Sunday, February 27, 2011

Chapter 5

People:
  • Miss Temple
  • Miss Miller
  • Miss Smith
  • Miss Scatcherd
  • Madame Pierrot
How do Miss Miller and Miss Temple differ in their dispositions?
- Miss Miller seems to be strict in a way, but not so much as to cause the children to grow a dislike for her. Miss Miller is simply very orderly and prompt. Miss Temple on the other hand demands attention as she is the superintendent of the school. Nevertheless, she is very kind and has a genuine concern and interest for all of the children in the school unlike Mr. Brocklehurst.Places:

  1. Gateshead: What is Gateshead to Jane? 
  • It is Jane's first home.  It was not a pleasant place due to the presence of her family there, but Jane was well provided for there.
      2.  Lowood Institution:  How well does Jane know Lowood Institution? Who else lives there?  
          Describe the up keeping of the school.

  •  It is an unfamiliar place to Jane.  She tries to familiarize herself with the school, because she is going to live there.  Many girls that lost at least one parent lives there.  There are also staff members of the school that live there.  The girls are not well cared for there.  They are not given an adequate amount of food.
       3.Garden of Lowood Institution: Describe what it is like outside the school.

  •   The weather is miserable. The girls at the school do not like staying outside very long, because the cold weather is unbearable.  The garden is not very pretty in the winter due to the storms.


Summary:
  • The day for Jane to leave Gateshead Hall to Lowood has finally arrived. She was given stict orders by Mrs. Reed the night before not to disturb anyone when she left. The only one in the household awake is Bessie who helps her to get ready and feeds her breakfast, which she cannot eat because of her excitement. Bessie takes Jane to the porter lodge where she is taken by a coach fifty miles away to Lowood. When Jane arrives, she is greeted by Miss Miller, one of the teachers at Lowood. She is then taken by Miss Temple to a hall where the girls of the school are studying. Older girls called "monitors" are instructed to collect the books for the girls so that they can eat dinner which consists of water and "thin oaten cakes". When they go to bed that night, Jane shares a bed with Miss Miller. The next morning, they study math and are given burned porrige for breakfast. At lunch, in order to compensate for the burned porrige, Miss Temple gives the girls some bread and cheese. Later on, Jane learns that Lowood is a school for orphans and that Mr. Brocklehurst is the head of the school.  Helen's last name is "Burns" which is symbolic for light. Later on we learn that Helen's words intrigue Jane and enlighten her, influencing her mindset and actions.

Vocabulary:
  1. "my trunk was hoisted up; I was taken from Bessie's neck" 
  • Hoisted: raise by means of ropes and pulleys. 
       2. "as it waned into dusk, I began to feel that we were getting very far indeed from Gateshead" 
  • Waned: have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated.
       3. "Lulled by the sound, I at last dropped asleep" 
  • Lulled: calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements.
       4. "The indefatigable bell now sounded for the fourth time:"
  •   Indefatigable: (of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly.
        5. "I was now nearly sick from inanition, having taken so little the day before. 
  • Inanition: lack of mental or spiritual vigor and enthusiasm.
        6."...the dark one not a little fierce, the foreigner harsh and grotesque" 
  • Grotesque: comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
        7."I suppose i have a considerable organ of veneration"
  • Veneration: great respect and reverence.
         8."...and a fine penciling of long lashes round, relieved the whiteness of her large front"
  •   Penciling: an antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue molds.
         9. "though of a frivolous and childish kind"
  •   Frivolous: not having any serious purpose or value.
         10."whence rose a strong steam redolent of rancid fat.
  •   Redolent: strongly reminiscent of suggestive of (something).  
Personal Reaction:
Do you think that Jane's antagonistic behavior in the previous chapter will lead to further struggles between Mr. Brockelhurst as she spends the rest of her adolescence at Lowood?
  • (Ryan): Her misbehavior to Mr. Brocklehurst is a foreshadow that the two will not have such a great relationship; and somewhere down the road they will have some kind of altercation. But I do not believe Jane will struggle much in Lowood because of Mr. Brocklehurst.
  • I think Jane will be a target at the school.  I think Mr Brocklehurst's attitude towards Jane will prove to be tough on her.  I believe he will not make her time at the school pleasant. (Nicole)

On pages 61-62, Jane is witnessing the punishment of girls who misbehave at school.. Why is she so bewildered by the  older girl's stern expression and acceptance of her punishment when she has experienced worst in Gateshead?
  • (Ryan): Jane is probably bewildered because she thought she escaped this kind of environment. She is apprehensive that the brutal treatment she endured in the Reed's house might not be done after all and she has not escaped it. She is also bewildered that these girls are just taking the punishment and not doing anything about it.
  • Jane is a passionate child.  She expresses her emotions when she feels there is no justice in the matter.  She is not accustomed to seeing withheld emotions since her family expressed what they felt.  If her family suppressed their feelings, she probably would not have been abused.  (Nicole)








Chapter 5
  • People: Gloria
  • Places: Nicole
  • Summary: Monica
  • Personal Reaction: Rebecca
  • Vocabulary: Ryan

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