“I would always rather be happy than dignified.” ‘Jane Eyre’ Is a story about an orphan child. Jane’s parents died when she was still too little to remember them, and it is her uncle (her mothers brother) who takes her in. Jane’s uncle also dies not to long after this, and he makes hir wife, Mrs. Reed, promise him that she will take care of his niece as if she were her own. Unfortunately for Jane, her aunt does not fulfil that promise: she considers Jane a bourdain and dislikes her for being poor. Her children are no better. Under their mothers indulgence, they mistreat their cousin constantly