Jane Eyre Chapter 27 & 28

Robby Treadwell

10/17/12

Chapter 27-28

Period 4

Summary: In the first chapter Rochester is very apologetic for what happened and he apologizes to Jane. He asks her to leave England with him and live in South France. He explains the reason he married Bertha was for the money but, then he realized that she did not have money and her mother was crazy. Jane leaves Thornfield that night. In the second chapter Jane rides in a coach to find somewhere to stay but finds her self sleeping outside at night until she gets to a house young women named Diana and Mary with a servant named Hanna. They let her in and feed her. 

Quotation: “Who in the world cares for you?” -Jane's thoughts

Quotation Significance: Jane is talking about Rochester in this quote because she is so disgusted with him. She is very mad at him at first but when she leaves she leaves him with a kiss on the cheek, because she knows this was the first man that has ever truly loved her. This makes it hard for Jane to leave.

Reflection: These chapters are very sad times for Jane. She is forced to leave Thornfield where she made her home. Jane also has to leave the man that was the first person to ever truly love her as something more than a daughter or sibling. It was very sad to hear that when Jane was riding on a coach out of the town, she had no food. Jane went up to many people in the small town and asked them for a place to say or for some food but no one offered any. The only person that did was a farmer. He offered a slice of bread for her. It was also sad to hear when Diana and Mary saw Jane at the door they didn't let her in at first. Thankfully, they let her in and gave her food. I hope that Jane finds someone else that loves her because it will be hard for her to recover from being hurt so bad.

Discussion Question: Is Rochester going to just let her go, or is he going to try and find her and make things right?