Jane Eyre-Character Analysis

Many times throughout the book, her outspoken attitude is turned into aggressive acts. At the start of the novel her cousin, John Reed, hurls a book at her just to anger her and make her fight back, creating her to get in trouble. This is the case in many cases when John starts fights with her; she is always the one who gets punished. One afternoon, Jane is peacefully reading in the windowsill when John walks into the room. He begins criticizing her and throws a book at her, which makes her hit her head on the door, cutting it open. Not being able to stand it any longer, Jane erupts and goes flying at him wit

h her fists clenched ready to kill. The two begin fighting and are rolling around on the floor when Mrs. Reed “comes to John’s rescue”. He, of course, lies and blames the entire thing on Jane, causing her to be scolded and sent to the red-room. Her integrity is shown when Miss Abbott and Bessie Lee are taking her to the red-room and she puts up a fight and refuses to go. Later on in the story, Jane comes across a man, Mr. Rochester, on a horse in the woods. He is thrown from the horse and she helps him up by letting him lean on her until he is able to mount his horse again. Jane exposes an underlying character trait of caring and sensitivity when she lays with her dying friend, Helen, at Lowood.

Jane shows her strong feelings through her words with other people in the story. One instance is John Reed throws the book at her and makes her hit her head. “Wicked and cruel boy!” I said. “You are like a murderer – you are like a slave-driver – you are like the Roman emperors!”(pg.13) Jane expresses, with full force, her feelings for John Reed at this time. She compares him to the worst things she can think of. Later, in chapter four, she and Mrs. Reed have a great confrontation after Mr. Broklehurst leaves. “I am not deceitful: if I were, I should say I loved you, but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John reed; and this book about the liar, you may give it to your girl, Georgiana, for it is she who tells lies, and not I.”(pg.38) Here, Jane stands up to Mrs. Reed after she tells Mr. Broklehurst that she is a liar. She is angered so greatly by this that she builds up the nerve to release her true feelings on Mrs. Reed. In that same conversation, she gives Mrs. Reed a r

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