Written Task: Jane Eyre New Chapter

The following 100% legit chapter takes place between chapter 10 and chapter 11, when Mr. Brocklehurst leaves Lowood and Jane stays as a teacher.


New Chapter:
The change is marvellous! With Mr. Brocklehurst gone, we don't live in fear, at least not any more. Everything has improved dramatically. In my entire life I haven't spent such a pleasant time, not even those days back in the old Gateshead where I used to read, by myself, with a silent and calmed atmosphere. Not even a single fly bothering me. Not to mention, the only thing that could make this better would be Helen here by my side. I cant think of how she would envy the circumstances we are in now. Who knows, maybe every little thing that is improving is her doing. As a mater of fact she was quite a religious young girl. Thinking about the things I would enjoy right now, I would savour the look on Mrs. Reed face regarding what I am really capable of, show her my grades, how I excel in everything here at Lowood, but that situation will never present itself, for it, I already plighted myself that I would never attribute my time or attention to that disgraceful living soul. Because of what she did, I will never excuse her, and one of my biggest desire in life is that she becomes conscious of her acts. What kind of person does that, who in the world is capable of such a treatment. Just the thought of her made me sick in every possible way.

Too much thinking about the past, I must really concentrate on the future, my future, I know it is a big step but I am already pondering on the choices I have got for when I grow up. Numberless opportunities come to mind but one of them overshadows the rest, the fact of teaching kids, orphan kids, people who are actually similar to me in any possible way truly inspires me, not only be on their lives but improve and make a real change for them the way Miss Temple did with me makes me want to finish school here at Lowood and work my life in the same place, stay as a teacher. Besides, I have good grades and I already know everyone at school. If I leave anywhere else I would be lost, moving somewhere else means adapting to other people and other situations, and I believe that I would have a real problem trying to adapt to somewhere else than Lowood. Thinking about the positive and negative outcomes of staying here at Lowood didn't really help me get to my final decision. I not only accepted the idea of staying here but I was happy of it, but in the other side, staying just in one place would mean few life experience, I would only know Lowood, so I left it to Miss Temple's judgement. It was already late and I had to go to bed, so I thought it was better for both of us to talk the next morning.

I talked to Miss Temple of what she thought of me becoming one of Lowood's teacher, I felt great as soon as she knew that she herself was my inspiration, I was astonished the moment she told me that she agreed in every possible way, strange thing, in fact, she seemed more confident of the decision than me. Probably she recognizes a possible teacher when she sees one. I was doubtless that I would make a exceptional teacher for Lowood, so I had no possible doubt on my decision. I was finally convinced, I'm finally inclining to going through with the idea of becoming a teacher, it is my final decision, becoming a teacher at Lowood is what I really want to do, I think I am ready and I would be proud of helping kids, who knows, maybe I will meet someone just like me, someone who is frightened of the world, and somehow, she actually found a place in this huge world where she actually fits in, and maybe make a change on her life. A change that may possible make her remember me through the years like I will with Miss Temple.

Years have simple fly by, being a teacher is tough but results are of great significance. The important thing is that I not only teach kids but I actually learn valuable lessons from them, so its actually in every one's interest to stay day by day here. I'm coming back to my thoughts because I think my clock is ticking here at Lowood. I've learned so much in here but I think its time to go-ahead with my life. As Miss Temple was my inspiration to stay in Lowood as a teacher she is also my inspiration to many other things. Miss Temple is leaving Lowood, but not because she is tired or disappointed, she is actually leaving because something very unique is happening to her, she is getting married. I'm actually looking forward to her joy in life, but as she is making a change on her life after all these years, I think I must also make a change in my life. As she must concern on her wedding I don't want to bother her by telling her what I am planning on doing, so I will just keep it a secret for myself, or at least until I think its the right moment to tell her. I will start as soon as possible searching for somewhere I could go and keep on with my life.


Rationale:
The first thought I had while reading Jane Eyre was, how is it possible that Jane tells us every single detail of something important that happened in her life, her childhood and what happened later on her life, she even describes places, her feelings and emotions, other people surrounding her, but when the time comes that Mr. Brocklehurst leaves Lowood and everything is supposed to be better, its like she skipped all the important content of her life as a student and later teacher, she barely mentions it, she doesn't mention how she felt or something else that could be going on with her. This happens the same time when she lost her dear friend Helen, maybe that made her feel different and didn't know how to express it, but any ways. So I thought, maybe as we have to link it to Text and Context, maybe I can create with my own imagination what happened during these 8 years of Jane's life. Explore aspects like what made her stay as a teacher, or what made her leave. I chose this because until what we have read, its the only blank spot I could find in the book, the only part that I thought should have been filled with more content. No special audience for this invented chapter, just people who read or are reading Jane Eyre and want to have my idea of what could happened in this part of the novel.

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Jane Eyre Chapters 5 - 6 - 7

The following is a clip about how Victorian children were commonly punished at school. It is presented in a quite comical manner, but it provides truthful information about this period in time. After your reading of chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8, you will have become familiar with Jane’s life at Lowood School, and the treatment she and other girls received as students there. Would it be possible for a school to keep the old Victorian teaching methods in today’s world?

Chapter 5: Jane arrives in her new home, Lowood School for Girls. She learns the daily routine and by passing meets Miss Temple, the superintendent of the school, who is very kind towards her. However, her encounter with the upleasant French teacher Miss Scatcherd is far from agreeable, especially at the sight of her harsh treatment of a young student named Helen Burns.

Chapter 6: Janes discovers that life at Lowood is harsh. Frozen water to wash themselves, lack of proper food to eat, overload in their work assignments, and they’re forced to sit still for what seems an eternity during sermons. She however finds comfort in her friendship with Helen Burns. Jane is astonished at how Helen endures the constant mean treatment from Miss Scatcherd. She tells Jane that she practises a doctrine of Christian endurance (loving her enemies and accepting her privation) which Jane does not approve for thinking it is “such meek tolerance of injustice”

Chapter 7: Mr Brocklehurst returns to the school after a journey. Jane becomes really nervous at his sight, since it reminds her of the promise he made to Mrs. Reed, to warn everyone at the school about her supposed wickedness and habit of lying. She accidentally drops her slate in his presence, and he gets furious. He forces her to stand on a stool while he tells the rest of the school that she is a liar, forbidding the other students to speak to her for the rest of the day and exhorting them to withhold their friendship from her. Helen Burns is Jane’s only comfort. She provides silent consolation by smiling at her every time she walks near.

Chapter 8: After her punishment, Jane feels ashamed and depressed. She thinks her reputation has been ruined for good at Lowood. Helen convinces her that it’s all the way round, and that girls feel more pity for her than revulsion. Jane tells Miss Temple that she’s not a liar, and about her horrid childhood at Gateshead. Miss Temple writes to Mr Lloyd (the Reeds’ apothecary) to confirm Jane’s sayings, which are soon corroborated. Miss Temple publicly declares Jane to be innocent. Relieved and contented, Jane devotes herself to her studies, excelling at Drawing and French.

1.- Imagine that you are falsely accused of stealing someone’s wallet at school. Your accuser is a credible witness, believed by your peers. Do you insist on your innocence and try to prove it? Do you confront your accuser? How do you live with the disapproval of your peers? Is the knowledge of your innocence enough to sustain you? Write a reflection statement referring to these questions.
Of course I would insist in my innocence, if I don't then what kind of person am I, and if my friends don't believe me then the are not my true friends. If i don't insist in my innocence I would be left by my friends like the a thief, I would not only be accepting something that is wrong but I would also be lying, and if later on they find who did it, I would be left like a liar, so there are truly no escape of lying about this.

What is your opinion of Mr Brocklehurst’s philosophy of education?
I don't agree with the philosophy he uses to teach. Maybe that was the way he was taught and he thought it was fine. As he was the one running the school everyone obeyed to him. I think that in those times, apart from being Victorian, it was not fine to treat like that, because as soon as they know he was the cause of the diseases and death he was fired.
Compare Jane Eyre to other mistreated heroines from children’s stories (Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White). Knowing that Jane Eyre is the novel that broke many rules about how a mistreated heroine should act, compare and contrast them to Jane.
I think that the only difference is the support they all had. Of course not a heroin but if we compare to the closest example to this treatment in school, we find Matilda, and Matilda was treated the same way in the school with the difference that she had magical powers. Jane has to try and solve her problems in a real way.

The following is the 1944 American film adaptation of Jane Eyre, directed by Robert Stevenson and with Peggy Ann Garner in the role of Jane and a surprisingly young Elizabeth Taylor in the role of Helen Burns. From min 07.44 – 12.00 you can witness how Jane is cruelly exposed in front of the school as a “liar” by Mr Brocklehurst. Based on this part of the story, answer the following questions:

Jane Eyre Chapters 3 - 4 - 5

This is a clip from a 1983 film adaptation of the first events that took place in Jane Eyre’s childhood. 

1.- What liberties do you think the director took in adapting the novel into a film? 

2.- What criticisms can you offer to the portrayal of Victorian Times presented in the film? 

3.- In a contemporary context, how would society manage the constant abuse and bullying against a child within the heart of his/her family?

1.- When we read a novel, something very important is our imagination, how we imagine, as different people each situation, place, or even a character, but if we talk about a film its already there, the actor and what he looks like, same with the setting. Another thing is that if Jane Eyre was adapted into a film just the way the book is, with the same information, descriptions and thoughts of Jane, the movie would be extremely long, therefor the director has the job to choose which scenes he is going to adapt that he thinks are important enough for us to understand it.

2.- The way the kids were treated, she was treated in a different way that the rest of the kids by the Reed's.

3.- Nowadays we not only know how important someones childhood is for their future, and between being good and bad how can it affect their future, there are laws against bullying and most recent cyber bullying. 

Analysis Questions Chapters 3 – 4

 1. How would you describe the relationship between Jane and Mr Lloyd? How do you think this affects her?
For Jane it must be one of the most important people of her childhood, Mr Lloyd was kind with her, and between all the bullying and the way Jane was treated in Gateshead hall, maybe Mr Lloyd was the only one she cared for as a child. 

2. How did Jane’s character changed in her confrontation with both Mr Brocklehurst and Mrs Reed? 
Jane was a very shy child, she had much anger in her but had to hide it because of fear, anger against those who treated her wrong (the Reed's). She finally free's all these feelings and told every evil thing she had been saving for herself about them.

3. What is your first perception of Lowood School? What do you predict for Jane’s future at Lowood?
As Jane was so excited of going to Lowood we have the impression that its going the be the best place she could ever be, she also says that anyplace is better than where she is now, but as soon as she goes to Lowood we know things are not going to change that much for her. 

CHARLOTTE BRÖNTE’S LIFE AND TIMES

Listening Comprehension “In Search of the Bröntes”

1. Who is said to have influenced the sister’s lives and WHY? 
Their father Patrick, who shaped their minds and shared their triumphs
2. What tragedy struck the Brönte family?
They were doomed to die ill. (ill Fated)
3. What’s the Brönte father’s background?
He brought his family (his wife and 6 children) to Howarth on a cold February day in 1820. He was a brilliant son of a poor Irish Farmer. He won a scholarship to Cambridge.
4. How is it said that Emily Brönte coped with homesickness?
She pored her feelings into her poetry.
5. What is Haworth described like in the times the Bröntes lived there?
As a Romantic Village. When they arrived the main water supply for the town was so polluted that no one drink it. Almost half of the children died before getting to 6 years old because of the diseases, and the life expectancy was 25.
6. What is a recurrent theme in Charlotte’s writing (based on her experience as a child)?
The loss of their mother, she struggle to recall the image of a mother she had  known so briefly.
7. How did the Brönte father try to salvage the situation with his family after his wife’s death?
As he was with 6 motherless children, he proposed to 3 women, but they all refused him.

Image Analysis: Landscape from Charlotte Brönte’s point of view

These images show where Charlotte lived from a very early age. As we can see from the image, she lived next to a cemetery. Probably for a little girl living next to a cemetery was not the best thing. As she was growing up she had fears like any other child, but the fact of living next to where dead people are buried maybe scared here more, she maybe thought some paranormal stuff was going on. As we see in Jane Eyre some paranormal stuff happens, such as what happens to Jane in the red-room, Jane being also a little girl, maybe this represented something that occurred on Charlotte's childhood.

By reading Jane Eyre we know that one of the tones in the beginning of the novel is a sad and lonely point of view in Jane's life. Jane being part of a family where they didn't like her, they didn't accept her as one of their own. She had a lonely childhood, same as the field in the picture.