Adele

            I feel strongly for the character of Adele. She lost her mother and is now living in the foreign country and her life seems a little out of whack. The reader doesn’t really get too much from her later on in the novel, but her existence is important to the novel itself. She is used as a means of bringing Jane Eyre to Thornfield, which leads her to finding the one she truly loves. I for one believe that Adele is a means to make Rochester seem much more human. For one, we already know that without Adele, there would be no reason for Jane to come to Thornfield. Also, without Adele, Rochester would seem much more of a hush character. He takes Adele in and treats her like a part of his home, giving her new clothes and everything she would ever need so that he might not have ti worry about her when he is gone on his travels. Even though he gives her the finer things, he leaves her at his home while he prances away tending to his desire for a wife. Our first impression of Rochester is what he did for Adele in the first place, which is giving her a home when he wasn't even sure if she was his in the first place. He cared for her mother and extended his care after she was gone. We wouldn’t get an early interpretation of who he was without this knowledge of Adele's origins. If Adele was just some girl who lived there at Thornfield or was simply known as his daughter, the reader wouldn't really feel the same about Rochester. Him supporting this child because of an idea shows more of his character than if she was represented as his child from the start.
           Adele also brings to light Jane’s personality. Jane is Adele’s teacher and also sort of her mother figure. Her time with Adele sort of shaped her personality and forced her to focus on her wants and needs in the life she was given. Jane has been through a hard life and getting to take care of Adele let her be herself and show affection that she wasn’t able to before while in Gateshead. We can see Adele and Jane's interactions in the film itself and they seem a bit more minor in the 2011 film compared to the movie, but we can see how their interactions seems to change her. Adele usually ended up pushing Jane to move out of her comfort zone. We see this when Adele and Jane were told to join in on Rochester’s party and Jane is sort of forced to chit chat with others which leads to her affections towards Rochester to be shown. Adele's presence pushes Jane out of her comfort zone.
          I believe that Adele also represents a sort of reversed version of Jane. She starts out happy and without much worry then gradually goes off on her own to grow up and lose her childish demeanor. At the end of the novel, we are given a look into what happens to Adele and she ends up going off to school and sort of loses herself in ways. Jane went off to school after being in an un-liked relationship with her family and ends up finding herself in Thornfield.