Jane Eyre - Chapters 5-10

In chapter five, Jane leaves to go to Lowood school. She sees how much better she will enjoy her new life here. Jane quickly adapts to life at Lowood. Jane meets Miss Temple and she gets on well with her. In chapter six Jane watches as her new friend, Helen Burns is beaten for not cleaning her nails properly. Jane talks to Helen later about religion and other topics. Helen is shown to be knowledgeable and Jane obviously looks up to her as a mother figure. Jane finds in Helen, someone who is also isolated and lonely and she can relate to her because of this. In chapter seven Mr. Brocklehurst is introduced again. He is very rude to the teachers and pupils and then notices Jane. He tells everyone that Jane is a lyer and an evil child. Jane finishes the punishment Mr. Brocklehurst gave her (standing on a stool for half an hour) and her friend Helen comes to console her. Jane and Helen are invited to eat seed cakes and toast in Miss Temples room. Miss Temple tells Jane that she knows that Jane is not a liar. In chapter nine, Lowood school is infected with typhus. Jane is unaffected but many of her classmates die. Helen is also very ill but with consumption, rather than typhus. Jane goes to see Helen late at night and finds her dying. She climbs into bed with her and in the morning, Helen is dead. Jane makes a new friend whilst Helen is ill called Mary Jane Wilson she does not compare to helen though. In chapter 10 Jane speaks of the changes of the school after the Typus disease had finished its work. Jane skips some years of her life and we are shown that Jane becomes a teacher at Lowood. Jane applies for another job outside Lowood as there is nothing there that makes her want to stay there longer. Jane is offered a position at Thornfield and Bessie comes to visit Jane before she leaves. This is noce for Jane as she has missed Bessie.