Chapter 9-10

Quotation Page Number Why significant? Link to

theme/character
“Spring drew on – she 90 This is Jane
was indeed already personifying the
come” season of Spring. We
later see her
personifying nature as
almost a motherly
character – something
she started when she
was young.
Fog-bred pestilence… 91 This was a common
breathed typhus disease of the time
through its crowded and would be
schoolroom and common to see in
dormitory” large schools due to
their crowded nature.
This is also what kills
Helen in the end of
this chapter
“I must see Helen” 95 Even from a young Rebellion
age Jane does not do Loyalty
as she is told and even
after having been told
by the nurse “no,
child” she still
manages to sneak
through and stay with
Helen until the end.
“Are you going 96 From our very first Religion
home…Yes; to my long encounters with
home” Helen, we knew that
she was very religious.
The home she is
referring to here, is
heaven where she can
at last find peace.
“I have faith” 97 ‘’ Religion
“going to God” 97 ‘’ Religion
“Are you warm, 98 The friendship Friendship
darling?” between Helen and
Jane is a very sweet
and genuine one so it
is quite the tragic end.
“for fifteen years after 98 Jane suddenly jumps
her death” 15 years into the
future which breaks
the pre-established
flow of time in her
story.