Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Jane Eyre pros and cons of book

Unlike the film, i felt the book was rather long. However packed full of beautiful language, and a gripping story. Charlotte Brontë published  Jane Eyre under the pseudonym Currer Bell.This was because it would be much  harder for a woman in those days to write, since it was a men'' s job. I thought the book was so different to usual love stories; for the reasons that he was ugly and at times sarcastic and unpleasant, she was quiet and plain but they could still fill this huge burden of love.Also she makes most of the important decisions in the book, for example that it would be best for her to leave him.
So the main pros:
. Although shy, has an independent heroine.
. Great characters.
.Descriptive beautiful language
. Famous love quotes, some of which are actually easy to understand and could be in modern books written today. eg: Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones." which in easier language is just like saying prejiduces are hard to get rid of they stay there in your heart.
Some other quotes:
Jane Eyre thinking about Mr Rochester:
He is not to them what he is to me," I thought: "he is not of their kind. I believe he is of mine; – I am sure he is, – I feel akin to him, – I understand the language of his countenance and movements: though rank and wealth sever us widely, I have something in my brain and heart, in my blood and nerves, that assimilates me mentally to him.

Few cons:
.Could have been a bit shorter they dragged out the part where she meets Mr Rochester but they are not engaged or in love.
. Some things were a bit to long and again, could have been shorter.

4 comments:

  1. they could have made more of a mystery out of the wife, i think they did that more in the film, which was more interesting

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  3. I think that you expressed their unconvential love extremely well and I think you had very good points to make. P.S. Sorry I am using your account but mine wouldn't log in.

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  4. this is megan on zoe's account .this is a good review ,you have really said why you chose these pro's and con's

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