Chapter 8

  People:

• Jane
• Helen:Begins to develop a cough.

Is this a foreboding of something that will happen to her in the future?

• Miss Temple:She is not like the other teachers who are automatons while she openly shows her feelings
• Checks on Jane after she is humiliated
• Sees how Helen is feeling with her cough
• Mrs. Satcherd: Invades Helen's privacy and goes through her things
• She then scolds her and punishes Helen for being "messy" when she should not have gone through her things in the first place.

Places:

1.  Past five o'clock in Miss' Temples apartment with the fire burning and comfy couches

• Jane experiences complete humiliation after she passes out infront of the whole entire school. Instead of continuing the connotative memories, Miss  Temple encourages the girls to follow her to her apartment. where they can discuss things further. The author chooses this location because it is the only one without a horrible memory Jane had to experience in addition to showing the intimate relationship Miss Temple has with Jane.

Summary:

• The day after Mr. Brocklehurst's visit and humiliation of Jane, she becomes apprehensive that her reputation is now ruined and teachers and students will not treat her the same. Fortunately, that does not become the case when Miss Temple has a very positive discussion with her and Helen. Miss Temple confirms with Mr Lloyd about Jane's characteristics and her good reputation is restored. Jane then decided that she will focus on her studies and she excels in it. The Professor interpretation I observed is from the chapter called "is that a symbol", i believe Helen symbolizes as the foil for Jane. She is the complete opposite of Jane is that she is patient and positive and euphemistic about aspects of life. 

Personal Reaction:

1. Why is it that Jane is so willing to put herself through harm just to receive at least a small amount of attention or care?
• Because Jane received so little attention throughout her childhood, she was left full of eagerness and desire for a chance for a little love. She would do virtually anything to get this from Helen or Miss Temple. What I don't think Jane understands is that those such as Helen and Miss Temple sincerely care for and she does not have to prove her thankfulness for it.  (Gloria)
• (Ryan): I do not think much that she is putting herself through harms way or such, I believe she is going through all those troubles because she does not want to have a bad reputation in school. Her life with the Reeds have been anything but joyful or positive; so she just wants her life to be much improved from her last.
• I would not say that she is necessarily wanting to be harmed.  I do think she wants attention since she has been neglected.  I think in her environment at Lowood Institution she learns that people have the capacity to care for her.  (Nicole)
2. Why do you think that Helen is able to withstand her punishment so quietly and yet Jane is left in upset and in tears just from watching?

• I think because Helen does have her Christian faith instilled in her, she is more accepting of the consequences of her actions. Jane, on the other hand, views the punishment as cruel and as a means of being ostracized from the rest of the students.  (Gloria)
• (Ryan): Helen is much more understanding and patient than Jane. She is also more euphemistic as well, she sees negativity as a challenge to better herself unlike Jane who takes it as an insult or such. There is a reason for that though, her experiences with the Reed's have caused her to be this way.  
• I think Jane is troubled by Helen's punishment since the punishment went against her values.  She believed Helen was innocent.  She was unaccustomed to seeing an innocent person being punished since she always thought her cousins deserved punishment.  Therefore, the punishment created a new and uncomfortable perspective for Jane.(Nicole) 

Vocabulary:

1.)"and all were gone to the refectory for tea"(83)

• refectory: room for meals

2.)"I sank prostrate with my face to the ground"(83)

• prostrate:lying down

3.)"you would have found enemies, declared or covert"(84)

• covert:secret

4.)"we reposed in silence"(85)

• reposed:rested

5.)"there was an alloy of inexpressible sadness"(85)

• alloy:mixture

6.)"I infused into the narrative far less of gall"(87)

• gall: bitterness

7.)"my wild supplication for pardon"(87)

• supplication:to beg humbly

8.)"you shall be publicly cleared from every imputation"(87)

• imputation:something done

9.)"we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare"(89)

• fare:food

10.)"my organ of veneration expanding"(90)

• veneration:revere

Chapter 8

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