Happy Endings...

Mr. Rochester has promised that the wedding will be in 4 weeks. Mrs. Fairfax congratulates Jane although she doesn't agree with her engagement since she believes that class inequalities could be a big obstacle. Mr. Rochester starts treating Jane with luxury and spending money on gowns and gifts. But Jane only wants to live a plain and simple life. Personally and privately, she starts to think about answering his uncle's letter. While Mr. Rochester is away Jane starts to have strange dreams about babies and she being alone. On the morning of the wedding Jane realized that there were to strangers at the ceremony. When the clergyman asked if there were any objections to their marriage, these two men stood up. One of the was a lawyer from London that announced that Mr. Rochester was married to a woman called Bertha Mason. He married her in Jamaica 15 years ago and he is still married to her. The other man was Bertha's brother, Mr. Mason and he claimed that story to be true by saying that Jane's uncle had sent him to stop Jane from marrying disgrace. Mr. Rochester was furious, and accepted that this was true but that Jane didn't know. Apparently Bertha had been locked on the third floor and Grace Poole was hired to take care of her, Mr. Rochester said she was insane. Jane locks herself inside her room after that and starts crying and praying to God. Mr. Rochester asks for forgiveness and Jane to go and live with him in France. But even though Jane still loved him, she decided to let him go and she escaped from Thornfield and asked for a car on an unknown road.

Soon, she runs out of money and food. On the way, she tries to exchange some of her belongings for food and water but nobody accepted. She was in the midst of despair until she found a country house and two sisters called Mary and Diana Rivers, who take her in. She later through the maid, Hannah, that learns that Mary, Diana and St. John's ( Mary and Diana's older brother) father died just three weeks ago and that they are trying to maintain their family by becoming governesses. Soon Jane become close friends with Mary and Diana Rivers. Sr. John, Mary and Diana's brother offers Jane to run a school at Morton and she accepts. She starts off with 20 students of little education. One of the school's benefactors is a woman called Rosamund Oliver, she and St. John are in love. One day John arrives with an unexpected story for Jane. He told her that her Uncle John died and left her 20,000 pounds. Advertisements were put everywhere to find Jane. John reveals to her his real name which is John Eyre Rivers. Apparently Mary, Diana, John and Jane were all cousins since they're mother was Jane's aunt. One day she suddenly heard Mr. Rochester's voice calling for help. She went to Thornfield and found it burnt and destroyed. Mr. Rochester had lost his sight and one of his hands, Jane was informed that he now lived in a home in the woods. She went to see him and she promised not to ever leave him again. They later married and lived happily with a baby and Jane's cousins near.

Thinking this and that...

“Not the voyage, but the distance: and then the sea is a barrier---“ “From what, Jane?” “From England and from Thornfield: and---“ “Well?” “From you , sir.” I said this almost involuntarily; and, with as little sanction of free will, my tears gushed out. "

Jane and Mr. Rochester are talking about what will happen after Mr. Rochester marries with Blanche Ingram. He has offered Jane to leave with Adele, Sophie ( Adele's nanny) and Mrs. Fairfax to Ireland. But Jane does not want to go because she doesn't want to be separated from Mr. Rochester. Here is when she finally confesses her love for him. She explains how the distance is going to be harder than the voyage. How the sea will separate them and torn them apart, but not only from England but form each other. When Jane said this, she as mentioned in the quote said it "involuntarily" because her feelings became stronger than her thoughts at that time. But I wonder, why did Jane decide to confess her love right now and not before Mr. Rochester was even engaged with Blanche? She could've married him before the problem with Bertha Mason came up.





"The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. "

In this quote Jane shows her moral integrity, which is a main trait and quality of her personality. In this part of the book, Jane has already found out that Mr. Rochester couldn't marry her because he was actually married to Bertha Mason. But, Mr., Rochester didn't want to loose Jane so he asks her to live with him in France, although he is still legally married. But Jane is aware that she will become her mistress, which would bring a dishonorable reputation. Jane has to resist temptation since Mr. Rochester is the only one who has ever loved her and appreciated her for who she was, but she didn't accept the offer. She here shows her self worth and love. In my opinion, this means that Jane is a very self secure and determined person that knows what is right and wrong. She took her decisions based on these principles and did well . Regardless of the wonderful and safe life she would've had, she resisted and acted with bravery. I have to say that I highly admire Jane for this and that her morals should be in everyone's character.

Wrapping it all up...

In conclusion I would like to say that I've really enjoyed this book and it's amazing story. It is a combination of love and suspense. In my opinion, books with strong female leaders are very inspiring and worth reading. They all teach us about life for women in those times as well as how those habits started changing and to have less importance for some. These women have, with their attitudes and personalities, bit by bit, have made the world we have today. Women can now work, be dependent and valued. Although, in some parts of the world these ideals are still preserved and women have no freedom. I would also like to recall the story's main themes, which I explained throughout my blog posts, which are bravery, moral integrity and gender. They all make up the story, and they make up Jane. In terms of the book's ending, I really enjoyed it since Jane finally had a happy ending and a happy life with the man she loved. Probably her life was very unfair at the beginning, but destiny and fate took care of doing their thing, and of making justice at last. I really recommend this book to people who would like to be inspired, and for people who would like to discover a new world and life narrated directly from Jane's eyes and soul. The reason why I like this books is because I find a connection with these women, both Elizabeth and Jane up to now, and because they inspire me to get better every passing day.