Lack Of Love In Jane Eyre

Every human deserves to be loved. The lack of love can lead to a life full of loneliness and depression. In the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Jane’s actions are driven by her need to experience love and liberty. At the beginning of the book, Jane is a ten year old girl who is being raised by her aunt in the same house as her cousins. This family that she lives with constantly bullies and neglects her, they do not let her make her own decisions in any aspect of her life. In the ten years of Jane’s life, she has never experienced someone who is her age and who cares for her, a friend. Love and Liberty drive Jane to fill the holes in her life. Jane Eyre's Parents die when she is just a baby. She was then moved to her Aunt and Uncle Reeds house, where she is raised by the horrible, Mrs. Reed. Jane does not experience love and care from a family member. When the time comes for Jane to go to Lowood Institution, she is driven by love to find this for herself. At the institution, Jane becomes close with a teacher named Mrs. Temple. Mrs. Temple acts as a mother figure for Jane in the novel. Jane explains, “Mrs. Temple, through all the

Bessie was the closest thing to a friend that Jane had, and even she did not care about Jane until she had to leave. The drive to find a friend makes Jane step out of her comfort zone and talk to, what would become, her best friend Helen. Jane and Helen become close in her first few months at Lowood. Jane explains her relationship with Helen, “...yet, I never tired of Helen Burns; nor ever ceased to cherish for her a sentiment of attachment, as strong tender and respectful as any that ever animated my heart” (Bronte 88). Helen is the first person to love and care for Jane. When Helen dies Jane is very heartbroken and upset, but the drive by love continues to propel Jane's actions for the next eight years at Lowood