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Bronte was similar she was sent to Roe Head School for a year and a half (Charlotte .
Bronte, 1). At Lowood, Jane learns a lot; she learns more than just an education. She .
learns about life and how to be independent. Bronte was the same way. While Jane is .
at Lowood several students pass away from typhus fever. One of the students that .
passes away is, her best friend Helen Burns. Helen is a couple years older than Jane is .
and she looks up to her extremely. Bronte's two older sisters passed away from .
tuberculosis (Bronte, 1). A best friend is a sister one never had. Since Jane does not .
have any siblings Helen is the symbol for a sibling. She signifies the loss a loved one .
and learning from it. Jane truly loves her as a sister. Bronte's older sisters were role .
models to her. Bronte shows her feelings of the loss of her sisters through Jane and the .
loss of Helen. .
At Lowood the reason for the passing of students was because of harsh .
conditions. "The unhealthy nature of the site, the quantity and quality of the children's .
foods, the brackish, fetid water used in its preparation; the pupil's wretched clothing and .
accommodations (Jane Eyre, 84)." The conditions at Lowood improve though. Bronte .
was sent home from roe head school because of harsh conditions (Charlotte Bronte, 1). .
This is one difference. Something good came out from the bad in Jane's life, while in .
Bronte's she was sent home and the conditions did not improve. Bronte is displaying .
what she wanted to happen through her writing in Jane. .
Charlotte Bronte portrays herself through Jane. She shows what she wants but .
did not have through Jane. Bronte taught but she did not enjoy it. She could not .
become a good governess because she was shy, had an "ignorance of normal .
children," and she wanted to be with her sisters (1). Jane is the opposite. She says .
what is on her mind. She becomes a good governess because she enjoys talking and .