Jane Eyre 1-35

This book starts out with us learning of a 10 year old girl named Jane Eyre. She is part of the Reed family, and is a very avid learner. She loves to read books of great difficulty at such an early age like The Bible and Gulliver's Travels. However Jane is in a horrible situation since Mrs. Reed will dislikes her very much. She will not allow Jane to associate herself with the other children, not that Jane would want to anyways. One of Jane's cousins, John, calls Jane out for reading. He says she is an orphan and that she should not be fit to read. He then starts a physical fight with Jane. Mrs. Reed blames Jane for the fight and says she should be looked up in the "red room". Here Jane has time to think about her life and where she is. While pondering her situation, she believes she sees the Spirit of Mr. Reed. Scared out of her mind, Jane ends up fainting. When Jane awakes she finds herself with Mr. Lloyd, the family apothecary. Bessie, a house servant fond of Jane, is also present. Jane is healing in the bed and Mr. Lloyd suggests that the Reed family should send Jane of to school. Jane is excited about his prospect since she hates life with the Reeds, who hate life with Jane. Jane also overhears a conversation about her past which indicates that her mom was Mrs. Reed's sister. Her mom was a rich individual of high class and married some normal man. Both her parents died of Typhus, and Jane was left 4with the Reeds. Later we find out that Jane will end up going to a school. However she needs to have an interview with a man named Mr. Brocklehurst first. The interview does not go as planned. Jane has a pretty experienced and educated mind, however she says she dislikes psalms. This angers Mr. Brocklehurst a lot. Mrs. Reed also calls Jane a liar. In the end they plan on having Jane enter the school.

Jane has an extremely harsh life. She is stuck with a family that hates her and will punish her for no apparent reason. Luckily a few of the housekeepers feel pity for her. Because of Mr. Lloyd's suggestion, she is now able to leave the Reed family and go to a school. Hopefully life will be better there. She might make new friends.