"vast sweep of Artic Zone, and those forlorn regions of dreary space".
These pictures reflect how she feels solitary. It could also be indicating how she wants to be in a place far away from all her problems.
When John Reed finds her in the breakfast room, he talks to her as he obviously only knew how. By hitting her he is proving his dominance over her, and also acting like a loyal son to his mother by signifying: .
" that is for your impudence in answering mama awhile since." .
He questions her and Jane knowing that he is not better than her answers swiftly and confidently making sure he knew she was not afraid, and also that she has done nothing wrong. When showing him the book, he almost immediately begins to tell Jane of what his mama thinks of her and how mama believes that Jane should not be living with the Reeds and is "dependent." All the nasty things which John says to Jane is most likely to make her feel unwanted and worthless, this contributes to her isolation.
Jane's retaliation is caused by the anger built up inside of her which must get out. She feels strong at first but when John begins to bully her again, she feels she has been beaten. The long term punishment for her retaliation, the red room, I think makes her see it was not worth it. When she sticks up for herself she is isolated, no one will help her or fight for her.
When she is being taken to the red-room Jane is scared as she knows that the red-room is the place where he uncle died, she also knows that no other person living at Gateshead enters that room. This is again back to how they do not take into consideration Jane's feelings, whether she is scared and the fact that she is only a child of ten years so is obviously going to be terrified. The room is completely red; the colour red is a passionate colour and reflects the colour of blood which causes it to be very daunting. When she is locked in the room Jane begins to let her imagination go wild, causing her to think a light glaring in the room to be her dead Uncle coming back, this frightens her causing her to cry and beg to be let out.