Examples Of Rejection In Jane Eyre

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Barry Mann once said “You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.” Barry may be right, but how a person can make that rejection into something great can be a powerful thing, and Jane Eyre definitely knows what that feels like. Jane Eyre fights through multiple obstacles like a tenacious aunt, unfriendly village folk, and a cousin who is unyielding. Jane’s adventures help shape her into the girl who has fortitude, will stand up for herself, and never quits; she learns and achieves these qualities with one thing in the back of her mind…rejection. Jane ultimately demonstrates that being turned away and rejected by one’s surroundings can lead to eventual happiness. After putting up with John and Aunt Reed for a while, Jane finally …show more content…
John, but that ultimately brings Mr. Rochester and Jane back together. After some time working at St. John’s school, St. John offers Jane to move to India with him, but there was one condition, which was Jane would have to marry him. Jane rejects because of how different they are from each other. Jane goes on saying that she loves him as a brother and not a wife because it would be “unendurable” to marry him according to Jane (Brontë 415). St. John asks Jane to take a fortnight, two weeks, to reconsider his offer of going to India and to be his wife. Two weeks pass and Jane still says no and decides to leave Moore House to visit Thornfield Hall. After arriving at Thornfield, Jane notices that it is in ruin. She leaves and asks a clerk at a nearby motel to tell her what happened. After revealing that Bertha Mason lit the place on fire and then committed suicide Jane asks where Mr. Rochester is. The clerk tells her his location and informs her that he is completely blind. Jane then sets out to find him on his farm far from Thornfield. She arrives and eventually talks to Rochester, who can’t believe she came back. Jane says that she can marry him now, and the two of them lived happily ever
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