Response to "How does Jane Survive"

Jane ends up happier than the other characters in the book due to the stark contrast of her life prior to marrying Rochester. Throughout her childhood, she was fraught with misery surrounding her stay with the Reeds and later, the death of Helen due to consumption. Because of this depressing upbringing, when the school switches hands to the kinder gentlemen, she is thrilled. She ends up with a "desire to excel in all, together with a great delight in pleasing my teachers." (Bronte, 63)Even a small upturn in her life causes her to be much happier, especially after the introduction of Rochester. She still receives affection from him even after she returns from her leave after learning about Bertha. Rochester states that even though she left him for a while, he "felt like she loved me, and truster that she would not leave me."(Bronte, 334) She, once again, fell for Rochester, and happily so, concluding the book on a positive note in Jane's life.