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Pages 1- 19 For the first discussion, everything had gone very smoothly.We first started off as Jocelyn was describing each of the characters as we came across in chapters 1 through 3. She had told us in Detail about each character. For instance, age, what they do, who's related to whom. Then reviewing and telling us based on the weather, it was the month of November. After Jocelyn's discussion, Amanda had reviewed some of the vocabulary that we came across that we had trouble in last night's reading. Then Jocelyn was also the reader and brought up three key points in the three chapters. We had read a short passage from each subject then commented on each and also formed our opinions. The three points were based on the attack (on page 5), the red room (on page 11), and Mr. Lloyd (on page 18). Morgan had also brought up the attack and also commented that it was wicked and cruel. Also reviewing that after John had yelled and hit Jane, he later then threw the book which caused her to fall and scratch herself. Jocelyn had thought that it was unfair that after the incident had occurred, they ran for the mother and they all accused Jane. Shortly after that, they carried her and locked her up in the red room. Which lead us into the second passage talking about the red room. Once again, Jocelyn had read another passage from the book, describing exactly what made the room to be called the red room. Also, told us that Mr. Reed had taken his last breath in that room and was soon buried in that room. Also discussing about Jane still being locked in the same room and later imagined that she had seen a ghost. Everyone never believed her and still kept her in the room. Finally, the last passage was discussing about Mr. Lloyd coming into the room. Nobody wanted to believe her of what she had seen and thought that she was being a baby. Morgan than added that she thought that she was becoming crazy at first. Also bringing up another point, Jocelyn had said that Jane would rather been miserable than to go poor.

Pages 20- 33 As first going into the discussion Jocelyn had started us off reading a summary saying that the months have changed so fast. Then briefly describing that Jane had told Mrs. Reed that She'll be leaving in the next day or two. That Mrs, Reed will sooner or later miss her. Jocelyn also brought up some of the characters descriptions. For instance, Bessie was very compatible, has a hasty temper, then talking about their facial descriptions. Simply after that, Amanda had brought a section up that she didn't quite understand by the way they described it in the book.The passage was on Page 21, and was basically talking about Mrs. Reed and Jane. In the book, it was written, " Mrs. Reed soon rallied her spirits: She soon shook me soundly, she boxed both of my ears, and then left me without a word." We didn't know if she was just getting abused by John, but also getting abused by Mrs. Reed. Everyone in the group had came to conclusion, that she wasn't getting abused by Mrs. Reed and think that she just covered her ears and just shook her. Another point that Amanda had brought up was still also on page 21. On page 21, it had said, "i half believed her, for I felt, indeed, only bad feelings surging in my breast." As I said above, we thought that she was getting abuse and we thought it affected her chest. As a result, we based it on her feelings and the way how everyone is treating her. Another point that was brought up was on page 30, When Jane had told Mrs. Reed that when she grows up, she never plans to go see ever again. Amanda, Morgan, Jocelyn, and Elizabeth had thought it was character development. She is finally realizing that she is getting treated really bad there and now will start to stick up for herself against Mrs. Reed.

Pages 34-45 Today, we started off with Jocelyn made a quick review from what we had read from last night. She told us that Jane was leaving at 6am and was very excited that she was finally leaving. As she was leaving, she had said her goodbyes to everyone except Mrs. Reed. Jocelyn had also said that it was a long ride and was a total of fifty miles and was going through small towns and stopping once for food. Finally discovered that it was a charity orphan school, and gives small amounts of food. Then switching the discussion into talking about all the characters. Ms. Miller was a teacher and she gave her physical descriptions; saying that she was tall. Also, briefly talking about all the students and saying that they had to wear brown dressed and wear their hair in curls. Morgan had brought up that in order for them to attend, they had know know how to sew. That reason is for the girls to sew and make their own clothes. Moving along, Amanda had brought up some of the vocabulary words that people in the group were unsure about. Amanda had also brought up that on page 42 there was a verse from St. Matthew saying,"Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your father which is in Heaven." Everyone chimed in and said that those were good inspiration for Jane. Another thing that Amanda had brought up was the book title that caught Jane's eyes, the book was titled //__Rasselas.__// Then said after she had started reading it, she started to dislike the book. Amanda thinks that Jane is very happy for the move. Then Morgan brought up that she didn't quite make friends yet but she didn't care because she finally got out of Mrs. Reed's house. Amanda, Jocelyn and Elizabeth all agreed, and had said that Jane was very mature for only being 10. Shortly after that, Morgan had said that she was watching kids as they stood, looking like she was daydreaming. Then Elizabeth had said that Jane was very used to getting yelled at and handled it very well. Which sums up all of today's discussion and then went over tomorrow's assignment and what our job's were.

Pages 46-109 We were missing one group member (Billie Jo) today. For Monday discussion we began with Fridays discussion because Billie Jo was the only group member present on Friday. So Jocelyn began with her summary of pages 46-60. For the discussion the reader (Elizabeth) suggested we could talk about how Jane was feeling now that her and Helen are becoming close friends and about Jane transitioning to a new life. Amanda went over some vocab we were unsure about and then Fridays discussion ended. Next we began the discussion with our new summarizer (Amanda). She summarized for the weekend pages 61-109.After the summary our new researcher (Jocelyn) went over a few vocab words that were questionable. Then the reader (Morgan) gave us some topics for discussion. We reread a quote from page 69 about how flowers are now only grown for coffins. We all agreed that it must have been horrible for Jane to lose basically her first friend. Then we reread page 74 which was the last conversation Between Helen and Jane. Near the end of discussion Jocelyn brought up how Jane has been at Lowood for 8 years and has taught for 2 years. Also Jane is looking for a job as a governess.

Pages 110-131 We were missing one member (Billie Jo) today. For Tuesdays discussion Amanda started off with her summary and asked about the gift Adele received. Jocelyn went over a few vocab words and then Morgan began the discussion. She brought up pages 112-114 where Mr. Rochester keeps asking Jane questions. 2 of the questions he asked her were the main discussion. The first was how he asked Jane to play for him and he basically called her average. The second question offended us in a way because he asked her if she thought he was handsome. We all agreed that it must have been extremely awkward and weird fir her. Then we ended the discussion with some French word explanations from Jocelyn.

Pages 131-141 Today we were missing one group member (Billie Jo). For Wednesday Amanda started the discussion with a summary of the pages we read. Next Jocelyn went over some of the vocab as usual. After that Morgan started our group off with discussion topics. First she brought up the fire and we all agreed that Grace Poole started the fire, and then we tried to figure out why she would try to kill Mr. Rochester we came to the conclusion that she was just crazy because she has a cackle and an awkwardness about her. Then we reread page 141 which is about Mr. Rochester flirting with Jane and it is the first sign that he likes her. We discussed the fact that she is 18 and he is 44. Amanda mentioned how maybe in the different time setting it was acceptable as apposed to now. Jocelyn and Elizabeth agreed that it is probably awkward for Jane because she is so young and naive. We ended the discussion with some talk about the wiki. Basically we went over how we thought we were doing and talked about our future jobs for the wiki.

Pages 142-155 Today we were missing one group member (Billie Jo). Amanda started the discussion off, Thursday, with a summary. Next Jocelyn went over some of our vocab. For today's discussion Morgan started off with discussing Grace Poole. Jocelyn was the first to try and solve the mystery of Grace. Her idea was influenced by the movie "Saw". She suggested maybe some one is using Grace to try and kill Mr. Rochester. Amanda's idea was that maybe he made her mad so she tried to kill him and Morgan thought that maybe she was blackmailing him considering she gets paid more than everyone else and does a lot less. Elizabeth brought up how the rich people in the story seem like they don't have jobs because the basically go from house to house for parties. We ended the discussion by talking about how Jane talks to her self we decided it was normal because she was basically trying to solve the mystery.

Pages 156-170 For Fridays discussion all group members were present. We started the discussion off Amanda and her summary. Then Jocelyn went over her vocab and allusions. First Jocelyn brought up how Mrs. Ingrim belittles Jane by talking down about governesses. Elizabeth suggests we talk about how Jane feels considering she has been mentally/verbally abused before. Amanda and Billie Jo mention that she is probably really sad because she enjoys Adele and her work. Jocelyn and Morgan agreed that she was probably really upset because since she is so young and so low in social status it would be extremely disrespectful to Mrs. Ingrim and also to Mr. Rochester because she is his guest. Next Morgan brought up what the end to Mr. Rochester's sentence was. We all agreed the next word was love.

Pages171-227 For Mondays discussion Amanda started it off with a summary of everything we read over the weekend. Next Jocelyn went over some unfamiliar vocabulary. Morgan started the discussion with a reread of 213. we discussed How when Jane was leaving Mr. Rochester got a little bit of an attitude with Jane. We discussed how we felt about Mr. Rochester's attitude towards Jane. Elizabeth agreed with Morgan and Amanda who said that he should not be rubbing rude ladies in Jane's face that would push people away. We then discussed the wiki and how we are switching for the next cycle. then we ended by reading on.

Pages 228-244 (Billie Jo and Elizabeth were both absent for this discussion.) Amanda started off by reviewing her summary. Some important points were brought up about the sisterhood between Georiana and Eliza. Amanda then asked Ms. W about details on what a convent is. Amanda also explained to Jocelyn who was married to the wealthy man (Eliza). We then continued to discuss Jane’s arrival back to Thornfield. Jocelyn then asked what time of day it was when she arrived home. Amanda and Morgan came to the conclusion that it was evening/nighttime. Morgan brought up why everyone believes that Miss Ingrahm and Mr. Rochester are getting married. Amanda then brought up an expert from page 230 about her thoughts of her arrival. Adele is very excited. Morgan then brought up how Jane then wanted to find Mr. Rochester. We all agreed that the proposal was cute, but random at the same time. Amanda read aloud off page 241; "I summon you as my wife" Morgan thought it was weird that Mr. Rochester said "…you strange you almost unearthly thing…. You—poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are—I entreat you to accept me as a husband"

Pages 245-261 (Elizabeth was absent today for our discussion.) Billie Jo started it off today by reviewing her summary with us. It consisted of the next four weeks after proposal. Morgan went into more depth about how Mrs. Fairfax told her to be careful, especially since there is such an age difference. He took her into town to buy her dresses. We all agreed that it was strange how Jane had to try so hard to convince him to bring Adele with them to shop. Amanda reviewed the page in which Jane decides to write to John Eyre and her reasoning (page 255). Jocelyn expressed how she thought it was strange that she still thinks he is ugly and refers to him as her master. We reviewed the scene in which he sang to her and played piano for her since she stopped playing during it. Also, we thought the way she reacted to the song was weird (for example how she wouldn’t kiss him). Morgan pointed out that she doesn’t want to be treated like royalty or even a bride. Amanda believes this is because of the way she was treated when she was younger, she doesn’t trust anyone. Amanda also pointed out how Mr. Rochester is becoming irritated with her. Billie Jo then read the paragraph how he needed to go out for a smoke. We ended the discussion with Morgan reviewing the fact he is talking of taking her to Rome and Paris.

Pages 262-272 (Billie Jo was absent for this discussion)Jocelyn began by saying “Oh Jane’s dreams.” We then discussed what the meanings of her dreams may have been. Amanda then reread a passage starting on page 269 and we discussed how Mr. Rochester was acting. We thought it was strange how he told her to sleep in the nursery with Adele and Sophie, and to keep doors locked. After Amanda read the passage of the girl in Jane’s room, we discussed who the girl may have been. Liz then reviewed a few vocabulary words that Morgan and Jocelyn had questions about. Morgan then asked why Mr. Rochester calls her Janet instead of Jane. We all agreed that it was strange because a shorter name for Janet is usually Jan. The discussion ended today by Morgan making us aware of the change within the reading schedule.

Pages 272-282 To start off todays discussion, Billie Jo started off by reading the summary. She explained the day of Mr. Rochester's and Jane's wedding. Morgan and Amanda inputed that you could tell Mr. Rochester was agrivated the day of the wedding. Morgan said that you could tell Jane was overwhelmed by the days activities. Billie Jo continued to read the summary. We find out the Mr. Rochester has a crazy wife locked on the third floor. Grace Poole is kept around to take care of his wife. We then went on to discuss a passage on page 273. The page talks about how Mr. Rochester and Jane can't have a real wedding, because he is really married to someone else and his family cannot be at the wedding. We all agreed that this was depressing, and we felt bad for Jane. Jocelyn then went on to read a part on 276, that led us to believe Mr. Rochester is related to Mrs. Fairfax. Amanda was confused by this, so we sat down and re-read the passage. We all came to the conclusion that the two are related. Jocelyn then read page 278. This page was all about the hiding of Mr. Rochester's previous marriage. This was a major topic of discussion today. The debate was about whether it was good or bad that Mr. Rochester hid his previous marriage from Jane. The more we talked about it, the more we decided that we understood where Mr. Rochester was coming from. He was trying to do the best thing for his wife, because back then divorce was looked down upon greatly. Also, putting her in an insane asylum would have been torture. The final thing we discussed was on page 281. It talks about how Jane is going back to her old depressed self, and we all feel bad for her.

Pages 282-290 We started off our discussion with Morgan summarizing the section, because Elizabeth wasn't her today. This section talks about how Jane wants to leave Thornfield, because of everything that has happened with Mr. Rochester. Jocelyn then read a passage on 288, reassuring the group that Jane is leaving Thornfield because she thinks it is for the better. Amanda then brings up how Mr. Rochester still wants Jane as his wife, but Jane just feels she needs to leave there. Jocelyn then reads page 290. This is talking about how Mr. Rochester was tricked into marrying his crazy wife, and he regrets it. Billie Jo then asks why he keeps her around, and we discussed again how he feels bad just throwing her out. Also, because divorce was looked down upon. We then discussed Jane's feeling for Mr. Rochester, and if she still cares about him. We all agreed that she does, but its just too hard for her to stay at Thornfield.

Pages 291-313 Elizabeth started off discussion today with the summary of this section. She talked about how Mr. Rochester searched the continent for love. Jocelyn reads page 292. We discussed within our group the situation with Mr. Rochester and his wife again. This is a major topic of our discussion, because it is the reason why Jane is leaving Thornfield and trying to move on with her life. Jane feels bad for Mr. Rochester, and still has feelings for him. Another passage was brought up on page 305. It started something about Jane will love and live with Mr. Rochester until death. BIllie Jo said that that statement was cute, and that led us talking about how we just wish there was someway that Mr. Rochester and Jane could stay together. Jocelyn then explains how Jane brings up her past. Amanda explains the section where she is talking about being locked into the red room for hours. We talked about how we feel sorry for Jane, because we think she is slowly going back to her old life and we do not want that for her.

Pages 314-336 Jocelyn was not here for discussion today. Elizabeth started by reading the summary. We find out Jane is now at White Cross. Morgan explains she is now living with St. John, Diana, and Mary. Amanda added that those girls are studying to be governess'. The three of them take her in to live with them. Amanda was confused on whose father died, but the group explained to Amanda that it was Hannah's father. She is a servant. On page 318, Billie Jo reads a section talking about how he is in a better place. This section helped explain that it was Hannah's father. Amanda was apparently having a blonde day because she asked if St. John was a saint. Our group looked at her and started laughing. Elizabeth told her that yes he was a saint, and then we talked about the relationship between the two people.

Pages 337-357 To start off the discussion, Elizabeth had told us the summary. She had told us that Jane had finally got a job and became a teacher. The only problem was that it was only temporary and would only last two months. Then one night, Jane had a bad dream about Mr. Rochester. Then Jocelyn was confused about who all exactly St. John was related to. Elizabeth had brought had thought that St. John and Jane should fall in love. Leading into a deaper discussion abot everything that happened. Jocelyn wanted to talk about the handout that we were given last Wednesday. Not taking very long, Morgan had changeed the subject and said that she thinks Jane was falling in love. Elizabeth had thought she was very scandalous. Then Ms. W sat down and was talking about why they shouldn't get married because of the social standing. Morgan thought that St. John is allowed to marry Jane because they both have less money. Then Jane would be a great missionary because she was very smart, giving, and helpful. Then Elizabeth was trying to figure everything out and Amanda jumped in and tried to help. || Pages 358-403 Billie Jo was absent from class today so the coordinator, Morgan, did the recording so we would not be behind. First Jocelyn read her summaries of pages 358-403. We find out that Jane's uncle John Eyre has died and left her 20,000 pounds. Amanda said that it seems like Jane's life is coming together, and she finally feels like she belongs somewhere. Especially when we found out that St. John and Jane are cousins. Liz thought it was very disturbing that even after they found out they were cousins and he still wanted to marry her. We went over the reader questions that Jocelyn posted, and we talked about Jane's life has changed so much from finding out so much more information. We decided to finish discussion on the novel tomorrow so that we can have a few days to fix up the wiki for our presentation.

Pages 404-433 During our last discussion, Jocelyn had said that Jane had gotten married to Mr. Rochester. Then everyone had voiced their opinions. Morgan had mentioned that she didn't like the end of the book. Then she asked if why did St. John get so creepy? Amanda had replied back saying that he kept pressuring her to marry and move away with him. Another question came up from Jocelyn, asking everyone what they thought about the entire book. Amanda had said that if they took some pages out that it would have been better, she thought that they described everything and made it very slow. Jocelyn and Elizabeth also agreed that it took too long, and had thought that the book was alright. Then we were going on the laptops and fixing and reviewing the wiki and seeing if everything was alright for presentation.