Jane Eyre 36-79

This section starts out 4 days after Jane talks to Mr. Brocklehurst. Jane ends up finally leaving the Reed home and traveling to a school named Lowood. Leaving The Reeds is probably one of the greatest things that has ever happened in Jane's life. She arrives to the new school on a dark and rainy day. The next day she learnds the daily routine and gets to know the place. She also meets Miss Temple, one of the few kind teachers at the school. She also meets the unpleasant Miss Scatchard. Jane makes a new friend by the name of Helen Burns. Miss Scatchard hates Helen and is constantly harassing her. On the second day of her visit, Jane learns about the hard life at the school. The pitcher that they were to wash themselves with was frozen. She saw that the girls were overworked and underfed. Jane constantly looks to Helen for some morale support. Helen is quite a unique character. She notices that Miss Scatchard dislikes her. However she is convinced she is only trying to help her in the long run. For this reasons Helen obeys by Miss Scathcard's rule as often as she can. She says that she would rather be embrace this Christian practice. We also know that Mr. Brocklehurst spends most of his time away from the school. When he returns Jane is nervous. She drops her slate infront of Mr. Brocklehurst, who becomes quite angry. He calls Jane a liar and says that she must stand on a stool to be ridiculed on for the rest of the day. Helen is there to comfort Jane by providing her smiles. Jane then explains to Miss Temple how she is framed for her lying. We also find that Helen is suffering from consumption. This is a terrible disease we know that Helen dies.

A lot of interesting things happen this chapter. Jane finally sets out for her new school. She arrives and finds that it is better than the Reeds place, but still not the best. She also makes her first real friend. She also has comfort in Miss Temple who seems to understand her. However things really take a turn for the worse when we find out that Helen dies. This is a major setback for Jane. Hopefully she will be able to cope.