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In her stay at Gateshead, Jane Eyre is treated poorly and often corrected by Mrs. Reed who has a grudge against Jane. This struggle that she encounters here is the foundation of who Jane Eyre becomes.
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In Brockelhurst's conversation with Mrs. Reed, he discusses with Mrs. Reed the possibility of sending Jane Eyre to a boarding school named Lowood. While discussing, he also gives criticisms to Jane. As Jane moves from Gateshead to Lowood, the reader is exposed to the next progression of Jane Eyre's life.
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Jane Eyre starts her new life of at a bording school which does not turn out to be the change that she desired. At the school, Brockelhurst continues to give critisism to Jane Eyre and the only person that Jane can confide in is her new friend Helen.
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Helen, Jane's new best friend at Lowood, died of typhoid fever. Jane is saddened depply and further defines Jane's character.
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Jane yet again begins a new life at Thornfield Hall, which is the begining of all conflict and plot of the story.
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As Jane Eyre is told that Mrs. Fairfax is not the owner of Thornfield, but it is a James Edward Rochester. One day as Jane is transporting Mrs. Fairfax's letters she has a strange bump in with an odd stranger. She learns later that stranger was Mr. Rochester. In their first conversation they get along well and start a friendly relationship in which the rest of the story is built upon.
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Jane saves Mr. Rochester from burning in a fire in the middle of the night. People believed that Grace Poole started the fire, but no one knows. This builds suspicion towards Thornfield.
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Mr. Rochester comes home with a group of people including Ms. Blanche Ingram. She seems to be a new love interest to Rochester.
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Mason showes up unexpectedly. He plans to stay the night but he gets attacked in the middle of the night. Jane is requested to come help clean up bloody Mason. Again, Grace Poole is suspected.
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Rochester and Jane were going to get married but someone spoke out at the wedding saying that Rochester is already married.
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Jane decides to leave Thornfield. She travels as a begger going door to door asking for food.
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After Jane traveled through England begging for food, she finnaly arrives at a house that accepts her and gives her food, water, and a time of recovery. It is at this house where she is accepted by and meets St.John, a local pastor.
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While living in her own house by herself, Jane welcomes St. John into her house where he explains to Jane that her uncle had died and left her 20,000 pounds which Jane decided she would split between herself, St.John, and her sisters.
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St.John is planning a mission trip to India and asks Jane if she would like to accompany him as his wife to which she refuses and offers to go as his friend, but St. John disagrees and says she must be his wife. The both decide not to marry.
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After Jane Eyre leaves St. John, she travels to a hospital that houses Mr. Rochester who has become blind and crippled from a fire that burned down Thornfield. Jane decides to live the rest of her life with Mr. Rochester even though the condition of his life is very poor.
