Wednesday
Quote: "... The dark 'interlopers', of Eastern trade, and the commissional 'generals' of the East India fleets." pg. 5
Date: 17 October 2007
Reflection: This quote exposes Conrad's values and the reason why he is in Africa. Conrad is interested in the natural resources that come from Africa . Although Conrad is interested, he is not as obssesed as others, which is what I think is the point he is trying to get out to the reader. I think Conrad is trying to say that Africa does have very valuable things, and he does take notice in them but some men are over doing it.
Quote: "... It was just robbery with violence, aggravated murder at a great scale, and men going at it blind" pg. 9
Date: 17 October 2007
Reflection: This is another quote that also reflects on Conrad's point of view regarding men and how they become once they begin collecting ivory. He is describing what he thinks the men look like, and how obssessed they truly are with all the ivory. I'm pretty sure that ivory is a beatiful thing, but the fact that men were and still are willing to go to Africa and take away what is not theirs is increadible. The worst part is that the men are not collecting this for the benefit of the Congolease, but for their own benefit; to become rich.
Thursday
Quote:"... He wacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck.." pg 13
Date: 18 October 2007
Reflection: This quote exposes what Conrad thinks about the Congolease and how much he cares about what happens to them. Obviously, he does not care. If he can watch "the old nigger" being beaten without interfering or showing any emotions whatsoever, then it is clear that he does not care. This can also be because he waas surrounded by people who felt the same way he did, and is probably influenced by them. Either way, it is a horrible thing.
Quote: "... I arrived in a city that always makes me think of a white sepulcher. Prejudice, no doubt." pg 14
Date: 18 October 2007
Reflection: In this quote, Conrad arrives in a city that reminds him of a burial chamber. I think that Conrad does not really see anything wrong about it. I think that he is not lying when he says that it reminds him of a burial chamber, but i also think that he quickly notices how what he thinks makes him look prejidice. This is only because he is talking about white people, because i noticed that he does not hesitate to make foul remarks about the Africans.
Friday
Quote: " Alot of people moslty black and naked, moved about like ants." pg 23
Date: 19 October 2007
Reflection: Once again, this is another quote where Conrad notices the "black" people. I noticed that he talks alot more elegantly when mentioning white people. In other words, he makes white people look better, and makes nice remarks about them. I do not think that he would compare a white person to an ant or any other bug. It seems as if Conrad enjoys to torment the black people not through any physical harm, but verbally.
Quote: " I could see every rib; the joints of their limbs were like knots in a rope; each had an iron collar on his neck, and were all connected together with a chain whose bights swung between them, rythmically clinking." pg 24
Date: 19 October 2007
Reflection: I personally do not understand how someone can witness something to horrible but be so ok about it, or undisturbed. It is even disturbing to learn about how the Congolease were treated but the fact that people have actually witnessed these things and are not doing anything to help or would rather see them in an unfortunate situation, just makes me think about the changes in our society. There have been technological changes, but overall I think that people have not cleansed themselves of the evil that has and will always exist in our world.
Saturday
Quote: "... If a lot of mysterious niggers armed with all kinds of fearful weapons suddenly took to travelling on the road... I fancy every farm and cottage therabouts would get empty very soon." pg 31
Date: 20 October 2007
Reflection: A lot of people underestimated the Congolease. They believed that they were not capable of living up to their perfect standards. They also believed that they were not properly educated or did not deserve to be educated. This quote relates to the beliefs ot many people. The quote says that the Congolese would not be able to handle weapons, and that if they happend to travel, every farm and cottage that was in their path, or that they crossed would probably be destroyed.
Quote: " he was neither civil nor uncivil... He allowed his 'boy'- an over fed young negro from the coast to treat the white men, under his very eyes, with provoking insolence."
Date: 20 October 2007
Reflection: Once again, another quote that brings out the bad in Conrad even though throughout the majority of the novel, he is making racist remarks. Although he does make racist remarks, I have to say that i somewhat agree wth Conrad in this quote. He is saying that it was not such a good idea for somebody to allow a Congolese to treat the white men, because it was just provoking danger, and something bad is more likely to happen this way. It is strange how Conrad does have some good points, but throuhout the novel he sounds racist and like he lacks respect for the Congolese.
Monday
Quote: " A nigger was being beaten nearby. They said he had caused the fire in some way... he was screeching most horribly." pg 38
Date: 22 October 2007
Reflection: It is really wierd and horrible how someone can stand to hear somebody in agonizing pain. I have never heard someone scream for help or out of pain but I know that if I did hear someone yell like Conrad described, I would try and help somehow. I just do not understand how you cannot help someone, especially if you witnessed it. But of course, Conrad does appear to be a disturbed individual.
Quote: " Black figures strolled about lislessly, pouring water on the glow, whence, proceeded a sound of hissing; stean astended in the moonlight, the beaten nigger groaned somewhere" pg 41
Date: 22 October 2007
Reflection: This quote also ties in with the previous quote. It is interesting how he can describe the Congolese and you can tell that there are no words of sympathy in there for them. Not that I expect him to feel pity, but the fact that he does not feel anything at all is just not cool. Something that makes me believe that he does not care is how he has been surrounded by all of the choas and violence for a while. I think that he has grown used to seeing people getting beaten.
Tuesday
Quote: " You see I rather chummed with the few mechanics there were in that station, whom the other pilgrims naturally despised- on account of their imperfect manners, I suppose" pg 47-48
Date: 23 October 2007
Reflection: Everyone who goes to Africa and goes to Congo obviously has one goal and that is to get their hands on some precious ivory. I think that this quote is comparing those who want it so bad, and others who are there for the same reason but not as obssessed. It is horrible how greedy people can become, and it is even worse that they become greedy over something like ivory. If it was something that was more important that these people were fighting for like to live or to die then I would understand but besides that I think it is increadibly stupid.
Quote: " Long afterwards the news came that all the donkeys were dead... less valuable animals ...found what they deserved." pg 55
Date: 23 October 2007
Reflection: Obviously Conrad is not thankful for what he has. I do not think that donkeys are very great and increadible animals, but if they were offering something to Conrad and his friends whether it was food or transportation, they should all be thankful that they have that. When Conrad calls the donkeys " less valuable animals" and that they " found what they deserved" it makes me believe that he is not a very thankful person and that he has a dark personality.
Wednesday
Quote: " We went deeper and deeper in to the heart of darkness. It was very quiet. We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet."pg 59-58
Date: 24 October 2007
Reflection: When I came across this quote, it made me realize how increadibly stupid Conrad is to say that they are "wanderers on a prehistoric earth" as if nothing around them has ever been discovered or known to any human. Just because him and his white friends have not come across it does not mean the entire world does not know about it either. This reminds me of Achebe, and how he talked about this book and how bad it made Africa look. Well i can see why Achebe though this, especially after reading this particular quote.
Quote: " They howled and leaped, and spun, and made horrid faces; but what thrilled you was the thought of their humanity... this wild and passionate uproar. Ugly." pg 59
Date: 24 October 2007
Reflection: Conrad is obviously in denial. He does not appreciate the Congolese and their cultural beliefs. He cannot believe that they are on the same earth as he is, and he thinks high of himself. He believes that he is better, and more educated and stronger. I think that Conrad most likely has more education under his belt, but either way, that does not determine how much better you are than someone. The funny thing is that the Congolese are not even given the opportunity to have an education. It is horrible.
Thursday
Quote: " It was very curious to see the contrast of the expressions of the white men and of the black fellows..." pg 67
Date: 25 October 2007
Reflection: Conrad gives me the impression that he is really dumb. Of course the expressions of the "white men" and the expressions of the "black fellows" is going to be different. Who is being treated with less respect? Who suffers more day after day? Who has to watch their own people being killed and tortured? Not the white people. I am not sure if they are entertained and like what they see and do, but the Congolese definetly do not appreciate it at all. I do not know if Conrad expects them to share the same feelings, but i guess he does!
Quote: " The approach to Kurtz grubbing for ivory in the wretched bush was beset by as many dangers though he had been an enchanted princess sleeping in a fabulous castle." pg 71
Date: 25 October 2007
Reflection: Kurtz is a man who is determined. He is very determined to get his hands on some ivory and is willing to take any risks in order to do so. What I think Conrad is getting at in this quote is that some people truly do become obssessed. I doubt that Conrad is bearly realizing this, but I do think that he has never been introduced into this obssessed form of Mr.Kurtz. I think that it is something new for Conrad to see Mr. Kurtz weak over ivory.
Friday
Quote: "... and then, suddenly, as though a veil had been removed from my eyes, I made out, in the tangled gloom, naked breasts, arms, legs, glaring eyes- the bush was swarming with human limbs in movement, glistening of bronze color." pg 75
Date: 26 October 2007
Reflection: I think that in this quote, the congolese are examining Conrad. I think that they are a bit surprised to see him, but at the same time angry. I think they are angry, because they are staring at a man who is associated with the people who have been hurting the Congolese, their people, and their culture as well. They have been destroying the Congolese people and hunting for something precious, that does not even belong to them. I think that the gazes that the people in the bush are giving Conrad are out of anger.
Quote: " The tumult of angry and war like yells was cheked instantly, and then from the depths of the woods went out such a tremulous and prolonged wail of mournful fear and utter despai.. of the last hope from the earth."
Date: 26 October 2007
Reflection: The Congolese at this point, I believe, have had it. They are fed up with all of these people trying to take away what is theirs. I think taht the " angry and war like yells" represents the helplessness that the Congolese feel. I am sure that there are a lot of them, and I am sure that they are all fed up.
Saturday
Quote: "... I dragged him out, after first jerking the spear out his side, which operation I confess I performed with my eyes tight shut." pg 86
Date: 27 October 2007
Reflection: Unlike the other quotes that showed how evil Conrad is, this is one that makes him look different. It acutally exposes that Conrad does have feelings, and he does have a heart. In other quotes, he watched people being beaten, and he talked to low about them. In this quote, he feels sympathy for the guy that Conrad pulled the spear out of. I think that later into the novel, Conrad begins to feel a little more sympathy for the Congolese, but i also think that some of his thoughts and opinions will not change.
Quote: " I suppose Kurtz wanted an audience, because on a certain occasion, he encamped in the forest, they had talked all night, or more probaby Kurtz had talked." pg 93
Date: 27 October 2007
Reflection: I remember somewhere in the beggining of the novel, when Conrad met Kurtz, I got the impression that Conrad was not very fond of him. I think it is because he seemed to talk about him a lot in the novel and it made me believe that he was paranoid. I do not know if you could call it that, but maybe he did not conifde in him and suspected him of something.
Monday
Quote: " But the wilderness had found him out early, and had taken him on a terrible vengeance for the fantastic incasion I think it had whispered to him things about himself which he did not know things of which he had no conception till he took counsel with this great solitude- and the whisper had proved irresistibility fascinating." pg 98
Date: 29 October 2007
Reflection: In this quote, Conrad is saying that while Mr. Kurtz was out in the wilderness searching for his dearest ivory, he found himself. He had discovered things about himself that he did not know, and that the wilderness had helped him in this discovering process. I think that Conrad is also trying to say that if Kurtz had never been isolated and never been in the wilderness, he would have never gotten to truly find out he he is.
Quote: " If it had come to crawling before Mr. Kurtz, he crawled as much as the veriest savage of them all. I had no idea of the conditions... thse heads were the heads of rebels." pg 99
Date: 29 October 2007
Reflection: Mr. Kurtz was abandoned and needed medical attention. Unfortunately, he was affected by the lack of medicine and medical attention and was saying things that should have been kept to himself. The things that Kurtz said made me think of him as someone who thinks highly of themselves. He thinks that he is increadibly intelligent and that he can withstand any obstacle. Unfortunately for Kurtz, this situation might prove him wrong, because he is so close to dying.
Tuesday
Quote: "Mr. Kurtz.. was as good as buried. And for a moment it seemed to me as if I also were buried in a cast grave full of unspeakable secrets. " pg 105
Date: 30 October 2007
Reflection: I find that this quote is very significant. Conrad is saying that Mr. Kurtz is as good as dead, he has a scarce chance of survival. Although Conrad is healthy and has no ilness or is not in a critical condition he feels as if he is as good as " buried" as well. I think he thinks this because he has endured so much, and has seen so much, and some things he saw were things that he must keep to himself, therefore he is as good as buried because he shall not speak of the events that took place in the wilderness to anyone.
Quote: " I though I would never get back to the Steamer, and imagined myself living alone and unarmed in the woods to an advanced age. "pg 110
Date: 30 October 2007
Reflection: Conrad is scared!! Finally, he shows some emotion! It was not easy to determine what it was that Conrad was feeling early in the novel. Like I mentioned earlier when he witnessed the Congolese being beaten, he did not show any emotion. Now, that he is stuck in a difficult position, it hits him that life is not always going to go your way. I'm pretty sure he was excited because he was going to get him some ivory, but now that he is stuck in the wilderness, he feels helpless.
Wednesday
Quote: " He stuggled with himself, too. I saw it- I heard it. I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith and, no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself." pg 113
Date: 31 October 2007
Reflection: Conrad is talking about Mr. Kurtz, and how confused he truly was. Well not necessarily confused, but he did not give himself limits. He did not restrain himself and for that reason he was left out in the wilderness to discover how desperate he became, and how he lost self-control. Unfortunately for Mr. Kurtz, he did not get another chance to change. Even if he lived, I think that he would still continue to be the same way.
Quote: "...I affirm that Kurtz was a remarkable man. He had something to say... I understand better the meaning of his stare... piercing enough to penetrate all the hearts that beat in the darkness." pg 119
Date 31 October 2007
Reflection: Overall, besides how lost Conrad thought Kurtz was, and how despicable he was in the wilderness, he liked him. He liked his personality, and respected his values. I do not know why, but i always got the impression that he did not like Kurtz. Maybe he just respected Kurtz because they were the same " people". Who knows but apparently I was wrong, and Conrad was influenced by Kurtz and truly admired him.
Thursday
Quote: " I though his memory was like the other memories of the dead that accumulate in every man's life- a vague impress on the brain of shadows that had fallen on it in their swift and final passage... as if to devour all the earth with all the mankind." pg 124
Date: 1 November 2007
Reflection: Conrad was heavily influenced by Kurtz. It is obvious to see that he was affected by his death, and as he was going through all the things that Kurtz left behind he realized that he was a great man ( at least in the eyes of Conrad). To me, this quote seems to describe that Kurtz could have changed things if he would have survived, but he did not. Therefore, all the things he has left behind is all that is left of Kurtz.
Quote: " And later on I seemed to see his collected languid manner, when he said one day, ' This lot of ivory now is really mine'". pg 125
Date: 1 November 2007
Reflection: These were the intentions of Kurtz the entire time. All he wanted was to collect all of the ivory and keep it to himself for his own benefit. I do not understand how you can look up to someone like that. It is horrible. Well Conrad thinks otherwise, and he thinks it was brilliant. But of course, it is different knowing that he has been surrounded by these people and is most likely used to hearing people and how beautiful ivory is to them.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Jane Eyre A.I.M.
A.I. #1 (9-23)
Annotate: ...i was wicked, god will punish her, i wouldn't have her heart for anything.
Infer: Jane is disliked by the people she lives with. They think that she is worthless
A.I. #2 (23-37)
Annotate: she is not worth of notice... I do not choose either you or your sisters to associate with her.
Infer: Jane is not trusted. She has a hard time socializing with anyone and does not really have any friends.
A.I. #3 (37-51)
Annotate: strange child, what does Bessie care for me... always scolding me...care, scolding, Bessie
Infer: Somebody actually does care for Jane although it may not seem like it.
A.I. #4 (51-65)
Annotate: cruel, unust, wicked people, never feel afraid, worse and worse, Love Mrs.Reed, impossible...
Infer: Helen Burns and jane are having a conversation about how awful Helen is treated (according to Jane). Helen believes she is treated fairly and Jane does not realize how that can be possible, and cannot believe that someone could do that out of love.
A.I. #5 (65-79)
Annotate: good fire, cheerful, pretty, fragrant, beverages, scent, toast, refreshing, brilliant, Ms.Temple, beauty, luxuries.
Infer: Ms.Temple had Helen and Jane enter her room and treated them with great respect. they were very happy and thankful to be around Ms.Temple's prescence.
A.I. #6 (79-93)
Annotate: Helen, embrace, die, sick, unusual, asleep, arms around neck, Helen was dead... solitude , Mrs. Temple, Marriage, loss... Bessie, married, children. Milcotte, Jane, Georgiana, John Reed, not doing so well.
Infer: Helen, Jane's closest friend dies from an illness. A couple of years later, she is left in solitude when Ms. Temple leaves her after she gets married. Bessie visits Jane before she leaves.
A.I. #7 (93-107)
Annotate: Left Lofton, Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax, Leah, Adela Varens, governess, Mr. Rochester's ward.
Infer: Jane arrives at Thornfield hall, and meets Mrs.Fairfax, Leah (the servant), and Adela Varens (the pupil) Mr.Rochester's (the owner of Thornfield) ward.
A.I. #8 (107-121)
Annotate: a gentleman, Mr. Rochester, no feature extraordinary, all was pleasing, loud laugh, servants, Grace Poole, Leah, Holiday for Adele, I walked fast, he was swearing, Mr. Rochester.
Infer: Jane is getting to know the peole at Thornfield Hall, and when she takes a walk, she meets a man, and later finds out that it is Mr. Rochester.
A.I. #9 (121-135)
Annotate: Mr. Rochester, orders, glad to take tea, disembarrassed, scrutinised, occupied, nothing wonderful.
Infer: Mr. Rochester and Jane meet, and he begins to ask her background questions, and he begins to look at previous sketches that Jane had done. She realizes that he is a strange, and somewhat cruel person.
A.I. #10 (135-149)
Annotate: Mr. Rochester, looked different, frigid and rigid temper, dark...fine eyes, examine, handsome, peculiar, ask questions.Infer: Obviously, Mr. Rochester is somehow interested in getting to know Jane better. Jane begins to examine Mr. Rochester and he takes notice. After he realizes she has been staring at him, he begins to ask her alot of questions.
A.I. #11 (149-163)
Annotate: Mood, delight, friendly, pleasurable, cheering, grieved for his grief, heart beat anxiously, gurgle and moan, something creaked, tongues of flame, glad, only person, tonight's incident.
Infer: Jane was lying in bed thinking about Mr. Rochester and the feelings she is beginning to develop. All of a sudden, her thoughts are interrupted by some noises and realizes that it was not her imagination, and something was wrong. She discovered that Mr. Rochester's room was on fire, and he was glad that Jane and him were the only witnesses.
A.I. #12 (163-177)
Annotate: Ten days, Mr. Rochester still did not come, a strange chill and failing at the heart, ladies, guests.
Infer: Jane misses Mr. Rochester and her feelings for him are becoming stronger. When he comes back from his trip, he brings back some of his friends and Jane feels unwanted.
A.I.#13 (177-187)
Annotate: Mr. Rochester, guests, stern features.
Infer: Jane studies Mr. Rochester and compares him to his guests. She believes that he is the fairest out of them all.
A.I.#14 (187-201)
Annotate: learned to love Mr.Rochester, soon marry this very lady, Blanche Ingram, not jealous.
Infer: Jane discovers that Mr.Rochester is going to get married to Blanche Ingram, and says she is not jealous. Although this is what she says, her way of thinking and the way she deals with certain situations makes me believe otherwise.
A.I.#15 (201-215)
Annotate: Gypsy, Mr.Rochester,questions, Fortune.
Infer: Jane was persuaded by Mr.Rochester's guests to see the gypsy. The gypsy begins to ask her many questions about her feelings towards Mr. Rochester, and she keeps her true feelings to herself, and later realizes that the gypsy is Mr.Rochester himself. I wonder what it would have been like if Mr. Rochester and his guests discovered her true feelings towards him then and there.
A.I.#16 (215-229)
Annotate: Mr.Mason, moaned, weak, Mr.Rochester, surgeon, afraid, Jane, confidence, Jane, farewel, ceremony of parting.
Infer: Mr.Rochester's guests woke up to some kind of strange noise. His guests, including those that live in the house became frightened. He told everyone it was not a big deal, and to return to bed. He had confidence in Jane, though. He chose her out of everyone in his house to help him in his task, which made her gain more confidence in Mr.Rochester, and him in her as well. This brought them closer together, and then Jane discovers Mrs.Reed is sick, and has requested for Jane to visit. I think that the whole situation that made him gain confidence in her and her having to leave makes their relationship alot stronger.
A.I.#17 (229-243)
Annotate:Thornfield Hall, Bessie, Georgiana,Eliza,Mrs.Reed, demand, Jane, Helen Burns, recalled dying words, letter, death.
Infer: As Jane sees Mrs.Reed, she remembers Helen Burns, and everything that she had told her. She also seems to have a stronger bond with Georgiana and Eliza, but less with Eliza. I think that after not seeing Jane for so long, her cousins realized that she is intelligent.
A.I.#18 (243-257)
Annotate: Mr.Rochester,London, marriage, Ms.Ingram,barrier,the sea,from Mr.Rochester,Jane,Married.
Infer:At this point, Jane returned from visiting Mrs.Reed and found out that Mr.Rochester had gone to London in order to plan his wedding properly. Jane realizes that she does not like the fact that he is going to get married to Blanche , and that she loves him and does not want him to leave her. I think that Jane has finally realized that keeping her feelings to herself all the time will not get her anywhere.
A.I.#19 (257-271)
Annotate: renew words of love and promise, happy, strange
Infer: Mr. Rochester has just proposed to Jane, and she feels so overwhelmed with joy and confusion, that she cannot really digest this well. She feels good because Mr. Rochester has just proposed to her which is what she wanted, but she also feels strange because it was so sudden.
A.I.# 20 (271-285)
Annotate:Mrs.Fairfax, looked bewildered, grieve you, little acquainted with men, young.
Infer: Mrs.Fairfax just found out that Mr.Rochester had proposed to Jane. She finds it quite strange that they had decided on doing this so quickly, and told Jane that she thought that she was too young, and that had very little experience with men to determine whether or not she thought that she was in love.
A.I.#21 (285-299)
Annotate: did not dream of sorrow, but did not dream of joy, Bride, marriage, Mr. Mason, Bertha Mason.
Infer: Mr. Rochester and Jane are going through some tought times. Jane is not sure where she stands, and if it is right to be with Mr.Rochester, even if she truly loves him. I think that she cannot accept that she has found true love, and is in denial because she never believed that she would find someone who loved her. As they are about to get married, their ceremony is interrupted by Mr. Mason and a lawyer, who proves that Mr. Rochester is married to Bertha Mason, and is Mr.Mason's sister. After Jane discovered this, she knew that the right thing to do was leave Mr.Rochester, although that is not what she truly wanted.
A.I.#22 (299-313)
Annotate: Terror-struck, solitude, never meant to wound you, pain.
Infer: Jane is very upset to find out that Mr.Rochester had kept Bertha, his wife, locked up, and is upset especially because he never informed her about his previous marriage. She is planning on leaving Mr. Rochester only because she believes that that will be the right thing to do. She truly loves Mr.Rochester, and the thought of being without him devestates her, and him, but she does not want to give in to temptation.
A.I. #23 (313-327)
Annotate: consider the recklessnes following on despair,flee temptaion, fairwell.
Infer: Jane and Mr. Rochester had bearly finished having a conversation about their status and how Jane could not give in, and just love Mr.Rochester. She decided that she needed to leave him even though she loved him dearly. Obviously, Jane is in denial, and is dumb for not staying with Mr. Rochester, who she loves and who loves her back.
A.I.#24 (327-341)
Annotate:Coachman, Whitcross,lost, hunger, dreadful, Hannah, St. John, Diana, Mary.
Infer: Jane has left Thornfield Hall, and has began a new journey. She was lost and she also had no money and no food. She was dropped off in Whitcross, and no one there was willing to give her a job, and she was homeless and starving. She found a house, and in it was Hannah, St. John, and Diana and Mary. At first they reject her, but then St. John finds her almost dead and they accept her into their house. They feed her and let her stay, and Jane is very thankful for that.
A.I.#25 (341-355)
Annotate: Jane Elliot, Mary, Hannah, Diana, St.John.
Infer:Jane does not want to give them her real information, so she tells them that her name is Jane Elliot. They let her stay in their house, and she begins to learn more about what they do and who they are.
A.I.#26 (355-369)
Annotate: The more i knew, the more i liked them, St. John, distant.
Infer: Jane started to like Mary, Hannah, and Diana the more she got to know them. The only one that she seemed to know less of was St. John. She felt distant from him. For some reaosn, she also felt depressed. I think that she feels strange
A.I. #27 (369-456)
Annotate: St. John, marriage, Mr. Rochester, Blind, Marriage, children, Jane
Infer: In the end, St. John proposes to Jane. It is at that moment that Jane realizes that she loves Mr. Rochester, and that she has to be with him. She also learned that Mr.Rochester is blind, and she was able to see past that and accept him and her true feelings for him. Overall, Jane was struggling to accept the true feelings that she had for Mr. Rochester, but she was not able to resist the true feeling of being in love.
Annotate: ...i was wicked, god will punish her, i wouldn't have her heart for anything.
Infer: Jane is disliked by the people she lives with. They think that she is worthless
A.I. #2 (23-37)
Annotate: she is not worth of notice... I do not choose either you or your sisters to associate with her.
Infer: Jane is not trusted. She has a hard time socializing with anyone and does not really have any friends.
A.I. #3 (37-51)
Annotate: strange child, what does Bessie care for me... always scolding me...care, scolding, Bessie
Infer: Somebody actually does care for Jane although it may not seem like it.
A.I. #4 (51-65)
Annotate: cruel, unust, wicked people, never feel afraid, worse and worse, Love Mrs.Reed, impossible...
Infer: Helen Burns and jane are having a conversation about how awful Helen is treated (according to Jane). Helen believes she is treated fairly and Jane does not realize how that can be possible, and cannot believe that someone could do that out of love.
A.I. #5 (65-79)
Annotate: good fire, cheerful, pretty, fragrant, beverages, scent, toast, refreshing, brilliant, Ms.Temple, beauty, luxuries.
Infer: Ms.Temple had Helen and Jane enter her room and treated them with great respect. they were very happy and thankful to be around Ms.Temple's prescence.
A.I. #6 (79-93)
Annotate: Helen, embrace, die, sick, unusual, asleep, arms around neck, Helen was dead... solitude , Mrs. Temple, Marriage, loss... Bessie, married, children. Milcotte, Jane, Georgiana, John Reed, not doing so well.
Infer: Helen, Jane's closest friend dies from an illness. A couple of years later, she is left in solitude when Ms. Temple leaves her after she gets married. Bessie visits Jane before she leaves.
A.I. #7 (93-107)
Annotate: Left Lofton, Thornfield Hall, Mrs. Fairfax, Leah, Adela Varens, governess, Mr. Rochester's ward.
Infer: Jane arrives at Thornfield hall, and meets Mrs.Fairfax, Leah (the servant), and Adela Varens (the pupil) Mr.Rochester's (the owner of Thornfield) ward.
A.I. #8 (107-121)
Annotate: a gentleman, Mr. Rochester, no feature extraordinary, all was pleasing, loud laugh, servants, Grace Poole, Leah, Holiday for Adele, I walked fast, he was swearing, Mr. Rochester.
Infer: Jane is getting to know the peole at Thornfield Hall, and when she takes a walk, she meets a man, and later finds out that it is Mr. Rochester.
A.I. #9 (121-135)
Annotate: Mr. Rochester, orders, glad to take tea, disembarrassed, scrutinised, occupied, nothing wonderful.
Infer: Mr. Rochester and Jane meet, and he begins to ask her background questions, and he begins to look at previous sketches that Jane had done. She realizes that he is a strange, and somewhat cruel person.
A.I. #10 (135-149)
Annotate: Mr. Rochester, looked different, frigid and rigid temper, dark...fine eyes, examine, handsome, peculiar, ask questions.Infer: Obviously, Mr. Rochester is somehow interested in getting to know Jane better. Jane begins to examine Mr. Rochester and he takes notice. After he realizes she has been staring at him, he begins to ask her alot of questions.
A.I. #11 (149-163)
Annotate: Mood, delight, friendly, pleasurable, cheering, grieved for his grief, heart beat anxiously, gurgle and moan, something creaked, tongues of flame, glad, only person, tonight's incident.
Infer: Jane was lying in bed thinking about Mr. Rochester and the feelings she is beginning to develop. All of a sudden, her thoughts are interrupted by some noises and realizes that it was not her imagination, and something was wrong. She discovered that Mr. Rochester's room was on fire, and he was glad that Jane and him were the only witnesses.
A.I. #12 (163-177)
Annotate: Ten days, Mr. Rochester still did not come, a strange chill and failing at the heart, ladies, guests.
Infer: Jane misses Mr. Rochester and her feelings for him are becoming stronger. When he comes back from his trip, he brings back some of his friends and Jane feels unwanted.
A.I.#13 (177-187)
Annotate: Mr. Rochester, guests, stern features.
Infer: Jane studies Mr. Rochester and compares him to his guests. She believes that he is the fairest out of them all.
A.I.#14 (187-201)
Annotate: learned to love Mr.Rochester, soon marry this very lady, Blanche Ingram, not jealous.
Infer: Jane discovers that Mr.Rochester is going to get married to Blanche Ingram, and says she is not jealous. Although this is what she says, her way of thinking and the way she deals with certain situations makes me believe otherwise.
A.I.#15 (201-215)
Annotate: Gypsy, Mr.Rochester,questions, Fortune.
Infer: Jane was persuaded by Mr.Rochester's guests to see the gypsy. The gypsy begins to ask her many questions about her feelings towards Mr. Rochester, and she keeps her true feelings to herself, and later realizes that the gypsy is Mr.Rochester himself. I wonder what it would have been like if Mr. Rochester and his guests discovered her true feelings towards him then and there.
A.I.#16 (215-229)
Annotate: Mr.Mason, moaned, weak, Mr.Rochester, surgeon, afraid, Jane, confidence, Jane, farewel, ceremony of parting.
Infer: Mr.Rochester's guests woke up to some kind of strange noise. His guests, including those that live in the house became frightened. He told everyone it was not a big deal, and to return to bed. He had confidence in Jane, though. He chose her out of everyone in his house to help him in his task, which made her gain more confidence in Mr.Rochester, and him in her as well. This brought them closer together, and then Jane discovers Mrs.Reed is sick, and has requested for Jane to visit. I think that the whole situation that made him gain confidence in her and her having to leave makes their relationship alot stronger.
A.I.#17 (229-243)
Annotate:Thornfield Hall, Bessie, Georgiana,Eliza,Mrs.Reed, demand, Jane, Helen Burns, recalled dying words, letter, death.
Infer: As Jane sees Mrs.Reed, she remembers Helen Burns, and everything that she had told her. She also seems to have a stronger bond with Georgiana and Eliza, but less with Eliza. I think that after not seeing Jane for so long, her cousins realized that she is intelligent.
A.I.#18 (243-257)
Annotate: Mr.Rochester,London, marriage, Ms.Ingram,barrier,the sea,from Mr.Rochester,Jane,Married.
Infer:At this point, Jane returned from visiting Mrs.Reed and found out that Mr.Rochester had gone to London in order to plan his wedding properly. Jane realizes that she does not like the fact that he is going to get married to Blanche , and that she loves him and does not want him to leave her. I think that Jane has finally realized that keeping her feelings to herself all the time will not get her anywhere.
A.I.#19 (257-271)
Annotate: renew words of love and promise, happy, strange
Infer: Mr. Rochester has just proposed to Jane, and she feels so overwhelmed with joy and confusion, that she cannot really digest this well. She feels good because Mr. Rochester has just proposed to her which is what she wanted, but she also feels strange because it was so sudden.
A.I.# 20 (271-285)
Annotate:Mrs.Fairfax, looked bewildered, grieve you, little acquainted with men, young.
Infer: Mrs.Fairfax just found out that Mr.Rochester had proposed to Jane. She finds it quite strange that they had decided on doing this so quickly, and told Jane that she thought that she was too young, and that had very little experience with men to determine whether or not she thought that she was in love.
A.I.#21 (285-299)
Annotate: did not dream of sorrow, but did not dream of joy, Bride, marriage, Mr. Mason, Bertha Mason.
Infer: Mr. Rochester and Jane are going through some tought times. Jane is not sure where she stands, and if it is right to be with Mr.Rochester, even if she truly loves him. I think that she cannot accept that she has found true love, and is in denial because she never believed that she would find someone who loved her. As they are about to get married, their ceremony is interrupted by Mr. Mason and a lawyer, who proves that Mr. Rochester is married to Bertha Mason, and is Mr.Mason's sister. After Jane discovered this, she knew that the right thing to do was leave Mr.Rochester, although that is not what she truly wanted.
A.I.#22 (299-313)
Annotate: Terror-struck, solitude, never meant to wound you, pain.
Infer: Jane is very upset to find out that Mr.Rochester had kept Bertha, his wife, locked up, and is upset especially because he never informed her about his previous marriage. She is planning on leaving Mr. Rochester only because she believes that that will be the right thing to do. She truly loves Mr.Rochester, and the thought of being without him devestates her, and him, but she does not want to give in to temptation.
A.I. #23 (313-327)
Annotate: consider the recklessnes following on despair,flee temptaion, fairwell.
Infer: Jane and Mr. Rochester had bearly finished having a conversation about their status and how Jane could not give in, and just love Mr.Rochester. She decided that she needed to leave him even though she loved him dearly. Obviously, Jane is in denial, and is dumb for not staying with Mr. Rochester, who she loves and who loves her back.
A.I.#24 (327-341)
Annotate:Coachman, Whitcross,lost, hunger, dreadful, Hannah, St. John, Diana, Mary.
Infer: Jane has left Thornfield Hall, and has began a new journey. She was lost and she also had no money and no food. She was dropped off in Whitcross, and no one there was willing to give her a job, and she was homeless and starving. She found a house, and in it was Hannah, St. John, and Diana and Mary. At first they reject her, but then St. John finds her almost dead and they accept her into their house. They feed her and let her stay, and Jane is very thankful for that.
A.I.#25 (341-355)
Annotate: Jane Elliot, Mary, Hannah, Diana, St.John.
Infer:Jane does not want to give them her real information, so she tells them that her name is Jane Elliot. They let her stay in their house, and she begins to learn more about what they do and who they are.
A.I.#26 (355-369)
Annotate: The more i knew, the more i liked them, St. John, distant.
Infer: Jane started to like Mary, Hannah, and Diana the more she got to know them. The only one that she seemed to know less of was St. John. She felt distant from him. For some reaosn, she also felt depressed. I think that she feels strange
A.I. #27 (369-456)
Annotate: St. John, marriage, Mr. Rochester, Blind, Marriage, children, Jane
Infer: In the end, St. John proposes to Jane. It is at that moment that Jane realizes that she loves Mr. Rochester, and that she has to be with him. She also learned that Mr.Rochester is blind, and she was able to see past that and accept him and her true feelings for him. Overall, Jane was struggling to accept the true feelings that she had for Mr. Rochester, but she was not able to resist the true feeling of being in love.
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