JANE EYRE CHAPS 28 33 By Christine Stewart

JANE EYRE CHAPS. 28 -33 By Christine Stewart, Catherine Tepper, Olivia Vida

CHARACTERS Jane Eyre (Jane Elliot) St. John Rivers (pronounced “Sinjin”) Hannah Diana Rivers Mary Rivers Lady Rosamond Oliver

CHAPTER 28 Jane is still running from Rochester – beautiful weather on the moors She runs out of money and is forced to sleep outside Spends the night in prayer Looks for work and food in the morning The only person who helps her is a farmer who gives her a slice of bread After a day of wandering, she sees a light in the distance

CHAPTER 28 She follows it to a house She looks in the window and sees two women and their servant She listens to their conversation and finds their names are Diana, Mary, and Hannah respectively They are waiting for someone named St. John She knocks on the door but Hannah doesn’t let her in St. John finds her and brings her in They give her food and shelter and she gives them the false name Jane Elliot

CHAPTER 29 She spends 3 days recuperating with the Rivers siblings On the fourth day, she finds Hannah and tells her off for not letting her in when she was weak Hannah apologizes and tells the story of the departed Mr. Rivers Most of the family fortune was lost to a bad business deal Diana and Mary are forced to work as governesses Jane tells only Hannah the truth about her name St. John offers to find Jane a job

CHAPTER 30 Diana and Mary admire Jane’s drawings and give her books to read St. John remains distant and cold, although he is never unkind After a month, Diana and Mary return to their posts as governesses St. John found a job for Jane, running a charity school for girls in the town of Morton Jane accepts, but St. John presumes that she will soon leave the school out of boredom

CHAPTER 30 His sisters suspect he will leave England for a missionary post overseas The Rivers’ Uncle John has died and left them nothing All his money went to another, unknown, relative Uncle John was the one who led Mr. Rivers into his disastrous business deal

CHAPTER 31 Beautiful, wealthy heiress Rosamond Oliver provides Jane with a cottage to live in Jane begins teaching, but finds the work degrading and disappointing St. John reveals to Jane that he used to feel that he had made the wrong career choice, until he heard God’s call Now he plans to become a missionary Rosamond Oliver appears, interrupting St. John and Jane’s conversation Jane believes that Rosamond and St. John are in love

CHAPTER 32 Jane and her students are getting along and she is popular She still has strange nightmares involving Rochester She is basically missing him and his affection During the day, she continues to follow the relationship between St. John and Rosamond asks Jane to draw a portrait of her St. John visits her while she is drawing and gives her a poetry book He looks at the drawing

CHAPTER 32 Jane offers to draw him a duplicate and tells him he should marry Rosamond St. John admits he likes the heiress but she is too shallow and tempting to be a missionary’s wife Suddenly, he tears off a piece of her drawing and stares at it He has a strange expression on his face and then leaves Jane is perturbed by his actions

CHAPTER 33 It’s snowing - Jane is reading the poetry book and St. John appears He recounts her life story assuming she is Jane Eyre It’s clear he suspects her to be Jane Eyre, but she doesn’t immediately reveal herself He explains he received a letter from Mr. Briggs saying it is important that she is found She is only interested in news of Mr. Rochester He tells her Rochester’s health has nothing to do with the letter

CHAPTER 33 Jane Eyre must be found because her Uncle John left her a fortune of 20, 000 pounds Jane reveals herself to be Jane Eyre and asks how St. John knew He shows her the scrap of paper he tore from her drawing and it has her signature on it He explains they are cousins and Jane is happy to have found family members She divides her wealth evenly among the four of them

THEMES Love/loss of love – Jane dreams of the life she could have had with Rochester & Rosamond’s and St. John’s relationship Religious devotion – Jane prays and St. John is a missionary Gothic elements – Jane’s dreams involve storms Social class – Diana and Mary are governesses like Jane, making her feel as though she belongs