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.