room where her uncle Mr Reed died Her punishment in the Red-Room is a symbol of fear She feels haunted and hopeless This is the first dark sunrise of her life Harsh Discipline at Lowood School Jane is sent to Lowood School Life here is very hard The building is cold Food is bad Mr Brocklehurst insults Jane before all He calls her a liar The girls look tired and sick Their shoes are old They wear thin clothes in winter Jane notes Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold But here Jane meets Helen Burns and Miss Temple Helen teaches patience and forgiveness Miss Temple shows kindness and care In this school Jane learns courage and values Childhood pain slowly turns into inner strength This is an up after the down Love and Happiness at Thornfield Jane becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall She teaches Ad le Soon she meets Mr Rochester He is rich proud but kind to Jane Slowly love grows between them Rochester proposes Jane will you marry me Jane feels true joy for the first time She finds love respect and hope It is the highest point of her life Sorrow of Leaving Rochester On her wedding day the truth comes out Rochester already has a mad wife Bertha Mason Jane is shocked She cannot marry him She doesn t want to be his mistress Staying with him will go against her moral principles So she says I care for myself The more solitary the more friendless the more I will respect myself Though her heart breaks she leaves Thornfield at night Jane suffers from hunger poverty and loneliness But she shows dignity and independence This is a great down but it also proves her moral courage Reunion and Peace at Ferndean At last Jane hears a mysterious call from Rochester Jane Jane Jane She returns to him at Ferndean Rochester is now blind and crippled But Jane still loves him deeply She says Reader I married him They marry quietly She becomes his guide and support Later Rochester regains sight in one eye They have a son Jane s life finally finds peace love and equality This is the greatest up of her life The life of Jane Eyre is full of storms and sunshine She suffers at Gateshead and Lowood She finds love at Thornfield but loses it again She struggles with hunger and loneliness yet never gives up her self-respect Finally at Ferndean she wins true love equality and peace Charlotte Bront shows that life s ups and downs shape a person s strength dignity and destiny