LIZEDOMANI - Honors English 10: Jane Eyre
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Response to Teacher Thread #1
Helen is Jane's closet friend and even though her role is short lived,she is a very important character in the story. Her personality is very meek,humble, and forgiving. She does everything in her power to create or keep peace with everyone she comes in contact with. Helen is a devout Christian and attempts to live the Holiest Life possible for her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Even though Jane is the very opposite of Helen, her fondness of Helen suggest to the reader that deep down inside she possess some qualities and characteristics of Helen, such as meekness and humbleness and later in the story will begin to show those qualities and characteristics.
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I agree with Destani's statement of Jane showing favor towards Helen because Jane's inner self is similar to her friend's. On the exterior, Jane seems negative and cold, but on the inside, Jane has the same caring qualities that Helen possesses.
ReplyDeleteHelen Burns offset Jane's negative; "Eye-for-an-Eye" attitude with her Positive and skyward-looking disposition. As Destani said, later in Jane's life she begins to show qualities very similar to Helen's. One question to ask yourself is, "If Jane did not meet Helen Burns, would she be showing these characteristics in her later life?"
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