Chapter Three

Hello,
Here is my assessment of chapter three!
In this chapter, Jane recovers from her fainting spell in the red-room. For the first time in her life, Bessie is being kind to her, and yet she can't help but still be sad. The doctor comes for a follow-up visit later in the day, and asks Jane if she wants to go to school. She says yes she does, and little does Jane know, this moment will change her life forever.
I love this chapter because it is a new beginning for Jane, or very close to one. She has lived in a wretched state with her aunt and cousins for ten miserable years, and she is finally presented with the chance to be happy.

• What would you do if you were presented with an opportunity in much the same way Jane was?

I find it very interesting that Jane is offered a delicious pastry on a plate that she has admired from afar for a long time, and yet she is so depressed she refuses it.¹

Even stranger still, Jane goes to read one of her most favorite books, Gulliver's Travels (allusion, ya'll!), and she is again too depressed to read it.
The fact that Jane is this down in the dumps is rather huge, as she hasn't reacted this poorly to much of anything in the 10 years that she has been tormented by the Reed family.

• Why is it that thinking she saw a ghost has scarred Jane this badly?
• Have you ever felt this way?

While I really do love this chapter, it is rather short and relatively redundant. So, lets sum up by saying Jane is presented with an awesome opportunity, and it will change her life for good.

Till next chapter!

1. Jane Eyre, Chapter Three, page 17, a lot of the first paragraph describes this.