Historical Context: Change

Change happened quite a while back in the day. It shows how people moved from their current habits to new ones. Jane shows this when she is sent for school for the very first time. She has to change all her routines to fit the school's. Jane felt like "[she] had only been a spectator of the proceedings at Lowood, [she] was no to become a actor therein." on page 55. Jane sees how all her surroundings are changed because she is in a different environment. Her change progresses when she becomes actively involved in her school as described in the quote above. When she was just a speculator, she just saw what they did, now she is doing the work.

Relationship between Jane and Mr.Rochester

From when they first met each other, one could see that Jane and Mr.Rochester didn't have a lot of connection. But as the novel progresses, we can see that there is a love connection between the two of them. Although of the age difference, this relationship shows true love because it is not all about looks. Jane thinks of Mr.Rochester when she first meets him that she "should have known instinctively that they neither had nor could have sympathy with anything in [her]" on page 116-117. Nothing about his appearance really stands out to her, and yet she ends up heads over heals for him. This shows that pure love is involved between the two of them. 

                                                                                   

Literary Element:Flashback

Jane had many horrible punishments at the Reed's house. Because of them, Jane has always referred to them or compared them to the situation that she is in. Like on page 74, Jane says that she will "never for[get] the...frightful episode of the red-room". This shows how Jane is thinking back to the punishments that Mrs.Reed has given her. In more occasions, Jane does  the same thing. My guess is that Mrs.Reed pretty much left her very frightened of every event that she cannot help but keep thinking of them over and over again.

Relationship between Jane and Mrs.Reed

The relationship between Mrs.Reed and Jane is simple to say. Mrs.Reed very much dislikes Jane for every reason. She promised to her dying husband, Mr.Reed, who is Jane's uncle, that she was going to take care of her. She kept her promise, but with regret. Mrs.Reed would compare Jane to her own children, saying Jane was a horrible child. She gave Jane all sorts of punishments that Jane really didn't deserve. Their relationship is a harsh one. The reader can see that there are many arguments that they want to fight about with each other and yet they stay quiet. At least Jane does. This violent relationship keeps occurring until Mrs.Reed breaks her promise and forces Jane to a school. When that happens, the reader sees how much stuff Jane has held in about her guardian. She expresses herself like she never did before. This shows how much their relationship was with communication. Mrs.Reed then says that she "desires to be her friend" on page 39. But we can see that she was clearly lying when Jane tells Bessie that Mrs.Reed "said [she] need not disturb her in the morning" on page 43. It shows how horrible Jane was treated. Also how bad Jane was affected because there was no love in the relationship. All Jane wants in the story is to be loved because nobody gave her that when she was a kid. Jane is very much affected because of her and Mrs.Reed's relationship.

This is where it ends. Chapter 23

     After all these years, I can go on no longer. I am not what I was before. I cannot even get up and walk across the room without getting exhausted. I cannot continue like this. I do not have the energy. My kids have married and left. What I wanted them to accomplish, they did. So I have done what I came to do in this world. This is enough for me. Hold on, Victor is at the door...
     No, this cannot be. Why, dear God, why? Elizabeth, my Elizabeth is no longer with us. I cannot make myself understand that she is gone. That I will never see her face again. That I won't tell her how happy I am of her, of what she has become. I loved all my children and now they are almost all gone. I cannot live like this. God help me.
     Victor has been taking care of me for a couple of days. I have never in my life felt like this before, at least not this strongly. How many deaths has this been? Too many to count. I can barely think about anything anymore. My body is numb, my brain is numb, but most importantly, my heart is numb. I told Victor I loved him. That is what i needed to get off my chest. With that done, I don't have anything else I need to do. So I guess my heart doesn't need to try to work anymore. It stopped beating. It completely stopped.They say some will go to either Heaven or Hell, I guess I will find out when I get wherever I need to go.
                                                                                                           -Alphonse Frankenstein

The day is finally here! Chapter 22

     We stopped in Paris before we landed in Geneva for Victor to rest a while. I don't want to put that much pressure on my son after all he's been through. There, Victor got a letter from Elizabeth. While he was reading it, I saw the emotions on his face flow. I knew there were problems going on. Elizabeth is very upset with all this drama going on in our family. I really hope this doesn't affect their marriage. I know them getting married will make Caroline very happy. But if I know my own son, I know that he can fix this.
      Afterwards we went back home. I was very pleased to see that Elizabeth and Victor were working it out nicely. I felt better knowing that my family was getting together. I felt that way and stayed like that even after I stood in the front row when Victor and Elizabeth exchanged the words "I do". I felt a tear come out right then and there. I never remember feeling so proud. It was just so meant to be. I couldn't be any happier! This is what everything has come to. And I am perfectly okay with that. I hope this lasts forever.
                                                                                                             -Alphonse Frankenstein

My poor son.. Chapter 21

      Henry mailed me a letter some time before. In the letter he stated that Victor was acting a little delirious. I worried of course. But he said that he had it under control. He said he would fix this. And I believed him. I believed that things would get better. That the sun will rise once again under my gloom clouds that I carry over my head every day and every second. Everything would be better. Or so I thought. I may say I was in denial. Believing in things that even I knew were so ridiculous. I should have known better. I should have been a better father, a better person.
      So after two months since Henry sent me the letter, I traveled back to where my son was. I guess you could call it a father's instincts, but I knew something bad had occurred. After all the wicked things that have happened in my life, I knew what to expect. Nothing would ever go right. And as to my surprise, when I got there, I found out that Victor was in prison. He had been accused of killing Henry, his best friend since childhood. I couldn't believe it. Another death... Henry was like a son to me. I knew that boy would get somewhere if he just set his mind to it. And yet, he's dead now. Worst of all, Victor is imprisoned because of his friend's death. How can that be? After your best friend, that is pretty much a brother to you, gets murdered, you have to spend your time in such a horrid condition of a jail. What has the world come to now? I knew what I needed to do. I left to visit my son in jail.
       I found him in a horrible place. Where no one should ever be forced to go. He seemed generally pleased that I had gone to visit him. I knew that without my presence he would have probably not survived here. We chatted a while because he was still ill from his time that he had been accused. I attended his trial with him. Even though I knew he was innocent, at the back of my mind I worried that the judge would think of something to convict him. But he was found innocent. When I heard that, I felt as in a thousand pounds were lifted off my body. I breathed a sigh of relief and followed my son out of the horrible courtroom and we departed to Geneva.
                                                                                                    -Alphonse Frankenstein