In the beginning of the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Jane started as a young lady who had no family or money and she was the one who needed Mr. Rochester so that she would get paid for being a governess to Adele and have a place to stay. However, after Jane Eyre leaves Thornfield Hall and goes to Whitcross and stays with a family which she later finds out to be her cousins she inherits a large sum of money. Her cousin, St. John Rivers informs Jane that her uncle had passed away and he left his fortune to her (582). Jane does not feel that she needs all of this money and she wants to show her appreciation to her cousins for taking her in, so she gives each of them a fraction of the money (589). While Jane was gone, Bertha Mason set Thornfield on fire and then jumped off the building to her death (654). Everyone else managed to get out in time and they survived, but Thornfield was destroyed (654). The irony in this is that now Jane does have money and family and she is independent. Mr. Rochester by now has lost all of his fortune along with his mansion in the fire and became blind (655). All of these these things made him dependent on John and Mary and later Jane to survive (655).
Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York: Reader's Digest, 1984. Print.
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