She advertises for a governess and is hired by Mrs. Jane has been a teacher at Lowood for two years, but she thirsts for a better and brighter future. Brocklehurst can not be overlooked, due to his wealth and family connections, new people are brought in to share his duties of treasurer and inspector, and conditions improve dramatically at Lowood. New rules are made, and improvements in diet and clothing are introduced. Several rich and kindly people donate to put up a new school building in a more healthful location. Brocklehurst's neglect and dishonesty are laid bare. While the typhus epidemic is raging, Helen dies of consumption in Jane's arms. Jane admires and loves the gentle Helen and they become best friends, but Jane cannot bring herself to emulate her friend's behaviour. Jane is impressed with one pupil, Helen Burns, who accepts Miss Scatcherd's cruelty and the school's deficiencies with passive dignity, practising the Christian teaching of turning the other cheek. The majority become sick from a typhus epidemic that strikes the school. As a result, Lowood's eighty pupils must make do with cold rooms, poor meals, and thin garments whilst his family lives in comfort. Brocklehurst embezzles the school's funds to support his family's luxurious lifestyle while hypocritically preaching to others a doctrine of privation and poverty. His reply agrees with Jane's, and she is cleared of Mr. After Jane does so, Miss Temple writes to Mr. He then tells them that ".this girl, this child, the native of a Christian land, worse than many a little heathen who says its prayers to Brahma and kneels before Juggernautthis girl isa liar!" Later that day, Miss Temple allows Jane to speak in her own defence. Brocklehurst, visiting the school for an inspection, has Jane placed on a tall stool before the entire assemblage. Miss Maria Temple, the youthful superintendent, is just and kind, but another teacher, Miss Scatcherd, is sour and abusive. Reed, so shocked that she is scarcely capable of responding, leaves the drawing room in haste. After Brocklehurst departs, Jane bluntly tells Mrs. Reed tells him, falsely, that Jane is a liar. He accepts Jane as a pupil in his school. Brocklehurst is a cold, cruel, self-righteous, and highly hypocritical clergyman who runs a charity school called Lowood. Lloyd, comes to Gateshead Hall and suggests that Jane go to school.
Still locked in that night, Jane sees a light and panics, thinking that her uncle's ghost has come. Reed has two of the servants drag her off and lock her up in the red-room, the unused chamber where Mr. Jane is blamed for the ensuing fight, and Mrs. Thus, the novel begins with young John Reed bullying Jane, who retaliates with unwonted violence. In addition, they dislike Jane's plain looks and quiet yet passionate character. Reed's preference for the little orphan in their midst.
Sarah Reed, and their three children (John, Eliza and Georgiana) neglect and abuse Jane, for they resent Mr. The brother, surnamed Reed, dies shortly after adopting Jane.
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