1. Paired Extracts:Wide Sargasso Sea & Jane Eyre
... , the story lets the reader figure out what is going on. Jane Eyre is more challenging because the language is more complex and it needs all of your attention to follow and understand the meaning of the words and phrases. I think that Rhys, the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, chose to re-tell Jane Eyre in the way that she did because it gives us an interesting ... perspective on a character who is not known at all in Jane Eyre. In Jane Eyre, we do not know anything about ... Sargasso Sea, we step into her life and find out what really happened and her point of view on the events leading up...
- Word Count: 560
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: High School