Book Report of Jane Eyre
I have read a book called Jane Eyre. It has 274 pages. The book was wrote in 1846, and it’s
the second novel of Charlotte Bronte. It was first published in autumn, 1847. Although the story is
fictional, the life of the heroine and other peolple are based on the author or other people’s real life.
It is said that, the book made a hit in the literary world when it first came into being. More than
100 famous scholars recommended this book together. Many peolple love it very much.
The auther of the book, Charlotte Bronte, was born in Yorkshire, England. She had four
sisters and a brother. The two younger sisters are also writers, and they’ve been called “Bronte
Sisters”. Bronte’s mother died early, so their life were hard. But their father was knowledgeable,
he often tought them read books. So Charlotte had great interesting in literature since she was
young. In August, 1824, she was sent to a boarding school with her two sisters. The Lowood
school in Jane Eyre was based on this shhool, and the lovely Helen was based on her older sisiter
Maria. The physical conditions of the school were hard, it do harm to Charlotte’s health.
After returning home, Charlotte learn music, painting, and writing with her sisters. When she
was 14, she has wrote many novels, poems and plays. In the following years, she went to school
and be a teacher after gratuation. In 1839 and 1841, she tried to be a tutor. But the job was
discriminated at that time. She can’t bear that. Then she wanted to start a school with her sisters,
but it also failed. She still had faith in writing. In antumn 1845, she published a book of poems.
But only two of the books had been sold. The difficulty didn’t made them give up. The tried
novels for a change. They sent their novels tigether. Two months later, Wuthering Heights by
Emily and Agnes Grey by Anne, was accepted, but Charlotte’s The professor was sent back.
Charlotte didn’t give up and started another novel called Jane Eyre. And finally she succeeded.
She also had many other famous books, such as Shirley and Villette.
The heroine of the book is Jane Eyre, and the hero is Mr Rochester. They fell in love with
each other. There are some other charactors in this book. Mrs Reed, Jane’s aunt, and her three
child Eliza Reed, Georgiana Reed and Jone Reed. They all treat Jane bad when she was in their
home. Jane’s mother Jane Reed and Jane’s father Jone Eyre both died when Jane was a baby. Mr
Brocklehurst is the headmaster of Lowood school, he is man like Mrs Reed. In Lowood school,
Jane makes friends with Helen. She is a nice girl, it’s a pitty she dies in Lowood. The housekeeper
of Mr Rochester, Mrs Fairfax, is Jane’s friend. Bertha Mason is Rochester’s wife. But she has
madness.She invite Jane to be Adele’s governess. And Adele is the daughter of Rochester’s friend.
After Jane leave Rochester’s house, she live in Moor House. She lives there with Diana, Mary and
St John Rivers. That’s the main characters of this book.
The book tells us the story of Jane Eyre’s life. She has a hard childhood. She was
discriminated in her aunt’s house. She can’t live like other children. And her cousin always punish
her. Lowood school also fill with fear and death. The hard living condition makes Jane strong. She
keeps seeking beautiful life and never give up. In her opinion, love should be equal. Though her
social status is lower than Rochester, but she never care about that. In her eyes, they were the same.
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When she know that Mr Rochester has a wife, she leave him. Because she think she has been
cheated, her self-respect is wounded. She leave the big house, because there’s something she think
more important than money. But when she hear Mr Rochester’s house has burnt and Rochester has
been disabled, she go to find him immediately. She protect her self-respect and find her true love.
The story impressed me deeply. I admire Jane very much. She stands for independent ladies.
From her story I can feel a strong lady fight for equal and true love. Nowadays many people think
money is the most important thing, but in order for self-respect she can throw away every thing.
And she finally find her true love. Besides we can also learn from her firm in character and her
seeking for knowledge. We should keep our soul pure and fight for our dreams. The world is
always so beautiful.
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