Jane has a hard time understanding this but does appreciate it. Helen Burns takes on this conduct with patience, tolerance, and even dignity. Bronte illustrates by writing Brocklehurst’s quote, “I have a Master to serve whose kingdom is not of this world: my mission is to mortify in these girls the lusts of the flesh to teach them to clothe themselves with shame-facedness and sobriety, not with braided hair and costly apparel ” (Bronte 118). Brocklehurst, the master of the school, believes in depriving the students, proving his varied opinion between social classes.
During this time, she befriends Helen Burns and the pair endure the miserable environment with cruel treatment. Again, she was treated with disrespect and put under harsh conditions. Jane was sent off to Lowood, a charity school for female orphans. She was pushed around, locked in a room without an ounce of nourishment, and diminished to “the poor orphan child”. Although living in the home, Jane wasn’t treated with the same respect and honor as her cousins. Both of her parents passed due to an infection, leaving her in the hands of her wealthy aunt, Mrs.
Bronte writes, “…my mother had married him against the wishes of her friends, who considered the match beneath her that my grandfather Reed was so irritated at her disobedience, he cut her off without a shilling…” (Bronte 42). Jane learned that her father was a poor clergyman and her mother was considered to be in a higher class. At birth, Jane’s class position is believed to be open to interpretation. Jane Eyre, from a young age, was exposed to the reality of treatment within statuses.
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