The ballad speaks of orphans' loneliness and sad life. At the end of the ballad, Bessie tells Jane, "Come, Miss Jane, don't cry,"" and Jane is wondering, "how could she divine the morbid suffering to which I was prey?- (Ch. 3) The last stanza of the ballad shows almost the exact description of Helen Burns' conviction that death will bring the utmost happiness and comforts, "There is a thought that for strength should avail me; Though both of shelter and kindred despoiled; Heaven is a home, and a rest will not fail me; God is a friend to the poor orphan child- (Ch. 3). She says, "I am sure that there is a future state; I believe that God is good; I can resign my immortal part to Him without any misgiving. God is my father; God is my friend; I love Him; I believe He loves me. You will come to the same region of happiness: be received by the same mighty universal Parent, no doubt, dear Jane- (Ch. 9). These statements explain that it will not take money and fortune to get into heaven but that "God is a friend to the poor orphan child- (Ch. 3). .
Under the care of Mrs. Reed, Jane's aunt, Jane is treated as though she is a "wicked and abandoned child- (Ch. 4). Her "father had been a poor clergyman- (Ch. 3) and both her parents died from typhus fever. She was given to her mother's sister-in-law in "promise of Mrs. Reed that she would rear and maintain her as one of her own children- (Ch. 2). Jane is treated just the opposite. She entered into Gateshead Hall, the residence of the Reeds, in hopes of being brought up a civil and well-nurtured child. Instead, Jane is abused not only by Mrs. Reed but also by her children. While living at Gateshead there is always an issue with money and Jane. John said to Jane in chapter one "mamma says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not .
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live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals as we do, and wear clothes at our mamma's expense- (Ch.