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Friday, September 12, 2008
Question
Why is it that Jane has such a hard time letting people in or being happy with who she is and what she has accomplished?
Jane has never been in a situation where she was routinely praised to the good things she has done. She has also never been in a place or position where she was given the chance to feel beautiful. While living at the Reed's she was always made to feel unwanted and unappreciated it. Her years at Lowood allowed her to gain the feeling of being content with life, but nothing to increase her self confidence. For the first time ever she is with someone (Mr. Rochester) who is giving her credit for her intelligence and her beauty.
I think she doesn't want to just let anybody in because of her past. She's afraid of trusting people and maybe feels she needs to know someone before she can let them in. She's been hurt plenty a times in the past and wants to do what she can to avoid all the more as much as possible. Maybe now that she had someone to praise her for the good things she does she will show she's proud of her accomplishments. She has never had anyone to praise her for her goods so it is all new to her really!
I think Jane has a hard time dealing with praise and letting people get close to her because of obvious let downs she has had in her life. Such as, how she was treated like a complete misfit by her own "family" and the people she has grown to love and cherish always seem to die, it would be hard to be in that position and let someone become close to you after your past experiences.
During a hard part of her life, when her parents died and she went to live with her relatives, people who she is supposed to trust and people who should love and care for her, only showed her anger and hatred. This is so wrong it would confuse a young person and make it hard for them to like or trust anyone.
Jane wasn't raised to think very highly of herself. When she was living with the Reeds' she was compared to a servant. Then when she was at Lowood, they were taught to be plain. She has never really been in a situation that has allowed her to even have self confidence.
How could she not be skeptical to let people in? Before Lowood she really never had anybody praise her, or make her feel deserving of praise. I would imagine it would be hard for her to trust anyone, especially since her own family has let her down numerous times.
I think it's because as a child, when she did something good, all she got for it was abuse. If that had happened to me I would be extremely untrusting of everybody I met. Also I don't think she is unhappy with what she has accomplished, she just doesn't want that to be it. She wants to accomplish more and see and experience more, she is still very young.
I think at the very beginning of the book Jane had a hard time letting people in but when she went to Lowood that changed. She meant Helen Burns who became her best friend and toward the end of the book, Jane traveled a long way just to visit Mrs. Reed and Jane also forgave Mrs. Reed, even though Mrs. Reed talked ill of her when she was on her deathbed.
i think jane is a child sometimes about feelings. She forgave Mrs.Reed and was nice to her cousins and stay longer for them. But than SHe is afraid to feel love? She knows what these feelings are all about, but she just is werid about new ppl in her life and the feelings they make her feel
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Jane has never been in a situation where she was routinely praised to the good things she has done. She has also never been in a place or position where she was given the chance to feel beautiful. While living at the Reed's she was always made to feel unwanted and unappreciated it. Her years at Lowood allowed her to gain the feeling of being content with life, but nothing to increase her self confidence. For the first time ever she is with someone (Mr. Rochester) who is giving her credit for her intelligence and her beauty.
I think she doesn't want to just let anybody in because of her past. She's afraid of trusting people and maybe feels she needs to know someone before she can let them in. She's been hurt plenty a times in the past and wants to do what she can to avoid all the more as much as possible. Maybe now that she had someone to praise her for the good things she does she will show she's proud of her accomplishments. She has never had anyone to praise her for her goods so it is all new to her really!
she wasnt raised like that. her life has been harsh and meager.
I think Jane has a hard time dealing with praise and letting people get close to her because of obvious let downs she has had in her life. Such as, how she was treated like a complete misfit by her own "family" and the people she has grown to love and cherish always seem to die, it would be hard to be in that position and let someone become close to you after your past experiences.
During a hard part of her life, when her parents died and she went to live with her relatives, people who she is supposed to trust and people who should love and care for her, only showed her anger and hatred. This is so wrong it would confuse a young person and make it hard for them to like or trust anyone.
Jane wasn't raised to think very highly of herself. When she was living with the Reeds' she was compared to a servant. Then when she was at Lowood, they were taught to be plain. She has never really been in a situation that has allowed her to even have self confidence.
How could she not be skeptical to let people in? Before Lowood she really never had anybody praise her, or make her feel deserving of praise. I would imagine it would be hard for her to trust anyone, especially since her own family has let her down numerous times.
I think it's because as a child, when she did something good, all she got for it was abuse. If that had happened to me I would be extremely untrusting of everybody I met. Also I don't think she is unhappy with what she has accomplished, she just doesn't want that to be it. She wants to accomplish more and see and experience more, she is still very young.
I think at the very beginning of the book Jane had a hard time letting people in but when she went to Lowood that changed. She meant Helen Burns who became her best friend and toward the end of the book, Jane traveled a long way just to visit Mrs. Reed and Jane also forgave Mrs. Reed, even though Mrs. Reed talked ill of her when she was on her deathbed.
i think jane is a child sometimes about feelings. She forgave Mrs.Reed and was nice to her cousins and stay longer for them. But than SHe is afraid to feel love? She knows what these feelings are all about, but she just is werid about new ppl in her life and the feelings they make her feel
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