Jane Eyre, Diary Entries

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Experiences at Lowood Dear diary: My arrival at Lowood institution signified a transition into a new stage of my life. I was cut off from my past and placed in unfamiliar surroundings: “the present was vague and strange, and of the future I could form no conjecture”. My only chance for belonging was to place my hope in my present surroundings. On reflection, I was a terribly dramatic and emotional child which struggled to reconcile my experiences with the Christian faith, I often questioned “where is god? Who is god?”. My friendship with Helen Burns while at Lowood urged me to reconsider the Christian teachings and values of which I was so unsure. Helen explained to me that we shouldn’t be concerned with the hardships of life because life after death brings more happiness. On Helens final minutes before her death she demonstrated her religious beliefs which greatly influenced my life and helped me change my life and follow her footsteps. In truth, Helens death impacted me greatly. To this day I miss her dearly; she was my one and only real friend at Lowood. If it was not for miss Temple or Helen Burns I would still be the over dramatical and overly emotional child I was today. “Her grave is in Brocklebridge Churchyard: for fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy mound; but now a grey marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed with her name, and the world ‘Resurgam’.” I now speak calmly of my experiences at Lowood institution with Mr Brocklehurst because I have learnt to accept unjust hatred towards me. I shall never forget the day that man which has “such great values” that man which constantly refers to the bible can cruelly and horribly punish me publicly. A man who can label an innocent girl as I “a liar”. At that time, I would rather be at Gateshead suffering from my arrogant and spoiled cousin John Reed who liked to torture me for

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