Book Review

Jane Eyre is an orphan, parents are dead, she is a sponsor, aunt to her so-called care only for the death of her husband Mr. Reed's last words, in fact, she saw Jane Eyre as an eyesore. In this house, Jane endured all kinds of discrimination and abuse. Her aunt treated her separately from her children, and injustice often occurred. Finally one day, Jane was sent to a "school" ---- Lowood orphanage. The rules in the orphanage can be said to be unkind, harsh education, poor living conditions, and indifferent director...... Helen, her only bosom friend, dies of tuberculosis. Life is too much for her, but she gets out of the shadow under the guidance of the kind Miss Temple. Life must go on. The orphanage improved living conditions after Helen's death. In the new environment, Jane Eyre received six years of education, and taught in the orphanage for two years. After Miss Temple left the orphanage, Jane Eyre is also ready to leave. She advertised for a governess and was contacted by the housekeeper of Thornfield Hall. At Thornfield, Jane Eyre's pupil is Adele, and Rochester, the master of the manor, is Adele's guardian. Jane Eyre and Rochester are two different classes of people, but by each other's wisdom and personality deeply attracted...... Rochester asks Jane to marry him. At their wedding, however, Mr. Mason accuses Rochester ---- of being a married man. Jane gradually learns the truth, along with Mrs Rochester, Bertha, who lives on the third floor. Morally unwilling to continue with the marriage, Jane left Thornfield. She wandered into a swamp and nearly starved to death, but St. John saved her.This man was actually Jane's cousin, and Jane's uncle had left her some money before he died, and she was willing to share it equally. John proposed to her many times, but not because of love, but because of religion. Jane rejects him and decides to go back to find Rochester. Thornfield was reduced to ashes. Bertha commits suicide after setting the fire, Rochester is disabled.Jane and Rochester meet again. They finally give up everything, abandon appearance, money, fame and fortune, and live happily together. Jane Eyre, the hero of the story, is poor, small and ordinary, she is not cute, but she yearned for freedom, eager to be respected, she has a unique view of life. She has a kind nature. Although her aunt had treated her too badly, when she was dying, Jane let go of her resentment and chose to forgive. She dares to woo and has her own views on love. St. John proposed to her only for his Christian cause, not true love. Facing the disabled Rochester, she expresses her own thoughts strongly, "Do you think I will stay and become a person you don't care about? Do you think I am a machine ---- an indifferent machine? Do you think I can bear to have my last piece of bread snatched from my mouth, my last drop of water poured out of my cup? Do you think that because I am poor, humble, unattractive, and small, I am soulless and heartless? ---- You are wrong, I have the same soul as you, and you have the same heart! If God had given me a little beauty and wealth, I would have made it as hard for you to leave me as it is now for me to leave you. I do not speak to you now through custom, custom, or even human flesh ---- but with my heart I speak to your heart, as if we had left this world and passed through the grave, and stood together before God equal, equal to each other ---- just as we are." Through Jane's mouth, the author said what she wanted to say. At that time, society still discriminated against women, and even when she published her works, the author was careful to adopt a masculine pseudonym, because she had been wronged before, even insulted, because "writing is not a profession for women." "We are equal to each other ---- as our essence" is not only the voice of Jane Eyre, but also the voice of women's rights defenders represented by the author. In this work, almost all women are equal, including Bertha. Bertha is indeed imprisoned by Rochester, but she is another expression of Jane Eyre in her work. Jane Eyre is a kind person, but she also has her own small calculation, she also has desire. Bertha and Jane Eyre are both Mrs Rochester, and they both love Rochester deeply. Jane wishes to leave Thornfield, because it is a sign of her and Rochester's status ---- She is the servant, Rochester is the Lord. Bertha burned down the house, which is exactly what Jane wanted. Jane Eyre is not beautiful, Bertha makes Rochester disabled, just "equal". But Jane Eyre is the embodiment of justice and kindness, Bertha embodies more is cold, cruel. Two people a Yin a Yang, two extremes, but reached the agreed goal, finally Bertha suicide, Rochester to Jane Eyre, let two people together, Bertha exit, Jane Eyre also replaced her, become Mrs. Rochester. Is this just a coincidence? Seems a little too perfect, doesn't it? This reflects the author's pursuit and strong desire for equality, which is also the social need at that time. It can be said that Bertha is Jane Eyre, she is Jane Eyre's other personality, in the story she helps to meet all Jane Eyre's wishes. What women cannot achieve in reality, the author has achieved in her works. The novel received mixed reviews from later generations, but in the "male superiority and female inferiority" society at that time, it was indeed a criticism. We can indeed discover such a shining point from Jane Eyre ---- neither humble nor pushy, good nature. The equality, the freedom, the dignity that she sought is what we seek today, and will continue to seek in the years to come.