I found the beginning of 'wide sargasso sea' much easier to get into that 'Jane Eyre'. i liked the way the authoer jumps around between diffferent topics and subjects and I also like the way it is easy to read. There are many similarities between 'wide sargasso sea' and 'jane eyre' such as the themes of death, religion and hardship. As well as the similarities between themes there are many other similarities between the main charachters of the two books, Jane and Antoinette. Both of these characters are interested in religion, they both go through alot of hardship and they both expierience death at a very young age.
I liked the description in 'wide sargasso sea' of the fire at antoinettes house. i especially liked the way Rhys described the parrot falling out of the window with its feathers on fire. "he made an efort to fly but his clipped wings failed him and he fell screeching." I like this description as it is disturbing to imagine what the author describes.
When antoinette gets a rock throw at her by her "friend" it reminded me of the beginning of 'jane eyre'when john reed hits Jane in the face. The way antoinette was treated after the incident, harshly and without sympathy, was the same as the way Jane got treated. I will be interested to see if there are any more similarities between the two books as i get further into it.
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These are good comments. I agree about the parrot description. You make good connections with JE. Do you think Rhys' style of writing is particularly suitable to what she is trying to explore in this novel i.e. a search for understanding within characters who feel out of place?
I think that it's interesting how you made the comparison between the way Jane/Bertha are treated. It's somehow even worse for Bertha, because the person who throws the rock is her friend, or at least would be, with out the racial prejudices that are present. Although I guess if Jane wasn't an orphan maybe her and John Reed could be friends, although the impression I got was that John was nasty at heart, whereas Tia (rockthrower) has justbeen indoctrined into the prejudices.
I agree with you blud. i prefered WSS to JE not only because of the length of the book, but also the descriptive passages are to the point a lot of the time, making for an interesting read that doesnt "waste the readers time" so to speak. nicely done.
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