Chapter 9

People:

• Mary Ann Wilson: She is a companion of Jane.  She spends time with Jane while Helen is sick.  She is a curious girl. She is older than Jane.
• Helen Burns:She is Jane's friend.  She eventually dies from a sickness.  She is a mentor of Jane.

What was Helen Burns's last lesson to Jane as a mentor?
-Through Helen, Jane learned about the grief from the loss of a friend.  She lacked experience in grieving for someone's death.

Places:

1. Lowood - transitions from winter to spring

• Symbolic: The snow is melting away - revealing something? The illnesses of winter?
• It is beautiful outside of the school but inside is full of sickness.

      2.  Miss Temple's room

• Helen has been in her room sick, lying down
• Jane sleeps with Helen that night

Summary:

• It is spring time and the school is stricken with typhus (i am guessing cause they never really mention it and that disease was common at that time), the same ailment that killed Jane's parents. The fact that Jane remains healthy and continues to flourish at school shows how impervious she has become in her life and that her family legacy does not precede her. She makes a new friend, Mary Ann Wilson and everything seems to go happily that is until she discovers what is wrong with Helen. Helen is Dying, not from typhus or anything, but physically wasting way. Hoping to see Helen after her long stay in Mrs. Temple's room, Jane sneaks in as all other girls are in bed to give comfort in Helen's last few hours. They fall asleep and at some point in the night, and Helen passes on. The fact that this happened in spring symbolized rebirth and life, though one life was just lost, a new one can continue without pain, in heaven.

Personal Reaction:

1. How will Jane manage now that Helen has passed?

• Most likely Jane will not find another friend like Helen. I believe she at first might struggle at the lost of a dear friend but eventually come out fine because Helen has influenced her to become a better person. in the beginning Jane was just negative about everything and could not bear to see what Helen was enduring even though it was not her going through it.(Ryan)
• I think Jane will appreciate what she has learned from Helen.  I think she will manage without Helen although she will experience some grief.(Nicole)

    2.  How was Helen influenced Jane as a person and the way she views aspects of life?

• Helen has made Jane a better person and positively changed her views of how to approach certain situations in life.(Ryan)
• I believe Helen gave her a new perspective on life.  I think Jane learned about self-discipline through her relationship with Helen since Helen modeled self-control. Helen accepted her punishments and hardships unlike Jane. (Nicole)

Vocabulary:

1. "Suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night"
• Traversed: something that crosses or lies across; obstacle
2. "Rich in verdure and shadow"
• Verdure: the greenness of growing vegetation
3. "I was not reprimanded for leaving my bed"
• Reprimand: a severe or formal reproof
4. "An unsnuffed candle burnt dimly on the table"
• Unsnuffed: the part of the candlestick that isn't charred
5. "My fear was instantly dissipated"
• Dissipated: given to or marked by dissipation; dissolute
6. "Indisposed to hesistate, and full of impatient impulses"
• Indisposed: slightly ill
7. "An odour of camphor and burnt vinegar warned me"
• Camphor: a tough gummy volatile aromatic crystaline compound
8. "It saw all around an unfathomed gulf"
• Unfathomed: not capable of being fathomed; immeasurable
9. "Evinced for me a quiet and faithful friendship"
• Evinced: to display clearly; reveal
10. "Sat at a distance under the veranda"
• Veranda: a usually roofed open gallery attached to the exterior of a building

Chapter 9

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