However, the fact of studying some extracts in class allowed me to understand better the messages Charlotte Bronte wants to convey like her feminist ideas.
Even if I found the novel too long, it allows to develop the characters’ personality and history, making them interesting for the reader like Helen Burn’s kindness or the perversion of Jane’s host family.

I also liked the fact that the novel is more centered on Jane’s personal development in her journey than on her love story with Rochester, who is more presented like a toad than a charming prince. It’s not a classic and boring love story, feelings develop little by little in a dark Gothic atmosphere. I thoroughly appreciated the fact that Jane seduces more Rochester with her intelligence and her free mind than with her beauty and a nice dress. 

Even if Jane is described as a passionate and free character, I find her too 

thoughtful, virtuous and smooth, like if she was the perfect example of a poor orphan who became strong and happy only thanks to moral and values. The fairy tale end of the novel adds to this aspect of perfection.

Despite these negative aspects, I encourage you to read Jane Eyre which stays a model of bildungsroman. 

Personally, the end of the book doesn’t go in the sense of Jane’s convictions. She took the decision to being a wife so to become dependent of the marriage during the Victorian era. But during all the story she denounces this institution which create a cage around women and perpetuate their dependence towards men. Of course, she got her economic independence but thanks to her uncle so it shows that women need to men to bring money. On the other hand, it is great that she decides to listen her heart and to live joyful with the man that she loves. Moreover it permits to stop tragic events, since she lost her parents she has lived tragedy after another. She has deserved to knows peacefulness and tranquillity after to have be a lived mistreated, bullied and betrayed. 

What also made me hold on to the book is its writing style: Brontë writes with a Gothic style which gives a special atmosphere to the book with lots of secrets, suspense and even a supernatural aspect. The book being quite serious, it gives it a more dramatic look which allowed me to appreciate the book even more. Of course, even if some passages tend to be rather long, there are a lot of reversals and plot twists that push us to continue our reading.

The ending may seem a bit cheesy and maybe effortless, but I found that the contrast between the whole book and the ending is very interesting. Throughout her life, Jane tries to be appreciated and accepted for what she is but always ends up rejected. So I liked the fact that Brontë gave her such a happy ending because it shows that Jane can finally be loved, therefore, she has the possibility to heal from all the rejections or injustices she has experienced before.

So i finally liked this story it was rich of passion,plot twists and i loved it ! 

 Even if i would have find it cool that Mr Rochester dies at the end because i love tragic stories and bad ending (in the love part) . And after Jane would have succeeded in living alone as the human being with an independance will that she is.

For me it was a great novel with a lot of values that I defend especially the feminist aspect of it.

I think that Jane’s childhood was pretty traumatic for her, with the bullying from her cousin John and her aunt, and also with Mr. Brocklehurst who tried to break her but they didn’t succeed because from all that negative and unhealthy environment Jane managed to become a woman with high principles. When she finally arrived at Thronfield, it’s a new beginning for her where she can start her life from scratch. She is going to find love with Rochester, who is not the ideal of a prince charming. Before proposing to her, he played with her feelings, tricked her to admit her feelings for him and perhaps that part may have been considered as romantic but I personally disagree. I hated the fact that he thought he could just consider his feelings and not Jane’s but I really surprised how she responded to him. 

I liked the passage with the all lunatic in the attic part; I think it was really interesting to see how Jane reacted to that kind of shock. And when she left Rochester I was really supporting her in her choice because she was doing it for herself and not anyone else. Towards the end when she is with St John and his sisters, I didn’t really enjoy it, especially with St John proposing to her that was not good for me. 

Now the end of the book, I personally didn’t really like it, because yes she is independent but still, he lied to her before and kept a pretty huge secret from her and he doesn’t seem to have any guilt about it and when she comes back it’s as if it hadn't even happened like it didn’t even happen. At some point you can think that she has finally what she always wanted, having a family that loves her and to whom she can rely onto, she independent so maybe for it’s a good ending for that time after all.

My favorite chapter was chapter 27, Jane’s departure from Thornfield; it is such a heartbreaking event leaving a realm of possibility regarding her future. Before she left, a succession of unexpected events occurred. For instance, Mr Briggs putting a halt on Jane and Mr. Rochester’s wedding ceremony, asserting that the groom was already married to Bertha Mason, a breathtaking plot-twist leaving Jane speechless and passive, almost in a state of depersonalization. That reveal led to Jane’s (real) encounter with the presumed mad woman locked in the attic, against her will. I enjoyed every bit of this reveal, from the dramatic opposition of Mr Briggs to Jane’s departure.  I liked Bertha’s introduction to the reader, how she aroused pity, and the meaning behind her existence. 

However, throughout the novel, I like neither Jane and Mr. Rochester’s relationship nor the way he behaved towards her. The evolution of his feelings was remarkable and interesting; he truly loved her unlike St John who wrongfully used religion to manipulate her. Rochester eventually admitted he could keep her with him but wanted her to exert her free will. Hence, that evolution was flawed as he made her feel guilty for her decisions. To this extent, I did not completely enjoy the ending, I would rather she did not marry him. Nevertheless, she realized as she finally became independent that he was the one, she came back to her soulmate and they got married. How heartwarming was their reunion, although her journey deserved another outcome. 

Jane represents women conditions at that time, although Bertha is a very important symbol in the story too. This poor woman is forced to marry a man she doesn’t truly love, which can represents arranged marriages. Moreover she’s locked in the attic as she’s locked in her marriage. That is another reason why I liked this book, Charlotte Brontë is a very talented author, she’s able to create a very interesting love story in which gothic prevails. But she’s also able to denounce the Victorian society including women conditions, arranged marriages, the colonialism… 

I also love how love is depictED here, let me explain. Religion has a huge role in Jane Eyre, especially when it comes to love. It proves that love, true love, is beyond material world. Love is so intense that is can’t be expressed on Earth, it is so more than that. It belongs to a superior institution. 

For me the character of Jane is a source of inspiration, her self-construction inspires me. She’s proves that even when you have a very hard childhood without any landmarks you can make it through. It’s a matter of will. 

Jane also breaks the codes by proving that she’s an independent woman even if she’s deeply in love with Rochester. 

I would definitely recommend this novel, the plot is very interesting thanks to the love story but also thanks to the suspense created bu the gothic atmosphere. You must read this novel it’s a very entertaining way to understand a little bit more the Victorian society. 

In the book, when Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester were left alone for any reasons,  were the passages I was the most focused on. At each one of them, we could see and analyse the construction of their relationship by most of the time their confidence in to each other. It went from employer and employee to husband and wife. Nevertheless, let’s be honest, Edward was playing with Jane all the time by teasing her to be sure there was true love between them. He assumed it when he was about to propose to her. He was also very selfish because he thought at his benefits at first without caring about Jane’s feelings; « I am not a machine without feelings » (chapter 23). We have an example, when he was hiding to Jane that he already has a wife, a crazy woman, and by marrying Jane, even though he truly loves her, he would get rid of this chapter of his life. After that episode, when Jane was about to leave Thornfield, he was trying to make her feel guilty about the entire situation.

However, the mad lady in the attic was a good opportunity to Jane, as a reasonable person as she is, to realize that she is not going to play the role of the beloved bride in this story, but the horrible and selfish mistress, who stole the husband of another woman. She took this revelation very seriously and knew that she had to take the good decision for her future, with or without Mr Rochester.

Thankfully, Jane got her happy ending with the man she always loved after all, the one and only Edward Rochester. She deserved it. And the moral of the story for me is that independence doesn’t mean living alone during our whole life and ask nobody’s help but to find a way to live happily without caring about people’s opinion. Like Jane Eyre when she found her happiness only through marriage.

Charlotte Brontë probably used her own life to create Jane’s. But at the time, a woman couldn’t write and publish a book. It was under the name of Currer Bell that Charlotte published her story. 

From the beginning of the story, we understand the importance of gender and social classes during this period. Victorian society was based on manners, money, hypocrisy, racism,…

And at time, the most popular way of writing was the gothic genre. Which means, a gloomy atmosphere, fog and rain, dark forest, paranormal happenings, and death. 

Of course there is also a love story in the book but not as simple that you imagine. But you will see. 

I really advise you to read Charlotte Brontë’s master piece because you will be impressed by Jane. Her coming of age story will definitely inspire you. Suspense will hold you until the end. 

And when I read the extract and I saw  "feminist novel" on the back cover, I was like WHAT??? but after reading it I knew why it's called a feminist novel.

During her all childhood, Jane suffered from the otherS that decide for her, but after going to Thornfield she started a new life, where she was independent and needED no one to live until she meets Mr Rochester.

I was particularly touched by the passage of the proposal of Mr. Rochester, also when she refused to be married with St John and when she FOUND ^{find back} Mr. Rochester AGAIN.

Indeed, during the proposal, Jane showed so many emotions, we can see her as particulary shocked and she didn't believe what Rochester said. Jane always lived a harsh life, nobody love her, nobody shows her affection, she was living a dream that she can't believe.

Then, an other man proposes to Jane but ⁱⁿ contrary TO of Rochester, this one is just an arranged marriage where Jane will feel like in a prison, deprived of her liberty. She hastened to say no because of the Rochester's voice that call her and that she wanted to find.

To finish, thanks to Miss Fairfax, she found Rochester back, many month after not seeing him, she still loveS him the same way. She was not dependent on him anymore, they had the same social classand now she was able to make him a promise to help and love him for the rest of their lives.

I find that as the story progresses Jane reveals herself and we see more and more the feminist side, and contrary to what I thought at the beginning, I really enjoyed this story and the character of Jane who takes her revenge on life and what she suffered from.

When I started the book I found it boring maybe because of the characters or the Victorian atmosphere but in the middle I entered into the story because I was feeling quite sad for Jane and I started to understand her feelings and she became like a friend who tells us her secrets and story. I also liked the character of Mister Rochester because of his evolution, at first he seems weird and cold but after we  started to know him and see that he is not like he seems to be and I really like this type of character. Finally, I liked reading Jane Eyre because it’s a novel which IS talks about feminism and the women’s conditions during the Victorian Era. The perception of Charlotte Brontë is unique because she is WRITING talking about free women’s choice even if their choice is to marry a man and I think that it’s exactly what feminism is. So I would say that my favorite part of the book is the end because we see that Jane decided to marry Mr Rochester because she loves him and because now she found the independEnce that she was looking for before (her uncle’s legacy). And Charlotte Brontë, with this passage, highlights her idea of feminism.

To conclude I was not really convinced at first but when I entered the story I liked it. Moreover the gothic atmosphere is something that I love and some elements in Jane Eyre are gothic so it helps me to enjoy the novel.

So, first of all I would say that I, for the most part liked the NOVEL ^book. Indeed, I really liked that this romance had a lot of gothic elements in it: Jane’s encounter with the ghost of her late Uncle Reed in the red-room, the moment of supernatural communication between Jane and Rochester when she hears his voice calling her, and Jane mistaking Rochester’s dog for a “Gytrash,” a spirit of North England that manifests itself as a horse or dog. I think this kind of mysterious atmosphere really entertains us as readers. 

I also enjoyed reading this novel because I admire Jane for her strength, indeed she had such a complicated life. She is an orphan and she has no family other than the Reeds who treat her very poorly and even abuse her, then she is sent to a school where again she is mistreated and where people are prejudiced about her and where her only friend dies to finally fall in love with a man who is socially above her and who, what’s more is already married. But even after that she has the strength to stay true to her own principles and leave him to “find” herself and finally she is able to come back to her lover when everything is in harmony with her beliefs. I really admire and respect her because she is able to find happiness after having such a harsh life and because of the fact that she is happy because of herself. Indeed, she wanted to be Rochester’s equal morally and socially without that she could not marry him and she finds happiness in the thought of marrying him. And because he is the one she loves and because it makes her happy to marry him she decides on her own will after she can finally be considered his equal socially speaking to marry him. And we as readers are happy because I think we all know she deserves a happy ending after what she went through.

Overall, though, I really enjoyed this novel, their age gap even if it was maybe common during the time bothered me a lot. I mean maybe it’s not the essential point in the story but while watching movie adaptations it disturbed me even more but I guess it contributes to the fact that the love and the bond Jane and Rochester share is unconventional and confrontational. I also didn’t like how their relationship was built; indeed, I have very mixed feelings about the beginning of their relationship because of their age gap but also how Rochester lies to her and seems to be a little manipulative. He is so rude and unwelcoming he seems to be caring about nobody but himself and I didn’t like that I think their relationship seemed really unhealthy.

Through this novel Charlotte Brontë shows that she is ahead of her time because she denounces social norms and especially the condition of women and the poor. Some quotes of this novel are really famous, the one that striked me the most is "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you." because it really shows Jane’s strength.

So, in the end I advise you to read this novel as it is a classic but it is also really entertaining and inspiring to see jane, a woman during the Victorian era having power. 

 

I particularly appreciated the fact that we see Jane's evolution throughout the novel, Charlotte Brontë insisted on the feminism that Jane represents in history and this element was respected and highlighted in the beginning to the end of the novel. 

At first I didn’t like Mr. Rochester’s character at all, I found him too pretentious and too mysterious to be an honest person I didn't trust in this character and finally I liked him and I discovered him through the novel. 

For me, this novel was a beautiful discovery and a total immersion in the Victorian era followed by an interesting story with a great feminist theme and personally I love this type of reading we never get bored !

At first I wasn’t really enjoying the reading of Jane Eyre (like some of my classmates I could see) so I started to watch some series and movies about it, and it made me realise that the story wasn’t that bad. The plot made me forget really fast about the length of the novel, and the different topics discussED in it were really interesting. I loved the fact that there was some supernatural events, because it’s one of my favorite subject, and of course I really enjoy the romance, because it’s my favorite genre of lecture ever. Even if the age gap between Jane and Rochester was a bit impressive, the fact that it was normal at THAT this time made me forget it (even if it shouldn’t have been normalized).
Jane is impressively mature for her age, and it WAS SURELY came due to her rough past, because she had to take care of herself.
I think it helped with the relationship she builTd with Rochester.
The growing of their relation WAS were probably my favorite parts of the novel, because it was really interesting to see them struggle and learn some side of love. It made me realise that true love does exist, even if it’s a novel, and that no matter what happened, soulmates are made to be found. 
My favorite moment was the first kiss of Jane and Rochester, because this moment was a mix between humor, anger and passion, and i found it really cute.

Thanks to the llce class, I am now able to understand the hardship of Jane’s life, and that she really wanted to be independent. I think that I wouldn’t be able to understand all the feminist acts that were present in the novel without the llce class. In a way, I feel like it’s a life lesson, it teaches us love, hard life conditions in establishment like Lowood, the importance of being surrounded by people that we love etc.
The fact that in the victorian era was made a novel WAS WRITTEN which discuss about the inequalities and the will of equality from women is amazing, it shows that women have always wanted to be considered as human, not as « just women ». But the fact that Charlotte Brontë had to publish under the name of a man is actually pretty sad, because it remindS us that even with the strongest will of equality, women had to be careful and smart to « live » like a man.

To be honest, I wouldn’t have READ reading it ON MY OWN WILL from myself, but I really enjoyed studying it in class. I discovered a great lecture. I can almost say that it may have been one of my favorite studied work during school.

In fact i think that the book is really interesting and the topicS THAT ARE TACKLED  approached like the place of women in victorian era is very attractive. Indeed the author, Charlotte Brontë ALSO WRITES speak also about arranged marriageS which, at the time in the victorian era, was recurrent and i like the fact that she speaks about important topicS through her story. She insists on the bad treatment of Bertha who is considered like mad. But we can ask if her madness comeS from her old life ???and the fact that she didn’t have any choice about her life. I also love the evolution of Jane through all the novel. We saw her as a kid who was lost without family but at the end, we see a Jane who is confident and she knows what she wants.

But some pointS are also negative like the fact that the old jane describeS everything and that’s make the reading very low. I just didn’t like this but all the rest was very good.

I haven't liked the novel, indeed, I think Jane Eyre is too much; too long, with too many places, too many characters, too MANY much plot twistS… Also the story takes place in the Victorian Era and I don't like the gothic atmosphere and the style of writing. I also don't like the aspect of "love story" between Rochester and Jane Eyre. 

However, I really like the autobiographical aspect and Jane in herself and HER his personality. In fact, the personality of Jane is very interesting, she is strong and obstinate although she has a harsh life. Also the evolution of her personality really touched me, for example the difference of HER his personality between HER his before and after her meeting with Helen Burns is very important and shows her power. 

To finish, the end disappointed me because IT is not realistic and too much expected