Later in the book, there is a contradiction between characters. Jane befriends a girl named Helen, who has also been abused by the teachers at their school. While they are very good …show more content…
She also believes that there are rough times in life people must overcome because it is fate. Helen can be seen as the bystander and the victim. Although she is often physically abused by the teacher, she looks the other way and and does not stick up for herself. She believes in fate entirely, which is obvious because all she cares about is god and education.
“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”(Jane Eyre, Chapter 6). Helen becomes sick, and this is probably why she thinks like this. Her dedication to religion is frame to the way she lives her life. Her idea of living life without prejudice beliefs, and dismissing grudges is one of the characteristics that lets Helen stand out from other