Following the Moral Compass in Jane Eyre Jane Eyre is the perfect coming of age novel: a little girl who is treated cruelly holds herself together and learns to carry on with her life with a guiding conscience that keeps his life within personally felt moral limits. I found Jane as a child to be quite adult: she fights conversationally with Mrs. Reed on an adult level from the beginning of the book. The difficulties of his childhood make his extreme need for moral correctness credible. For example, knowing her righteous stubbornness as a child, we can believe that she would later leave Rochester altogether rather than live a life of love and luxury simply overlooking a legal technicality regarding her previous marriage to an insane woman. His childhood and adult life are harmonious and give the reader the feeling of a complete and believable character. In fact, in this book I was afraid it would be another one of those English countryside novels, the woman gets married. I was reminded of a friend's comment a few years ago to "avoid the Brontës like the plague". But obviously there's more going on here than just courtship. For example, if you compare Jane to one of Jane Austen's young women entering society, you have a little more adventure, roughness, and connection to nature. I don't think a Jane Austen character would wander the forest, sleeping shelterless in the wilds of the night to make a moral point. Jane Eyre can get her nails dirty: that's the difference. You also feel more emotions in Jane Eyre, you feel with her, a deep hatred (for Mrs. Reed), a religious belief (with... middle of the paper... somewhat cryptic language. She simply had her mind elsewhere, which is probably why it ended up in India, I'm glad the book ends by focusing on the character of St. John rather than Jane or Rochester, as it suggests that the importance of the book isn't about finding. the right person, falling in love and living happily ever after in this book is about following your conscience In this regard, Jane and St. John both did the same thing in this story: both had a strong and motivating conscience, both were tempted. but they pursued their course and both found a satisfying resolution; life in the end. This book is not about developing a relationship with a romantic partner, but about developing a relationship and learning to follow and live in harmony with your own. moral conscience..