I'm not sure if anyone else picked up on this, but there has been a character named Jane in both of the books we have read/are reading in class! First in Catcher in the Rye, Holden has a mild obsession with a girl named Jane Gallagher. We learn lots of tid-bits about this girl (like she always keeps her kings in the back row in chess, she might have given Strandlater the time in Ed Bankey's car, and that she may or may not be on Christmas vacation) but for the most part we do not meet or learn much more about Jane. We just know that Holden really likes this girl and thinks about calling her maybe every 3 pages.
In Jane Eyre, Jane is the main character of the story. Because we are not extremely far into the book we do not an exceeding amount of information about Jane. We do know that she is an orphan and was raised in a hostile environment with the Reed Family (Mrs. Reed was her aunt, and the children were her cousins). She then went on to Lowood school to become a strong young woman. Currently she is becoming a governess.
This may seem like a pointless post, but I thought it was a little interesting how we have a couple characters named Jane coming up in our class.
Yeah i really did not notice that... i dont really see anything in common between the two though.... interesting point
ReplyDeleteI gotta say, I didn't notice that, but it is pretty ironic. I guess we'll never fully get away from Cather In The Rye? :)
ReplyDeleteNot a pointless post at all, it's cool that you noticed, because I bet most people didn't.