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Jane Eyre is the story of a journey to be loved. Jane seeks not just for romantic love but for being valued. Throughout the course of the book, Jane must learn how to gain love without sacrificing herself in the process. Only after proving her self-sufficiency to herself can she marry Rochester and not be asymmetrically dependent upon him as her “master.” The marriage can be one between equals. As Jane says: “I am my husband’s life as fully as he is mine. . . . To be together is for us to be at once as free as in solitude, as gay as in company.
As Jane grows up, she becomes more independent and is treated on the same level as Rochester once they being to develop a relationship. Rochester can talk to Jane openly, as she can with him, and they can treat each other as equals. This can also be seen at the end of Jane Eyre where Rochester and Jane go off to live in Ferndean where they live their life the way they wish to, as equals, and not judged by society for Jane being on the same level as Rochester. Rochester truly loves and depends on her, especially after the fire incident at Thornfield, when Jane comes to visit and finds that Rochester was blinded and injured. This time apart from Jane (when she was with St. John and her other cousins) humbled Rochester and made him appreciate and love her even more.
Their love is a great representation of a transcendent experience for all of in the class. As Joseph stated, “the love that Jane and Rochester have is truly incredible and Rochester speaks to her depth as a human being. It seems that too often we see incredibly shallow relationships in society today”. Jane truly loved Rochester, not for his money or looks, but him as a person. This is a true definition of unconditional love. Meg...

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.... The authors are writing in their own time period, which I love for its literary history about the period, social classes, styles, and what was important back then. Good literature is never dull, and will always be interesting from generation to generation.
Some read this book several times. For example, Jennifer Stevens read this book so many times because it is her all-time favorite book. She believes that reading it again helps put the novel more into perspective. What she likes the most about this book is Jane Eyres being such a healthy role model and her inner beauty shines out for the whole world to see which is what draws people to her. Tamara found herself saying "Where have you been all my life?" to the novel. Thank goodness for this class. It has not only made me a better writer, but also a better, more rounded person. And for that, she was very thankful.

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