Chapter 33

People:

• Jane
• She decides to split the fortune that she got from her uncle John Eyre with the Rivers family.
• St. John
• He decides to tell Jane a story about a girl who had been orphaned and adopted by a Mrs. Reed at Gateshead (JANE!)
• He tells Jane that Mr. Briggs has been looking for her because she had inherited the fortune from her uncle, John Eyre.
• He reveals to Jane that his name is really St. John Eyre Rivers and that they (him, Diana, and Mary) are Jane's cousins.

Places:
Snowy night at Thornfield manor: Room was warm, fire going on in the center study and the floor being covered with a foot of snow upon every person's arrival.

• Author chose this location and this either because nature in a way is echoing her uncles death, the same uncle that brought prosperity and family to Jane in his death. It would only be appropriate for nature to mimic it as well. In addition since the snow traps every single person in, it is a catharsis for jane when speaking to st. John about her past

Summary:

• St. John returns to Jane's house to confront her about something. He tells her the story about her parents but does not say the names, and Jane realizes that St. John has found her identity. St. John says he saw her signatures on her paintings and tells her that she is cousins with him, Diana, and Mary; and at this she is over thrilled. The St. John tells Jane that their Uncle John has passes and wants Jane to inherit his fortunes, Jane decides to split it between the four of them.  Professor interpretation: My interpretation comes from It's more than just rain or snow. At the beginning of the chapter, they describe how it was snowing. The snow symbolized as  rebirth for Jane. She learns that she still has family relatives that are still alive and she has inherited money and is now rich.

Personal Reactions:

1. What does the presence of snow in the chapter suggest?
• The snow suggests that there is something that is either unknown or hidden. Also, since it is a form of water, it can imply that there will be a type of rebirth or realization amongst the characters.  (Gloria)
• It signifies Jane's lack of love there.  She is not loved.  She deprived herself of love by leaving Thornfield. (Nicole)
2. Why do you think St. John did not immediately tell Jane that they were related to one another?
• I think St. John was hesitant to inform Jane of this because he did not want to force a sense of obligation to them. He did not want to pressure her into thinking that she should share some of her newfound wealth with him and his sisters.  (Gloria)
• I think he just wanted to verify it.  It is too big of a news for it to be stated falsely. (Nicole)

Vocabulary:

“pushed the mat that his enterance had deranged”(482)

• deranged:disturbed

“which showed that my solicitude was, at least in his opinion, wholly superfluous”(483)

• superfluous:nonessential

“I resumed the perusal”(484)

• perusal:reading

“What his subsequent conduct”(486)

• subsequent:following

“proposals were is a matter of pure conjecture”(486)

• conjecture:speculation

“no vestige of information”(486)

• vestige:remnant

“its stains of ultramarine”(488)

• ultramarine:blue pigment

“renounce the alias?”(488)

• alias:assumed name

“lifted in a moment of indigence”

• indigence:needy

”piqued my curiosity”(490)

• piqued:irritated

Chapter 33

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