love is all you need.

Throughout the beginning of the book, we see Jane struggling with her aunt Mrs. Reed, and her cousins. She is constantly teased by John and is neglected by her aunt. Jane is never "loved"; not necessarily in a way that she needs a man in her life to be her boyfriend, but in the sense that she doesn't feel as if she matters to anyone at all. The only person who regarded her as important enough to care for was her uncle, however he is dead and cannot control the lack of attention Jane gets from Mrs. Reed. When Jane arrived at Lowood and met Helen, she felt important enough that someone was willing to be her friend. I felt so sorry for Jane when Helen got sick and passed away, but I was also somewhat relieved when Jane got to be with Helen during her minutes. Helen and Jane comforted each other, and that was a new concept for Jane. Before they became friends, she had never felt as if she mattered to anyone. Also, when Jane is leaving for Lowood, Bessie expresses the fact that she cared for Jane very much when she was at Gateshead. This is another example of someone who loved her, but very quickly disappeared from her life. It seems that as soon as someone begins to love Jane, they are taken away from her.