March 11, 2011 is a day to take a sister, a mom, a kid, a teen to tea, and then to see Jane Eyre. This courage filled young Jane is a mistreated orphan who is taught to memorize scripture at an early age. She learned to submit to authority and respectfully she held her tongue as she waited for a response to an ad she placed for employment. Jane speaks the truth as she knows it and she is led to fearlessly act ~ When faced with injustices, she was quick to show kindness.
Ultimately because of her instilled values, Jane Eyre becomes the heroine. She gains personal freedom and the guy of her dreams, not by manipulation, but because she is valued for her morality. The appeal to this plot is far reaching as we all have suffered rejections and disappointments. This classic also has a mystery which draws upon our emotions and our intellect. Jane is a GREAT role model for young girls in 2011. The story is modern and universal. If you take away the costumes and the setting, at the core of it is a story of a young girl who is trying to find love, a place to call home, somewhere to belong, and connect in a very dislocated world.
As a society we are discontent, and many ache to know that they are valued and loved ~ that REALITY remains transcendent as it reaches the soul of the lost. Today we live in a hostile world with war and economic doom, and the orphans of our society are the children who grow up with both parents working, and consequently unavailable. Consider how youth deal with the gray days of being alone or homeless? Without college ~ hopes turn bleak in 2011 for many who are forced to drop out to get jobs and support the family. Jane Eyre drops out of the role of an orphan and adopts the responsibility of a teacher for one young spoiled child.
Teens today need strong models of courage and tenacity. "If Jane can do it, so can I!" Such response ability is a reason for youth to rise and do well! Jane thrived within a cold, socially limited environment and she made the best of it without complaint. Void of mature advice from anyone, she relied on her faith in God, and never really felt alone. Jane was 18-years-young living in a world with a social circle of two. An 8-year-old girl and Mrs. Fairfax, the housekeeper. Today our teens have several perhaps too many social opportunities and they miss out on time alone with God. I'm just saying....that perhaps ~ TV, Facebook, gaming, text messaging, and more demand movies than books is what keeps us from feeling the confidence of the Holy Spirit. Jane's home was a cold and desolate castle that could not console or offer the comfort of a friendly embrace. ONE LESSON: Maybe it is not always WISE to have more than we need. To learn that stuff cannot satisfy the soul's longing for relationship. Tis a huge lesson for this ME generation.
The audience anticipates the moment that Jane embraces the truth of being worthy of love. We can each relate to the FEAR Jane has over noises in the dark, the FEAR of the unknown, the FEAR of being alone, and the FEAR of feeling LOVE. The unseen, unknown, and inaudible voice in her heart seems to have given Jane a clarity that we lack today. Without distraction, Jane is enabled to emotionally adapt to her creepy environment. Her heart yearns to be loved, BUT does Mr Rochester love her, could he possibly love someone as uneducated as Jane? The innocence of such thinking, her vulnerability in the matter of undeserved love is something that we all have felt. A GREAT book and an excellent teaching tool for a nite at home with a teen.
March 11, 2011 is a day to take a sister, a mom, a kid, a teen to tea, and then to see Jane Eyre. This courage filled young Jane is a mistreated orphan who is taught to memorize scripture at an early age. She learned to submit to authority and respectfully she held her tongue as she waited for a response to an ad she placed for employment. Jane speaks the truth as she knows it and she is led to fearlessly act ~ When faced with injustices, she was quick to show kindness. 
Ultimately because of her instilled values, Jane Eyre becomes the heroine. She gains personal freedom and the guy of her dreams, not by manipulation, but because she is valued for her morality. The appeal to this plot is far reaching as we all have suffered rejections and disappointments. This classic also has a mystery which draws upon our emotions and our intellect. Jane is a GREAT role model for young girls in 2011. The story is modern and universal. If you take away the costumes and the setting, at the core of it is a story of a young girl who is trying to find love, a place to call home, somewhere to belong, and connect in a very dislocated world. 
As a society we are discontent, and many ache to know that they are valued and loved ~ that REALITY remains transcendent as it reaches the soul of the lost. Today we live in a hostile world with war and economic doom, and the orphans of our society are the children who grow up with both parents working, and consequently unavailable. Consider how youth deal with the gray days of being alone or homeless? Without college ~ hopes turn bleak in 2011 for many who are forced to drop out to get jobs and support the family. Jane Eyre drops out of the role of an orphan and adopts the responsibility of a teacher for one young spoiled child. 
Teens today need strong models of courage and tenacity. "If Jane can do it, so can I!" Such response ability is a reason for youth to rise and do well! Jane thrived within a cold, socially limited environment and she made the best of it without complaint. Void of mature advice from anyone, she relied on her faith in God, and never really felt alone. Jane was 18-years-young living in a world with a social circle of two. An 8-year-old girl and Mrs. Fairfax, the housekeeper. Today our teens have several perhaps too many social opportunities and they miss out on time alone with God. I'm just saying....that perhaps ~ TV, Facebook, gaming, text messaging, and more demand movies than books is what keeps us from feeling the confidence of the Holy Spirit. Jane's home was a cold and desolate castle that could not console or offer the comfort of a friendly embrace. ONE LESSON: Maybe it is not always WISE to have more than we need. To learn that stuff cannot satisfy the soul's longing for relationship. Tis a huge lesson for this ME generation. 
The audience anticipates the moment that Jane embraces the truth of being worthy of love. We can each relate to the FEAR Jane has over noises in the dark, the FEAR of the unknown, the FEAR of being alone, and the FEAR of feeling LOVE. The unseen, unknown, and inaudible voice in her heart seems to have given Jane a clarity that we lack today. Without distraction, Jane is enabled to emotionally adapt to her creepy environment. Her heart yearns to be loved, BUT does Mr Rochester love her, could he possibly love someone as uneducated as Jane? The innocence of such thinking, her vulnerability in the matter of undeserved love is something that we all have felt. A GREAT book and an excellent teaching tool for a nite at home with a teen.
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