Literature analysis #1 Jane Eyre

Here are the questions to guide your first Literature Analysis
(post title: LITERATURE ANALYSIS #1)

1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read according to the elements of plot you've learned in past courses (exposition, inciting incident, etc.).  Explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same).
Jane Eyre is a about a girl who matures into a woman through the book, she is tossed from situation to situation. Most are harsh and emotional, but she is able to make it through to the happy ending. It starts out at the Gateshead house. She is mistreated by the aunt and her cousins, seeming more like a dungeon than a home. After her time there, she is sent to Lowood, an orphan school where bad situations persist. There are bad conditions, but Jane is able to make a friend Helen. They were surviving together until Helen falls ill to a disease going around school and dies. after making it through the death of her friend, Jane has a new lease on life. She begins thinking more and escaping out of the box Lowood School has put her mind in for so long. She makes a new friend and ends up teaching at Lowood after she graduated. After that, Jane decides to do something else, and is hired as a governess at Thornfield. strange things are happening around the house, but Jane finds Mr. Rochester in the madness. She loves him and they plan on getting married. On the wedding day, claims that Mr. Rochester is already married arises and though he tries to convince her to stay, she ends up fleeing to a new house and job. She finds the River's family where she becomes their teacher. Mr. River likes her and tries to get her to run away with him and during this time, her uncle dies, leaving her the inheritance. Jane denies Mr. River's proposal and is somehow called back to the Thornfield residence that has burned down due to Mr. Rochester's crazy wife who ended up dying in the blaze. In the end, Mr. Rochester and Jane get married.
2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
I feel like the theme of the book is independence. As Jane swings from situation to situation, she is the only one who she can rely on to pull herself through all the misery. From the beginning, dealing with her harsh aunt and cousins, being able to stand up for herself, letting them know she would not be submissive to their "powers" over her shows back bone and strength. And when dealing with Mr. Rochester and deciding that running away with him wasn't something she was okay with, even though it meant happiness and security, she was able to stand up for her ideals and what she thought was important, and in the end it lead her to happiness.
3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
The authors tone when Jane and Mr. Rochester interact is romantic. The reader sees their relationship build on what started with tough situations that Jane and Mr. Rochester dealt with. From  When Jane saves him from his burning curtains to when Jane finds out Mr. Rochester is still married on their wedding day, the couple has been through their trials, but by trusting each other and in the end forgiving the other for their fault, it is what brought them together as a successful couple.
4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include edition and page numbers for easy reference.)

CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization.  Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?
I think the author uses both to show the reader what interpretation of Jane is from another character and then from also herself. Direct characterizations are from the author showing Jane's real character; her perseverance, her drive, her standards and values that Jane has kind of innately and doesn't totally realize she has. Indirectly Jane is seen as poor and worthless and more like scum than a person at points. This is from how she feels because of the people around her and their actions towards her making her feel this way. As a result, I fell like the direct characterization of Jane lasted with me the longest, showing me Jane's true character sans ow she might feel about herself at some points.
2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character?  How?  Example(s)?
Steadily, the book was more out of Jane's eyes than a narrator so the diction and syntax stayed the same. There were points when other characters a juxtaposition would be obvious.
3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic?  Flat or round?  Explain.
The protagonist is dynamic and round. Jane changes throughout the book. She starts out as a litlle girl and through every trial she gains confidence and sass and wit, to know that what she stands for and holds herself to is much more important than being stable yet controlled. She morphs from the beginning to the end beautifully.
4. After reading the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character?  Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction. 
I feel like a met the character. Through her struggles yet real life situations takes me to being a friend not observer. Maybe because of our similarities. When Jane saves Mr. Rochester from the burning curtains, I felt like she was a real life super hero, she had guts and proved she wasn't afraid. As I go into life that is how I want to be, I want to have the guts to do something and make a difference because of it.