"While disease had thus become an inhabitant of Lowood, and death its frequent visitor; while there was gloom and fear within its walls; while its rooms and passages steamed with hospital smells, the drug and pastille striving vainly to overcome the effluvia of mortality, that bright May shone unclouded over the bold hills and beautiful woodland out of doors." (77-78)
Jane speaks often of the sad and tragic deaths of the girls at her school when she was a child, at Lowood. She speaks almost directly about coping with death, and indirectly talks about the many different feelings one may express while coping. This connects to everyday life, becasue new life and death and are always occuring in this world. Recently, there has been tragedies like The Boston Marathon bombings, and such. This shows us that you need to live your life to the fullest and make sure you are making yourself happy, so that you enjoy your life. Death is a terrible thing, as mentioned in the quote, but it also enriches our heart and helps us to understand and appreciate what we have going good in our lives.
I really like this quote because it really connects to people's lives. I think Jane grew a lot from the death of her best friend Helen, even though it was very hard on her, and helped her to appreciate the other relationships that she had, just like the death of a loved one does in real life.
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