March 24, 2023
By Hailey Evers, Staff Writer
ROCKLAND- Students in Honors Introduction to Literary Studies recently finished a new novel introduced by English teacher Ms. Amanda McDonough this year, and they have mixed feelings.
Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë in 1847, is a challenging read that Ms. McDonough hopes will prepare honors students for future English classes.
During the first and second terms, the students would read Jane Eyre separately in class or at home for homework and the next day, we would discuss the notes we took. We would discuss how we felt about that chapter and what certain quotes mean in the novel.
Jane Eyre is about a female character named Jane Eyre and her life story of struggling with not having a direct family and little to no money and most of it is based on her time in Thornfied hall she is governing. And where she meets her love interest.
“I liked that it was an early feminist text,” Ms. McDonough said of why she chose the novel.
Mae Richardson, 15, said, “The plot wasn’t the best, but the romance was okay considering it was back then.”
Kyara Williams, 15, would change one thing about the novel, and it was regarding the relationship between the two main characters.
Williams said, “I would have changed the age gap, it was a little too creepy for me. I liked the way that Jane always did what she believed in. She was confident enough in herself to make big decisions based on only what she believed in."
The novel Jane Eyre is now a part of the lesson in Introduction to Literary Studies Honors and it could be a fundamental necessity for students to learn and talk about for future English classes.