"How would you best describe the central idea of this chapter? Which phrase from the chapter best helps develop the central idea?"
It's Jane's first month at Lowood and the headmaster of the school, Mr. Brocklehurst has been away the whole time. She becomes very nervous when he returns back because she remembers telling her aunt about her having the habit of lying. She made that promise to her and was afraid of the master finding out. He finds out and calls her a careless girl. He orders Jane to stand on a stool while he yells to everyone in the school that she lied. Every student was forbidden to speak to Jane the rest of the day. Jane was completely humiliated all because of her being careless and lying when she was not supposed to. The master is very harsh and cruel when it comes to rules and punishments, but she ultimately put the punishment on herself by not keeping her promise and impulsively admitting her mistake in front of Mr. Brocklehurst. "There was I, then, mounted aloft; I, who had said I could not bear the shame of standing on my natural feet in the middle of the room, was now exposed to general view on a pedestal of infamy. What my sensations were no language can describe; but just as they all rose, stifling my breath and constricting my throat, a girl came up and passed me: in passing, she lifted her eyes. What a strange light inspired them! What an extraordinary sensation that ray sent through me!" That statement defines the whole passage. A simple smile and nice gesture while she is misery mean't a lot to her and gave her hope.
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