Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Gypsy

I felt that the whole party scene with the gypsy and everything was very interesting. It showed many new viewpoints and contrasts to characters that we have not yet discovered. The main thing that surprised me was that Mr. Rochester was the gypsy, although I think that this section was written in order to surprise the reader it was still an interesting way of showing different sides of the story yet revealing a lot at the same time. When Jane first sat down I was kind of curious and leery of what was actually happening. To me gypsies in the first place can be kinda creepy and I don't know I just imagine a dark room with a small light with a slightly mystical figure inside. Gypsies in books are a wonderful way of foreshadowing. Actually, I don't even know if we can call it foreshadowing because we know that they are specifically known to tell the future but in this instance Mr. Rochester uses this find feelings yet give then out at the same time. When Jane realizes that this is actually Mr. Rochester she at first appears angry but you can tell that she is in the back of her mind happy that he wants to know about her feelings from them. This whole book just seems that it could be a line of lies fit together to create a life. I like where this book is going I just wish Mr. Rochester and Jane would declare their feelings for one another and the odd happenings would be figured out. Actually, no I enjoy the suspense of not knowing but I am still suspicious of who is actually screaming, how these people are getting hurt and who truthfully lit the bed on fire.

1 comment:

David Lavender said...

Great post! I'm especially interested in your observation about how this scene shows the "different sides" of the characters. what sides, specifically? Could it have anything to do with gender (is something of a role reversal taking place here--with Rochester, dressed as a woman, expressing a stereotypically 'feminine' insecurity in trying to draw Jane into a confession of her true feelings, and Jane, for her part, assuming the 'manly' role by locking those feelings within?). I wonder.