Rochester Emerges.

   As the novel goes on it gets a lot more interesting. Here Rochester the main male character from Jane Eyre is finally introduced. During this section of reading we notice a shift. The shift that occurs is the point of view from which the story is told. Other things things to note are the circumstances of the marriage, the references to the contrast in environment, and some thematic elements.
        In this section of reading we we introduced to Rochester from Jane Eyre. We learn that Rochester is the fiance of Antoinette, yet has no knowledge of her at all. Rochester himself states that he he gets married within the first month that he arrives to the island three weeks of which he is sick in bed. We also learn the reasoning for Rochester's marriage to Antoinette. As a arranged marriage by his father and brother Rochester being the second son was proposed a 30,000 pounds for marring Antoinette. Upon hearing the circumstances of this deal and Rochester's story one would be very critical of Rochester and his Character. One would think him very foolish for agreeing to something so important as marriage without knowing anything about the person you are about to marry especially if it is only for the money. Only after being with Antoinette for a while does Rochester start to notice some characteristics of Antoinette's charater that, that to Rochester, are out of the norm. This is where the thematic element of social class play in. Rochester notices that Antoinette is friendly with the people of the island and wont assert were rank or authority over them. I think that Rhys switches the point of view and gives us insight into Rochester's perspective.