Overcoming Obstacles In Jane's Life At Lowood School
As Jane’s journey to find freedom continues, she’s face with more obstacles. This includes her life at Lowood School which the conditions at this school are far from idyllic (perfection). However, Jane is able to succeed academically and she is also able to develop new skills that were helpful for her in every opportunity that was given to her. Even though she was succeeding in Lowood, she still struggle to find self-fulfillment and freedom because she was still treated poorly and was locked down. At Lowood, Mr. Brocklehurst, a religious hypocrite who uses the school funds for his own benefits and have a better lifestyle for him and his family was the one who mistreated Jane. “this is sad, a melancholy occasion; for it comes my duty to warn
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Brocklehurst makes Jane stand in a stool that is at his level and humiliates her in front of the other girls and the teachers. Jane struggle to find self-fulfillment and fitting in at Lowood. “My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age: it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwanted tasks. The fear of failure in these points harassed me worse than the physical hardships of my lot…” (57). This shows how Jane was having a hard time trying to fit in with the rest but she was unable because she has never done this or had a structure life. Although Miss Temple and Helen Burns have shown Jane love and kindness, she still doesn’t feels as if she has find freedom or feels loved the way that she want to feel. She also learns that to achieve happiness, she doesn’t need vengeance but instead dignity is what will get Jane to achieve the happiness that she wants. Also courage is what would give Jane happiness, however, throughout the novel Jane still want more than she already achieve and this makes her feel not belonging to a place where she would be happy. She still is trying to find the love that Helen Burns describes to her, as she wants to feel true happiness and love that is offer on this
Brocklehurst makes Jane stand in a stool that is at his level and humiliates her in front of the other girls and the teachers. Jane struggle to find self-fulfillment and fitting in at Lowood. “My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age: it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwanted tasks. The fear of failure in these points harassed me worse than the physical hardships of my lot…” (57). This shows how Jane was having a hard time trying to fit in with the rest but she was unable because she has never done this or had a structure life. Although Miss Temple and Helen Burns have shown Jane love and kindness, she still doesn’t feels as if she has find freedom or feels loved the way that she want to feel. She also learns that to achieve happiness, she doesn’t need vengeance but instead dignity is what will get Jane to achieve the happiness that she wants. Also courage is what would give Jane happiness, however, throughout the novel Jane still want more than she already achieve and this makes her feel not belonging to a place where she would be happy. She still is trying to find the love that Helen Burns describes to her, as she wants to feel true happiness and love that is offer on this