt and cousins. She turns to her books as a way to escape the reality of her everyday punishment of being shut out and thrown away like garbage. The surroundings of Jane at this time are unbearable, when a life is literally thrown into nothing and cast aside with no hope or help, it is a miserable life to live. This type of hell, with no escape can lead to various mental and physical problems that have long term effects on her body, such is the need for an escape. "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." This quote, symbolizes her want and need for the books that helps her escape to a place of peace and release from her every day troubles.
ReplyDelete-Jack Touchstone
Jane Eyre, a young and troubled child finds pleasure in the fantasy world of books as a result of the tribulations she has endured in her life. Like any other reader, Jane has a hunger for a sort of escape from her difficult everyday life. As a ten year old girl, she feels unprepared for conflict that many of more mature standings know as "life". Mistreatment around the mansion, including both physical and verbal abuse (chapter 1) are causes for a desire to live in a fantasy painted by books. Books spark a slight sense of satisfaction as stated on page 3, Jane was happy in her own way. The ability to imagine more idealistic situations provides a better outlook on life for Jane, and as a result it is only natural to appreciate the indulging thoughts she can formulate from fantasy found within the covers of books.
ReplyDelete-Andrea Marie Rodriguez
Jane Eyre attempts to escape from her uncomforable living situations through "another world" to be able to find comfort and happiness. Something she longs for. Eventhough Jane is creative yet subtle for a 10 year old, she also shows that she needs to relate to something to feel comfortable, so she finds comfort in what she reads. In the quote, "The word book acted as a transient stimulus, and I begged her [Bessie] to fetch 'Guliver's Travels' from the library." Reading brings joy into her life, it enables her to "get away" from her problems with her aunt and cousins. It brings her security and allows her to be her 10 year old self.
ReplyDeleteAllison Salter
Jane Eyre finds a lot of pleasure from reading fantasy books due to the books acting as an escape and isolation from her cruel harsh life. Being Caused by Mrs. Reed ( Her Aunt) who mistreats her and locks her in the red room which is a room " entirely decorated in red and a little bit of white" is where presumably Jane uncle died and Jane's uncle's final wishes where that Jane's aunt Mrs. Reed should raise Jane as one of her own in which turned to out to be untrue and raises Jane in the complete opposite.
ReplyDeletein chapter 1 jane claims that " Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my underdeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting;" another example to her pleasure in reading is found in the same chapter saying " with bewick on my knee, I was then happy: at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption. which adds evidence that reading her fantasy book allow her to isolate herself from the rest of the world. what the quotes from above show about Jane is that even though her life with her cruel aunt is she still finds peace and isolation through reading even though Jane is ten years old doesn't fully understand the book it seems mysterious to her "underdeveloped understanding" which adds more interest toward the book which allows her to be at peace in a grown way for her age of ten years old
-Jaime Salas
Jane Eyre takes pleasure in the fantasy of books because those stories are better than the reality of her life. Her aunt and cousins all shun her and treat her horribly. She lives a sad life with them because her parents are dead and her uncle that cared so much for her died as well. Books therefore provide her with an escape from her life which is why she enjoys them so much. You can tell she really liked books from one of the first pages when she says "With Bewick on my knee, I was happy; happy atleast in my way. I feared nothing but interruption..." Her love for books reveals that she has a good imagination and that she's a dreamer. She longs to one day have a better life. It shows that she is a strong person for finding something to help her get away from her unhappy life, even if it is only awhile.
ReplyDelete-Kayla Quintero
Jane Eyre puts up with the daily stress of abuse, ignorance, and solitude. But one thing she can't put up with is hunger. Jane takes so much pleasure in reading books because books are ger only escape from reality. She speaks to Mr. Lloyd about how about her being unhappy, how she cried, how she was blamed for disrespecting her cousin after he made her head bleed, and her being enrolled into school. However, she also reads books because she's never experienced the outside world as said in chapter 3. As for her character, in chapter 7, Mr. Brocklehurst was telling everyone how Jane was a liar, you can say how it diminished her hopes of becoming a good girl and to making new friends, this can be played into her character as having the desire to be finally accepted.
ReplyDelete-Isaac Dominguez. H.
Jane Eyre finds most comfort in the fantasy world books provide. She begins to use them as an escape from the abrasive reality of her household. Her aunt and cousins are not very fond of her; they view and treat her as if she were "less than a servant". Books are an easy distraction and become very personal because unlike the people around her, they cannot and do not hurt her. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on the winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour..." Though Bessie seems to only always scold Jane, it's only out of care and doesn't have the same goals as the others. She is the closest to Jane and comparing the stories in the book with Bessie's shows Jane's values. Jane continues to be drawn toward books because of the perpetual affect they have on her. "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy; happy at least in my way. I feared nothing by interruption..." Jane is not happy with anything else in her life and for someone or something to interrupt her during another shot at it, is scary and dreadful. This shows about Jane's character that she remains hopeful and optimistic, on happiness, even if it doesn't come from something she can physically reach out for.
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With both parents gone and mean cousins and aunts, Jane isn't very happy. But she finds happiness when she reads books, especially the fantasy kind. Jane likes fantasy because it becomes a whole different world than the hard world she lives in and it plays a distraction to her. On page 3 she says, "I feared nothing but interruption." This shows us how much she enjoys reading and how it's her way of relaxing and having some time to herself. As for Jane's character, she seems to be very strong and also very independent. As a reader I can see how much she would like to have her own "fantasy" and live in her world where she can be happy.
ReplyDelete-Kimberly Gibson
Jane takes so much pleasure in the fantasy world of books because they transport her away from the hell that she lives through on a day to day basis. Growing up as an orphan in a home with suitors who abuse and stop at nothing to diminish her self worth gives her no option but to look for any escape, even though it may be fictional. These books provide Jane with brief happiness and strength, something that she never experienced in her real life. Jane's reliance on these imaginary worlds reveals that she is indeed a dreamer and most likely will always be one. As said in the first chapter, "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." This quote emphasizes the brief happiness that Jane's fictional worlds give her, and how much they mean to her. They push her to keep striving through the hard times with the hope that one day she can achieve the life that she dreams and reads about.
ReplyDelete-Dayjah Harris
Jane finds salvation through isolation. She hides in fantasies to shelter her mind, trying to figure out a place to belong, and the only place is within herself. “With Bewick on my knee I was then happy: happy at least in a way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon.” Jane’s escape allows her to cope with the cruelty and loneliness she suffers.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Jane’s suffering strengthens her and makes her resilient. “I resisted all the way…like any other rebel slave, I felt resolved, in my desperation, to go all lengths.” Jane knew she didn’t have to tolerate their injustice, and though she hid because she was afraid, she knew she could defend herself. She retaliates against John and after Mr. Brocklehusrt leaves in chapter four, she tells off Mrs. Reed, “…the very thought of you makes me sick, you treated me with miserable cruelty… you are deceitful…I hate to live here.” Jane feels triumphant at first, then troubled, confused at her victory over her wicked aunt and decides to read and return to her fantasy shelter but promptly abandons it, realizing that the damage has been done.
Jane takes pleasure in the fantasy world of books, because it is her way of escaping reality. Within the stories she reads she imagens different worlds from the one she lives in. For example, in Chapter 3, pg. 19, Jane states, "I begged her to fetch Gulliver's Travels from the library. This book i had again and again pursued with delight." After reading this page, the reader can see Jane excitement for the story. Also, the reader can see her hope to find a land, we all these fairytales and fantasies are real. The reader can see that Jane hopes and dreams for freedom, a place of fairytales. Jane looks for a world where good triumphs and bad is defeated.
ReplyDeleteJane Eyre is dealing with depression, physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and false advertisement . As a ten year old reading novels is her only escape, her muse her only distraction. She dreams about freedom, and getting away from her wicked so called "family". She mentions " I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption..." growing up as an orphan and as complicated as that is for her, opening a book was like opening a door to a new world... at least for the moment that it lasted.
ReplyDelete-Eurydice Siqueiros
Jane drifts away in the world of fantasy as she reads. she is not faced with the problems where she is neglected: verbally and physically. jane finds happiness as she states ." I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption.." as Jane escapes from reality she is able to be free and it shows that Jane is a free spirited girl who kind yet strong willed to do what she believes in.
ReplyDeletesorry for the late post ive been in trouble and havent had access to a computer till this point. I will do all further post with out delay and i hope you can forgive me
- Julian zamora
Jane takes pleasure in the fantasy world because it is a place where she can be away from the rough life she is living and go to another world by reading. In chapter 1, page three Jane says " I was then happy : happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon" Jane affirms that reading was a escape to happiness and when she got interrupted she came back to reality.
ReplyDelete-Jennifer Arreola
Jane takes so much pleasure in her fantasy world because it is a way to escape from the terrible reality in which she lives. She is treated horrible by her aunt and cousins. The books are really her only escape from that and she knows that. This is why she loves her books. She even says " I was then happy : happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon". This only conforms the belief that the only time she is truly happy is when she is in isolation with her books. She deals with so much emotional pain caused by her "Aunt" and others. Jane truly reveals how she feels about her aunt when she has that outburst with her aunt just prior to her leaving from Gateshead for Lowood School. She says “I am glad you are no relation of mine. I will never call you aunt again as long as I live. I will never come to visit you when I am grown up; and if any one asks me how I liked you, and how you treated me, I will say the very thought of you makes me sick.". This statement truly reveals how she feels and its those feelings that show the reader how alone she really is and how she needs the books as a way of getting her through the problems she faces. Its almost as if the books are her salvation.
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ReplyDeleteJane takes so much pleasure in the fantasy world of books because she is so emotionally distressed as we have come to know as we discover her life in her aunts household. Books are Jane's way as an escape from her reality. Her aunt and cousins isolate her and treat her in a very cruel manner which makes her feel like she doesn't belong. However, books giver her insight and knowledge that she has never been exposed to, but only possibly heard of. "With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy; happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption..." For example, when she asks Bessie for the novel Gulliver's Travels, she ponders about how maybe one day she can experience adventure and discoveries. This reveals that her character is lonesome and depressed at times, but that she does not become fully discouraged by obstacles when she knows there is more to life than what she faces now. Despite her harsh conditions, she is never truly alone once she reads and imagines, fantasizes, and dreams of a world beyond her own. Jane is quite intelligent for her young age and she will use her knowledge to her advantage.
ReplyDelete- Ashley Nunez
Naturally, one can imagine how it would be to live in a house full of a handfull of people who mistreat, ignore and neglect you. They may fancy a hobby to take their mind off of the crule reality of their lives like Jane Eyre has. Reading has the power of teaching and entertaining- allowing the reader to FEEL and visualize all that the characters or historical figures may be going through or have gone through. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour; and when, having brought her ironing-table to the nursery hearth, she allowed us to sit about it, and while she got up Mrs. Reed's lace frills, and crimped her nightcap borders, fed our eager attention with passages of love and adventure taken from old fairy tales and other ballads; or (as at a later period I discovered) from the pages of Pamela, and Henry, Earl of Moreland.
ReplyDeleteWith Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." (page 13, paragraph 5).
Usually when a person pursues such a hobby, they're looking for an escape. The way Jane's mind wraps around the reality of everyday life at such a young age takes a toll on her consious and thought process which leads her to think of darker more mature and lonely things which come in handy as she ages. She uses her knowledge to her benefit.
-Alexandra Faith Yrigoyen
Jane immerses herself into fantasy books because to Jane it’s her way of escaping the harsh reality that she is living. Reading fantasy books acts as a crutch for Jane by helping her ignore her abusive aunt and cousins. When Jane went to school it revealed that Jane is still a typical kid. For example in page 51 it states, “Rasselas looked dull to my trifling taste. I saw nothing about fairies, nothing about genii;”. Jane’s love toward fantasy books show that she a typical kid. Typical kids don’t like to read boring books they would much rather prefer books that involve action or adventures in a fictional world. Jane’s love for a fictional world shows that Jane is hopeful that she will eventually leave her horrible situation she is in. Jane’s love for fantasy books reveals to the reader that she is becoming an independent person in reading what she likes to read.
ReplyDelete- Matthew Foley
Jane receives a substancial amount of pleasure from reading as the fantasy world allows her to break free from the confinement and control from her abusers at home. The character takes much more interest in the fictional setting of novels rather than presenting any sort of importance to her neglected and lonesome childhood. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profounding interesting". The quote reveals Jane's adoration for books as they always gift her with a feeling of acceptance unlike what she receives from her own life -- sorrow and abandonedment. Wether she grasped the concept of a story, either beautifuly written or too confusing for her purity and innocence, she felt as if any story would always be better than her own personal story of solitude. To deal with the unsatisfaction of her life and living arrangements, Jane creates a strategy with the help of books to ignore all forms of reality and turn to the realms of fantasy.
ReplyDelete- Jennifer Cortes
Jane obtains such pleasure from reading and engaging in the fantasies written by the authors because living in her own lively imagination is much better than enduring the horrible treatment hurled at her by the Reed family. An example of this is in the opening of the book where Jane is reading Bewick's History of British Birds. She loves how every word seems so carefully selected and arranged in a way the makes even a simple rock appear alive and colorful. Everything is great until she is interrupted by John Reed only to abuse and torment her.
ReplyDelete-Jonathan Garcia
I believe that Jane takes so much pleasure from the world she finds herself in when reading books because her reality is depressing; she is abused not only by her aunt but by her horrible cousins verbally and physically. What is worse is that she can't defend herself even though she very much wants to, and when she does, she is only punished more. What I believe this reveals about her character is that she wants a better future, she wants to escape to a nice place. I would consider her to be in reality an independent being for she must enjoy the adventure that she experiences when reading books, since she went through the trouble of taking one of her cousin's books even though she knew she was going to be severely punished if she got caught, and she knew she was going to most likely. Not only that, but she knew no one would defend her, even if they were able to; not even herself.
ReplyDelete-Aida Rodriguez
Jane uses books to escape from the pain she endures in her life. Being emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins Jane needed something to escape the pain. She choose books as her escape and to her it brought happiness as she said "I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption." At this point the only thing Jane was worried about was her happiness being taken away from her. Although the fact that Jane chose books as her escape is interesting, as it may represent her desire to move away and be happy just as the characters in her books.
ReplyDelete-Cristian Colmenero
DeleteJane Eyre lives in a fixed state of ridicule and persecution among the Reed family. She feels as though she has no escape from her pedestal of shame and acts out accordingly, drawing more misery and extreme punishment from her owners.This in turn provokes her desperation and in her own mind forces her to begging for mercy.The Reed family only see these cries for help as another deception by Miss Jane Eyre, bringing upon her more punishment and completing the vicious cycle. The refuge that Jane finds in books is the only relief she finds from the Hell she lives in and allows her superior inherent intelligence and childlike wonder to roam beyond her bonds of exceptional perpetuity and malicious nature. A prime example of Jane's love for the freedom of her own mind would be in chapter one, when John Reed bursts into the breakfast room in search of Jane,"With Bewick on my knee I was then happy: happy at least in my own way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon."What this reveals about Jane's character is that she yearns to ascend from her bonds to the wicked Reed family and their cruelty. She is of a natural talent for learning and self improvement but only in the face of at least minimal kindness, which in this case comes seldom if at all from Bessie. Jane Eyre is a character of intense justice in the face of a deceitful household and consequently holds an unbound passion for learning and surpassing what is expected of her.
ReplyDeleteChristian Luna
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ReplyDeleteJane lives in a person destroying household. She is hated and tormented and her escape is reading. This reading allowed her to be more than herself for a short amount of time and to be free from the hate and dislike. In this escape we learn that Jane is an intelligent person and a scarred person. "Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting..."
ReplyDeleteThis showed that Jane learned so much from that which she read, and her need for escape showed that she was deeply hurt ans a person.
Jane takes so much pleasure in books because its a way for her to escape reality. The books help her feel at peace even though her life isn't going so well. She wants to live in the fantasy world that she has created. Due to her constant mistreatment and hatred towards her books become her only comfort. Her false reality is what keeps her sane.
ReplyDeleteJane uses books as an escape from her harsh reality. The constant brutality and oppression momentarily disappear when she dives into books and she begins to feel some joy. " With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon." Although Jane can partially block out the world she is still sucked back into her tragic life as an unwanted orphan at the Reed house where she constantly gets mentally, physically, and emotionally abused. This reveals that Jane longs for an escape and that she is so damaged that she can only be partially happy.
ReplyDelete-Kathleen Rivera
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ReplyDeleteJane Eyre uses the books she reads as a way to escape an emotionally unstable house. "With Bewick on my knee, I was than happy: happy at least in my way. I fear nothing but interruption,..." (page 3) The only thing in the way of true happiness is the Reed family, that is her interruption. Being taken way from those books may cause her to go insane.
ReplyDelete-Zulema Pena
DeleteJane Eyre uses books to escape the daily misery and torture that she has to put up with from the other members of the household constantly. Being so young and realizing her position that she basically has no where else to go she has to just grit her teeth and take the abuse, so whatever little ways allows her to escape, even if it is just in her mind by a book, she will take it. She isn't weak, the non-stop abuse proves this, she knows the rock and hard place she is between and tries her best to stay strong through it, which foreshadows her behavior in later chapters. When she went and hid in the curtains with the book in chapter one she was trying to escape her cousin and feel safe by escaping into the book.
ReplyDeleteSebastian Burns
Jane takes such pleasure in reading, not because it's realistic or close to how the world works, but because she's already fed up with the world as it is. She likes reading fiction because it's not realistic and it gives her an escape from the world she's gotten tired of - "For I, too, liked reading, though of a frivolous and childish kind." (pg. 51) Showing how she likes to take advantage of the books around her to learn, even though she doesn't deserve an education because she's a girl in that era. She also feels very intrigued by the authors use of words to perfectly describe the objects or characters in the tale with a phantasmal atmosphere.
ReplyDelete- Destin Scott