Facilitating+Questions+and+Discussions

//**Section 1 (pgs. 1-52) #giulid **//
1.) What type of bird does Jane feed at her window on the day Mr. Brocklehurst comes to visit? 2.) What are the names of Mrs. Reed's children? 3.) Which maid becomes friends with Jane towards the end of the section?
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1. ) Why does Helen not stand up for herself when she is unfairly punished? 2. ) How is life at Lowood different and the same for Jane than at Gateshead? 3.) Why does Mrs. Reed chose to lock Jane in the red room? Why not another room?
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1. ) Should people stand up for those who don't stand up for themselves, when they feel it is necessary? Why? 2. ) If we are left to take care of a child should we treat them the same as our own children and be kind, or is not necessary? 3. ) Should people be kind to those who do them wrong? Why or why not?
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In this section we learn about Jane's life at Gateshead. She is an orphan who lives with her Aunt who is very cruel and mean to her. She is punished and must be locked in the red room, which Jane believes is haunted. Jane becomes ill in the red room and Mr. Lloyd, the doctor, comes to see Jane and recommends she be sent to school. A short time later Mr. Brocklehurst visits Gateshead and promises that the teachers at Lowood will keep a good eye on her. Jane stands up to Mrs. Reed on her last day there, and also befriends the maid Bessie in her last few days. The next day Jane leaves to Lowood. She arrives, does not eat much, goes to bed, and awakes to find how much different things are at school. She befriends a girl named Helen and asks her many questions about the school. Helen is not liked and punished harshly by Mrs. Scatcherd and Jane is very upset that Helen allows the teacher to punish her so unfairly. Jane and Helen sit by the fire and talk about the teachers and punishments until one of the girls makes Helen go and clean her drawer.
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Jane's life at Lowood is not going to be a lot better than at Gateshead. Although Mrs. Reed should have treated Jane as her own, she didn't which shaped Jane into the girl she is becoming. Jane knows that no matter what anyone says she is being a good girl at Lowood and that is her fresh start. She should stand up for Helen because Helen will not stand up for herself. Helen believes that she is a dirty bad girl and her punishment is fair, but when we see it we do not think it is just or fair. Jane had the right to finally stand up and tell Mrs. Reed what she thought because of the way Mrs. Reed always treated her.
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**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//Section 2 (pgs. 52-142) #Bonnie// **
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1.) What did Mr.Brocklehurst accuse Jane of being? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2.) What classes does Jane take? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3.) How does Jane get a job?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Lvl. 1 **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1.) Why does Jane always seek affirmation from others? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2.) Infer on Mr.Rochesters initial thoughts of Jane. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3.) What does the death of Helen signify?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Lvl. 2 **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1.) Is a harsh or lax environment better for raising children? Explain why. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2.) Is human nature to crave new environments or does the desire stem from unhappiness? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3.) Does gender and social status often blind people from the actual intellectual level of others? Why or why not.
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jane is living at Lowood and writes about the travesties she encounters. The only solace she has is in her wise companion Helen. However, during the spring month at Lowood Helen falls sick with consumption and dies. After this the tone of the book shifts to one that is solemn and dark yet accepting of the dullness of life. The rest of her time at Lowood continues in an unimportant blur until eight years time passes and she decides she wants more to life than the drudgery of Lowood. She sends an ad to the newspaper and is called to work at Thornfield as a governess for a young French girl. Where she meets and creates a multi faceted relationship with Mr. Rochester, the estates owner.
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jane’s life as a child shaped her destiny. Had her parents not died or even if her Uncle was alive her life would have been drastically different. She perhaps would have never gone to Lowood or even Thornfield. Jane seeks affirmation from others because women in that time period were taught that their own opinions were not important, so they seek affirmation from others. When Jane grows up she realizes the importance of herself and stops seeking others opinions. This was especially difficult for her because she was a woman of no high social status, so she was already lower in peoples’ minds.
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//**Section 3 (pgs. 142-234) #maaniego**//
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. Who is Mrs. Fairfax? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. Who did Jane suspect the gypsy was? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3.Why did Mr. Rochester bring up marrying Blanche Ingram? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. What effect does the arrival of Blanche Ingram have on Jane? Explain. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. Why doesn't Mr. Rochester want Mr. Mason and Jane to talk? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. What does the lightning bolt that split the tree in which Jane and Mr. Rochester were sitting under earlier that evening foreshadow? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. Can love conquer all, including distance? Why or why not? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. How do dreams somehow reveal our subconscious thoughts? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. Is being jealous ever a good thing? Explain.
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In this section, the romance between Mr. Rochester and Jane finally becomes part of the main story lines. As Mr. Rochester leaves Thornfield for a few days, Jane's jealousy caused by the news that he will be accompanied by Blanche Ingram made her realize that she was beginning to have feelings for Mr. Rochester. When he returns with a party of guests, one of them being Blanche, Jane meets many characters such as a fortune telling gypsy and Mr. Mason. Mrs. Reed also dies in this section. A few weeks later, Jane starts to believe that Blanche and Mr. Rochester will soon marry, but when Mr. Rochester brings up marrying Blanche Ingram, he ends up proposing to Jane after she reveals her jealousy and confesses her love. On the way back to the house from the gardens, a nasty storm arises and a lightning bolt splits the tree that the two love birds were sitting under earlier that night. <span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype,Book Antiqua,Palatino,serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">This section, we discussed, was the section that had us all wanting to read more. The moments where Mr. Rochester and Jane almost confess their love for each other are the captivating moments that led us to keep flipping the pages. From the guests staying at Thornfield, to the gypsy and Mr. Mason, to the death of Jane's aunt Mrs. Reed and the romance between Jane and Mr. Rochester, this section was one that filled our minds with questions of what was going to happen next. Although we were all dying to know what was going to happen next, the lighting bolt that struck the tree that Mr. Rochester and Jane were sitting under that evening and split it somehow gave us a hint that not everything was going to go as smoothly as cheesy romances usually do.
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//**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Section 4 (pgs. 234-333) #RachelR981 **//
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. Who is Bertha? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. Where does Rochester ask Jane to marry him? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. Why does someone object in the wedding?
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. How does Bertha ripping the bridal veil foreshadow what happens at the wedding? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. If Rochester has managed to keep that big of a secret this long, can he still be trusted by Jane? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. Did Jane make the right decision to leave Thornfield? Why or why not?
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. Are things always too good to be true? Why or why not? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. How does adversity shape a person's character? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. How does your past determine your future?
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jane stays at her old home of Gateshead for a month before returning home to Thornfield. Jane is informed that Rochester has gone to buy a carriage which is a sign that he is going to propose to Ingram Blanche. Jane finds herself growing more and more jealous and her feelings for Rochester have grown as well. Rochester asks Jane to take a walk with him, and there he reveals his intentions of proposing to Blanche. Upset, Jane reveals her feelings for Rochester. He claims he only said that to make Jane jealous and that he intends on marrying her instead. The newly engaged couple run back into the house in the rain. One night, Jane has a dream that a savage woman had ripped her bridal veil in the middle of the night. Rochester dismisses this, saying she must be dreaming. The day of the wedding, two men interupt the service and claim Rochester cannot be married for he already has a wife. Rochester leads everyone into the house, revealing that he had to marry a woman named Bertha, a creole woman, for her money. When it turned to be false, he kept her locked in the attic under the watch of Grace Poole. Distressed, Jane decides to leave Thornfield.
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">As soon as Jane's life seems like it's turning around, everything comes tumbling down once again. Rochester finally asks Jane to marry him, but then Bertha is brought into the picture and Jane would technically only be Rochester's mistress. Bertha is a symbol showing how Jane does not want to be tied down into marriage. Her ripping the veil also foreshadows how Bertha would actually stop the wedding because she is Rochester's "real" wife. We predicted that Jane will eventually return to Thornfield, but for now she will most likely go to Gatesfield. Otherwise, she has nowhere to go.
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//**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Section 5 (334-433) #lindsiel96 **// <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. What job did St. John find for Jane? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. What does St. John tear off of Jane's drawing? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. What language does St. John ask Jane to learn? Why?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Lvl. 1 **

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. How is Jane affected by the discovery that she has family members? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. What leads Jane to change her mind about marrying Rochester? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. How did Jane's hardships throughout the book shape who she is at this point? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. When is it okay to marry for any reason other than true love? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">2. How can certain circumstances alter one's outlook toward a person, place or thing? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3. Why is it important to know who you are and where you stand before committing yourself to another person?
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Jane finds herself living with and being taken care of by the Rivers family. Diana and Mary are extremely friendly towards her, and St. John, despite his usual cold, dull outer shell, quickly finds Jane a job as a teacher. After revealing her real identity, Jane discovers that Diana, Mary and St. John are her cousins, and she has inherited a large amount money, which she chooses to share with them. As time goes on, St. John grows closer to Jane, and he begins to plead with her to marry him, but his only desire to do so comes from his belief that she would make a good missionary wife. It is then that Jane realizes how true her love was with Rochester and how much she still cares about him. Jane finds Rochester, confesses her love for him, and they marry almost immediately. They spend several wonderful, happy years together, and Jane seems to be inexpressibly happy. She doesn't believe she will hear from St. John again, but for her, all is well, and she is very much at peace. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">We discussed that this seems to have the "happily-ever-after" and "love always prevails" ending that we all know too well. Still, the plot keeps it interesting, preventing it from being too predictable or just any typical love story. Also, this final section of the book has shown a significant amount of growth in Jane, especially looking from the very beginning of the book. Jane's story is a great example of how the challenges and struggles we face in life shape who we are. It also shows how no matter what, everything happens for a reason, and we are always exactly where we're supposed to be in life, whether we know it or not.
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