Literasi

 LITERASI

chapter 1

my story begins in 1825 I was 10 years old my father and mother were dead I lived with my aunt and uncle mr. and mrs. Reid their house was called Gateshead Hall the house was in Yorkshire in the north of England my aunt and uncle Reid had two children a boy John and a girl Eliza I liked my uncle Reed and he liked me but in 1825 my uncle died after that I was very unhappy my aunt Reed did not like me and John and Eliza were unkind to me it was a cold rainy day in December all of us were in the house I wanted to be alone I wanted to read I opened a book then I heard my cousin John's voice Jane Jane Eyre where are you John shouted he came into the room and he saw me why are you reading my book he asked give it to me John took the book he hit my head with it I screamed John hit me again I pulled his hair and I kicked him help help L'Amour John shouted Jane Eyre is hurting me aunt Reed ran into the room she pulled me away from John John hit me with a book I said I hate him and I hate you too you are a bad girl Jane my aunt said why do you hate me you don't like me I replied John and Eliza are unkind to me I want to leave Gateshead Hall you want to leave aunt Reed said where will you go your parents are dead you cannot live alone aunt Reed thought for a moment my friend mr. Brocklehurst is the owner of a school she said I will send you to mr. Brocklehurst school a few days later mr. Brocklehurst came to Gateshead Hall he was a very tall man his eyes were dark and his face was cruel Jane Eyre he said to me God does not like bad children God punishes bad children Jane Eyre God will punish John Reed I replied John Reed hits me and he shouts at me that is not true you are a liar Jane Eyre mr. Brocklehurst said you must not tell lies and you must not live here with your cousins you will come to Lowood school you will become a good girl I want to come to your school sir I said I want to leave this house bad girls are punished at my school Jane Eyre mr. Brocklehurst said the girls work very hard at Lowood I will work hard I will be a good pupil mr. Brocklehurst I said two weeks later I left Gateshead Hall I went to Lowood school

chapter 2 

Lowood school it was the month of January I arrived at Lowood school at night a servant took me up some stairs and into a big bedroom there were many beds in the room the girls in the beds were asleep the servant took me to an empty bed I put on my night clothes and I got into bed soon I was asleep too I woke up very early a loud Bell was ringing the bedroom was dark and cold I watched the other girls they washed in cold water and they dressed quickly there was a plain brown dress next to my bed and there was a pair of ugly heavy shoes I washed quickly then I put on my new clothes I was very hungry I followed the other girls down the stairs we sat down at long tables in a large dining room our food was terrible the food is bad again one of the girls said stand up a teacher shouted don't talk we stood up we did not speak we walked into a big schoolroom and we sat down there were about 80 girls in the schoolroom and there were four classes the oldest girls were in the fourth class I was in the first class four teachers came into the room and we began our lessons the lessons were not interesting first we read some pages in a book then our teacher asked us questions about those pages after four hours we went outside it was very cold very soon a bell rang lessons started again three weeks passed one afternoon the head teacher came into the schoolroom the head teacher's name was Miss Temple mr. Brocklehurst was with her we all stood up I stood behind an older girl I did not want mr. Brocklehurst to see me mr. Brocklehurst walked slowly round the room everybody was very quiet and then I dropped my book mr. Brocklehurst stopped walking he looked at me ah the new girl he said come here Jane Eyre then he pointed at two of the older girls you two girls put Jane Eyre on that high chair he said look at Jane Eyre everybody mr. Brocklehurst said this child is bad she is a liar she will be punished miss temple teachers girls do not talk to this child then he spoke to me again Jane you must stand on that chair for two hours he said you are a bad girl that evening I cried and cried but Miss Temple was kind to me you are a good pupil Jane she said and you are not a bad girl I am your friend Jane thank you Miss Temple I said Lowood school was in an unhealthy place the buildings were wet and cold miss to Brocklehurst owned the school he was a rich man but he did not buy warm clothes for us and he did not buy good food for us everybody hated him in the spring many of the girls became sick some of them left the school they never came back many of the girls died that spring was a terrible time we had no lessons miss temple and the other teachers took care of the sick pupils mr. Brocklehurst had to buy better food for us and he had to buy warm clothes for us mr. Brocklehurst never came to the school the next year Lowood school moved to a better place it was a healthier place there were new school rooms new bedrooms and new dining room the new buildings were bright and clean the teachers were happy after that I was happy at lowered school too I was a pupil at Lowood school for six years then I became a teacher I was a teacher at the school for two years but I never returned to Gateshead Hall and the reeds never wrote to me

Chapter 3 

Thornfield Hall in 1833 I was eighteen years old in the summer miss temple left Lowood school she got married I wanted to leave Lowood too I wanted a new life I will be a governess I thought I put an advertisement in a newspaper October 1833 Lowood a young woman wants to teach one or two children in their home she teaches English arithmetic geography religion French drawing and music je e I had a reply to my advertisement the reply was from mrs. Fairfax of Thornfield hall near milk oat milk oat was about 70 miles from Lowood school mrs. Fairfax wanted a governess for a little girl I wrote to mrs. Fairfax immediately I was going to be a governess at Thornfield Hall I traveled to Mill cot in a coach at Millcote a servant met me he took me to Thornfield Hall at Thornfield Hall another servant opened the door she was smiling she took me into a small warm room a lady was in the room she was sitting by the fire are you mrs. Fairfax I asked her yes my dear she said and you are miss Eyre are you cold sit by the fire miss Eyre a servant will bring you some food mrs. Fairfax is very kind I said to myself I will be happy here will I see miss Fairfax tonight I asked mrs. Fairfax looked at me she smiled miss Fairfax no no she said your pupils name is not miss Fairfax your pupil is Adele Barone a doubts mother was a French woman Adele is mr. Rochester's Ward he takes care of her mr. Rochester who is mr. Rochester I asked mr. Edward Rochester is the owner of Thornfield Hall mrs. Fairfax said I am his housekeeper I take care of Thornfield Hall mr. Rochester is not here now he does not like this house he is often away from home I was very tired mrs. Fairfax took me up the wide stairs she took me to my room I went to bed immediately and I slept well the next morning I woke early the Sun was shining I put on a plain black dress I opened my bedroom door I walked along a corridor and down the wide stairs I walked out into the sunny garden I turned and I looked up at my new home Thornfield Hall was a beautiful house with many large windows the garden was beautiful too after a few minutes mrs. Fairfax came into the garden she spoke to me good morning miss Eyre she said you have woken early mr. Daly's here after breakfast you must take her to the schoolroom she must begin her lessons a pretty little girl walked towards me she was about eight years old she spoke to me in French and I replied in French after breakfast I took Adele to the schoolroom we worked all morning Adele enjoyed her lessons and I was happy in the afternoon mrs. Fairfax took me into all the rooms of Thornfield Hall we looked at the paintings and at the beautiful furniture we walked along the corridors come up onto the roof miss Eyre mrs. Fairfax said you will see the beautiful countryside around Thornfield Hall we walked up many stairs at last we were at the top of the house we walked along the top corridor mrs. Fairfax opened a small door and we walked onto the roof look miss Eyre mrs. Fairfax said you can see for many miles we stood on the roof for a few minutes then we went back into the house we walked carefully towards the stairs the top corridor was narrow and dark suddenly I heard a strange laugh who is that mrs. Fairfax I asked mrs. Fairfax did not reply she knocked on a door grace she said the door opened behind the door was a small room a servant was standing at the door be quiet grace please mrs. Fairfax said the woman looked at mrs. Fairfax then she closed the door that was grace Poole mrs. Fairfax said she works up here sometimes she laughs and talks with the other servants don't worry about grace please come downstairs now miss Eyre 

chapter 4 

mr. Rochester three months past I had not met the owner of Thornfield Hall mr. Rochester had not come home one January afternoon I went out and I walked towards the road I was going to the village of hay I was going to post a letter in the village hay was two miles from Thornfield Hall the day was fine but it was very cold I walked quickly and soon I was near the village suddenly a big black and white dog ran past me a moment later a man on a black horse followed the dog then I heard an angry shout the dog ran past me again it was barking loudly I turned round the horse had fallen on the icy ground and the man had fallen from the horse I walked towards them can I help you sir I asked my horse fell I've heard my foot the man said the horse stood up the man tried to stand up too but he could not stand he fell onto the ground again the man was about thirty-five years old he was not handsome but he had a strong face he had dark eyes and black hair he was not very tall but his body was powerful I'll bring somebody from Thornfield Hall I said do live at Thornfield the man asked I am the governess I replied ah yes the governess the man said help me please the man stood up very slowly and he put his hand on my shoulder he walked slowly towards his horse I helped him he pulled himself onto the horse thank you now go home quickly the man said and he rode away I walked on to the village and I posted my letter then I returned to Thornfield Hall bright lights were shining in the big house I went inside a big black and white dog walked towards me it came from the dining room I had seen the dog before whose dog is that I asked a servant it's mr. Rochester's dog the servant replied mr. Rochester has come home but he has hurt his foot his horse fell on some ice I smiled the owner of Thornfield Hall had returned but I did not see mr. Rochester again that day I saw mr. Rochester the next day he sent for me in the evening I put on a clean dress I brushed my hair carefully mr. Rochester was in the large sitting room he was sitting in a big chair his right foot was on a small chair mrs. Fairfax and Adele was sitting with him this is Miss Eyre sir mrs. Fairfax said mr. Rochester looked at me he did not smile sit by the fire miss Eyre he said where have you come from from Lowood school I replied I was there for eight years o Gia's mr. Rochester said that is a long time who are your parents I have no parents sir I answered they are dead but where is your home miss Eyre mr. Rochester asked I have no home sir I have no family I said why did you come to Thornfield Hall mr. Rochester asked I wanted to leave Lowood sir I replied I put an advertisement in a newspaper mrs. Fairfax replied to my advertisement yes I did mrs. Fairfax said miss Eyre is a good teacher mr. Rochester mr. Rochester smiled for the first time you are very young miss Eyre he said I am eighteen sir I replied mr. Rochester smiled again he did not ask me more questions after that evening I did not see mr. Rochester for a few days then one night he sent for me again sit near me miss Eyre he said mrs. Fairfax will talk to Adele I sat down quietly but I did not speak the fire was very bright i saw mr. rochester's face clearly I saw his large dark eyes he was smiling he was happy after a minute mr. Rochester spoke miss Eyre he said you are looking at me very carefully am i a handsome man no sir I said you speak the truth miss Eyre mr. Rochester said look at me again am i a kind man no sir I said again you are smiling now but you are not always kind that is true mr. Rochester replied I have had a difficult life I have met bad people I have been a bad person myself now Thornfield Hall is my home but I hate this house you are very young miss Eyre you cannot understand me you are right I don't understand you sir I said I stood up where are you going mr. Rochester asked it is late Adele must go to bed I said are you frightened of me miss Eyre mr. Rochester asked no sir I replied but you say strange things sir mr. Rochester smiled take Adele to her bedroom now miss Eyre he said we will talk again tomorrow after that night we talked together many times mr. Rochester was an interesting man but he was a strange man too I often thought about him why does mr. Rochester hate Thornfield I asked myself Thornfield Hall is a beautiful place but mr. Rochester is not happy 

chapter 5 

fire it was March one night I was in bed but I was not asleep the house was quiet suddenly I heard a sound in the corridor outside my room who's there I said nobody answered then I heard a strange laugh I got out of my bed and I went quietly to the door I listened I heard another sound somebody was walking up the stairs to the top corridor then I heard somebody closed a door was that grace poole I said to myself yes it was grace why was she laughing and why is she walking in the house at night is she mad I must tell mrs. Fairfax about this I will speak to her now I put on some clothes and I opened the door there was a candle on the floor outside my room the candle was burning there was thick smoke in the corridor I went into the corridor I looked around me the door of mr. Rochester's bedroom was open and the smoke was coming from mr. Rochester's room I ran into the room wake up sir what happened Jane there was a fire sir grace Poole tried to kill you stay here Jane open the window I'll go upstairs i sat in a chair by the window time past at last mr. Rochester returned please don't worry Jane he said grace Poole is a strange woman but she won't hurt anybody tonight I stood up good night sir I said mr. Rochester held my hand he looked at me and he smiled thank you my dear friend he said you saved my life tonight Jane good night sir I said again I went back to my bed I was very tired but at first I could not sleep suddenly I understood something I loved mr. Rochester he had smiled at me he had held my hand did he love me I did not know but I thought about mr. Rochester for a long time I did not see mr. Rochester the next day he did not send for me in the evening I went down to mrs. Fairfax's sitting-room the housekeeper was looking out of the window the weather has been good today mrs. Fairfax said mr. Rochester had a good day for his journey his journey where has he gone I asked I was surprised he has gone to Ingram Park mrs. Fairfax replied mr. Rochester will stay there for a week or more he has many friends all his friends will be at Ingram Park this week will there be any ladies at Ingram Park I asked yes mrs. Fairfax said there will be many ladies there miss Blanche Ingram will be there mr. Rochester has known her for many years is Miss Ingram beautiful I asked she is very beautiful mrs. Fairfax said will mr. Rochester marry her I asked mrs. Fairfax smiled I don't know miss Eyre she replied I don't know I was very unhappy I went up to my bedroom I looked in my mirror Jane Eyre I said to myself you are not pretty and you are poor mr. Rochester will never marry you he will marry miss Blanche Ingram she is a rich lady you are a poor governess forget mr. Rochester Jane Eyre forget him

Chapter 6 

guests at Thornfield Hall two weeks later a letter arrived for mrs. Fairfax mr. Rochester will return on Thursday mrs. Fairfax said some of his friends will come here with him there will be many guests at Thornfield Hall on Thursday evening mrs. Fairfax Adele and I were in Adele's bedroom mrs. Fairfax was looking out of the window the guests are arriving now mrs. Fairfax said I went to the window and I looked out there were three carriages two people were riding horses mr. Rochester was riding his big black horse a beautiful young woman was riding a white horse mrs. Fairfax pointed to the young woman that is Miss Ingram the housekeeper said then she went downstairs Adele wanted to go downstairs to know Adele I said we cannot go downstairs tonight mr. Rochester is talking to his guests the next day mrs. Fairfax came into the schoolroom mr. Rochester wants you to meet his guests tonight miss Eyre she said Adele must meet them too later Adele and I went quietly into the sitting-room and soon eight ladies came into the room one of them was tall dark and very beautiful she was Blanche Ingram Adele ran towards her good evening beautiful lady she said in French what a pretty little girl lunch Ingram said miss Ingram spoke to the other ladies and she spoke to Adele but she did not speak to me half an hour later the gentleman came into the room I looked at mr. Rochester he saw me but he did not speak to me miss Ingram pointed at Adele why doesn't this little girl live at school mr. Rochester she asked Adelle learns her lessons at home mr. Rochester replied she has a governess oh yes that small woman by the window miss Ingram said I had many governesses I hated all of them they were all ugly and stupid later miss Ingram and mr. Rochester sang some songs together mr. Rochester had a fine voice I listened to the songs then I left the room mr. Rochester followed me what is wrong Jane he asked nothing is wrong sir I said but I am tired I'm going to my room good night sir you are tired and you are unhappy too mr. Rochester replied there are tears in your eyes rest now Jane but please come and meet my guests tomorrow evening don't forget my don't forget Jane the guests at Thornfield Hall for two weeks every evening I went to the sitting room with Adele nobody spoke to me mr. Rochester and missing room were always together one afternoon mr. Rochester went to millcote he returned late in the evening I met him at the front door another guest has arrived sir I told him his name is mr. Mason he has come from the West Indies suddenly mr. Rochester's face was pale he held my hand tightly Mason the West Indies Mason he said are you ill sir I asked Jane my little friend I've had a shock he said bring me a glass of wine please I went quickly to the dining room I returned with a glass of wine and I gave it to mr. Rochester what are my guests doing he asked they are eating and laughing sir I replied mr. Mason is talking to the other guests one day they will all hate me mr. Rochester said now go into the dining room again tell Mason to meet me in the library I gave mr. Mason the message then I went to my bedroom I got into my bed later I heard mr. Rochester coming up the stairs with mr. Mason they were laughing and talking soon I was sleeeeep

Chapter 7 

a terrible night some hours later I woke up a terrible cry had woken me the moon was bright its light was shining through my window I listened then I heard somebody shouting hope hope Rodger stir help me the voice came from the top corridor help hope I got out of bed and I put on a dress and some shoes I opened my door all the guests were in the corridor outside the bedrooms they were all asking questions what happened they asked is there a fire who is hurt where is mr. Rochester I am here mr. Rochester said he was walking down the stairs from the top corridor what is wrong mr. Rochester miss Ingram asked what has happened nothing is wrong mr. Rochester replied one of the servants has had a bad dream go back to bed I went back to my room but something was wrong I did not get into my bed I waited soon somebody knocked on my door I opened the door mr. Rochester was standing in the corridor Jane follow me do not make a sound mr. Rochester said we went up to the top corridor mr. Rochester unlocked a door and we went inside a room mr. Mason was sitting on a chair in the room his face was pale and his shirt was covered with blood then I heard a terrible laugh the sound came from the next room grace Poole is a madwoman I thought why does mr. Rochester have a mad servant mr. Rochester spoke quietly to mr. Mason I am going to bring a doctor Richard he said then he spoke to me stay here Jane wash mr. Mason's arm but do not speak to him mr. Rochester left the room I washed mr. Mason's arm we waited for mr. Rochester and the doctor mr. Mason did not speak to me and I did not speak to him after two hours mr. Rochester returned the doctor was with him the doctor looked at mr. Mason's arm she bit me mr. Mason said I came up here I wanted to see her I wanted to help her but she bit me be quiet now Richard mr. Rochester said quickly the doctor put a bandage on mr. Mason's arm mr. Rochester put mr. Mason's coat around the injured man's shoulders then he spoke to me again run downstairs Jane unlock the small door at the side of the house he said we will follow you I went quickly downstairs and I opened the door outside the door a servant was waiting with the carriage mr. Mason and the doctor came out of the house they got into the carriage then mr. Rochester came out of the house to mr. Mason spoke to him through the window of the carriage help her be kind to her Rochester he said yes I will Mayson mr. Rochester said the servant drove the carriage away will you walk in the garden with me Jane mr. Rochester asked I do not want to sleep now yes I will sir I said soon it was morning the birds were beginning to sing the flowers had a sweet smell it has been a strange night Jane mr. Rochester said were you frightened I am frightened of grace poole I said she will hurt you one day I am stronger than she is she will not hurt me mr. Rochester said he looked at me for a few moments are you my friend Jane he asked me yes sir I will be your friend forever I replied thank you my dear mr. Rochester said I have made mistakes now I want to be happy that is not wrong is it Jane he stopped speaking for a minute then he said going to the house I'll talk to you tomorrow but the next day I had a letter from Gateshead Hall my Aunt Reed's house the letter was from my cousin Eliza Gateshead Hall dear Jane Eyre my brother John is dead my mother is very ill she wants to speak to you please come quickly Jane your cousin Eliza read I start journey to my aunt Reid's house immediately I arrived there the next day my aunt Reed was very very ill she could not move and she did not speak to me I wanted to return to Thornfield Hall I wanted to see mr. Rochester but Eliza wanted me to stay at Gateshead Hall after three weeks my aunt spoke to me at last she spoke very slowly are you Jane Eyre she asked yes aunt Reed I am Jane Eyre I replied there is a letter for your aunt Reed said it is in my desk call Eliza please she will get the letter Eliza came into the room she opened the desk and she gave me a letter read the letter Jane my aunt said the letter had come from Madeira but it was three years old Madeira October 1831 dear madam I am Jane Ayres uncle I am a very rich man I have no children one day Jane will have all my money tell her about me she must write to me John Eyre I answered that letter aunt Reed said I hated you Jane I did not want you to have your uncle's money I wrote to John Eyre I wrote Jane is she died at Lowood school I am sorry Jane I was wrong mrs. Reed died that night I left Gateshead Hall a few days later I took my uncle's letter with me mr. Rochester met me at Thornfield Hall welcome back to my house he said this is your home Jane thank you sir I said I am very happy here mr. Rochester's guests had left no other visitors came to Thornfield Hall every day mr. Rochester and I talked together and every day I loved him more

chapter 8 

in the garden in June the weather was hot one evening I walked into the garden mr. Rochester was there - do you like this house Jane he asked yes sir I replied soon Adele will go to liver to school Jane he said then I will not want to govern us here will you be sad then Jane will you leave Thornfield Hall leave I said quickly must I leave Thornfield My dear mr. Rochester stopped he was silent for a moment then he said I am going to be married soon Oh sir I said then I must go far away far away from Thornfield far away from you sir I started to cry I will always remember you Jane mr. Rochester said will you forget me no sir I replied I will never forget you I don't want to leave Thornfield sir I don't want to leave you don't leave Jane mr. Rochester said stay here he smiled at me I must not stay here sir I said you are going to marry miss Ingram I am poor I do not have a pretty face but I have a heart it is a loving heart sir Jane I am NOT going to marry miss Ingram mr. Rochester said she is rich she is beautiful you are poor you are not to be but I want to marry you will you marry me Jane for a moment I could not speak at last I asked do you love me sir I do he replied then sir I will marry you I said and mr. Rochester kissed me my dearest Jane he said nothing can stop our marriage now we will be married in a month Jane we kissed again then I said goodnight and I went into the house I went upstairs to my room later I remembered my uncle John Ayers letter I will write to him in Madeira I said to myself I will tell him about my marriage to mr. Rochester I am very happy my uncle will be happy too for weeks past mr. Rochester was going to buy me many beautiful things he was going to give me many presents but I did not want these things no Edward I said I am NOT beautiful I don't want beautiful things I want you dead wood it was the month of July two days before our wedding day mr. Rochester went away I will return tomorrow he said I love you Jane that night I went to my bedroom early my wedding dress and my wedding veil were in my room I looked at them in two days I will be Jane Rochester I said to my self then I went to bed but I did not sleep well the next day mr. Rochester returned he looked at me carefully what is wrong Jane he asked your face is pale are you frightened I had a very strange dream last night I said it was a dream about this house but in my dream Thornfield Hall had no roof the walls were burnt they were black in my dream I tried to find you but you were not in the house why are you afraid of a dream Jane mr. Rochester asked no Edward I replied but I woke up from my dream there was a woman in my room she was tall and heavy she had long black hair the woman was holding a candle I said she put the candle by my mirror she put my wedding veil over her head and she looked in the mirror then I saw her face it was a strange terrible face Edward I said suddenly the woman tore my veil into two pieces she threw the pieces on the floor what happened next mr. Rochester asked the woman held her candle near my face I replied she looked at me and she laughed then she went away this happened in your dream Jane mr. Rochester said he did not happen in my dream Edward I said this morning my wedding veil was on the floor of my room it was torn it was in two pieces but the woman did not hurt you Jane mr. Rochester said sleep in Adele's room tonight my dear you will have no more bad dreams