The ability to express our intentions and have others see our point of view makes us likable. “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë follows the story of a rebellious young girl who becomes a stable woman. During her life journey, Jane meets many people, including St. John. St. John has dedicated his life to God and wishes to take Jane to India with him. St. John is a sympathetic character because he sincerely believes that his commitment to his religion will benefit him in the afterlife. Because Jane is the narrator, the reader has a biased view that St. John's character is unfavorable. Throughout Jane's life, oppressive male figures dominated her life, such as John Reed and Mr. Brocklehurst; thus, Jane can condition herself to be anxious when confronting men. After regaining her physical and emotional strength, Jane studies the character of St. John. Jane's first impression of St. John is pessimistic: "If he had been a statue rather than a man, he could not have been easier" (Bronte 329). By comparing St. John to a statue, the reader is forced to see St. John as someone cold and rigid. Jane makes St. John seem disconnected from human feelings. Jane also presents a skewed view of men when she first meets Rochester, who later becomes her husband. Additionally, Jane's first impressions of Rochester are also negative. Upon his first introduction to Rochester, after he asked to see her, Jane comments: "But it seemed he was in no mood to notice us, for he never looked up when we we approached. . . There was something in his forced and stiff greeting, in his impatient but formal tone, that he seemed to express more” (Bronte 111). After meeting Rochester for the first... middle of paper ...... idolatry and messianic symbolism in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. " Philological Quarterly 81.1 (2002): 81. Gale Literary Resources. Web. April 22, 2014. Oates, Joyce Carol. Jane Eyre. Toronto: Bantam, 1987. Print. Peterson, Linda H. "'The Feelings and Claims of Little People: Heroic Missionary Memoirs, Domestic Spiritual Autobiography, and Jane Eyre: An Autobiography." Traditions of Victorian Women's Autobiography: The Poetics and Politics of Life Writing. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999. 80.108 . Review of Nineteenth-Century Literature. Ed. Lynn M. Zott. Detroit: 2002. Gale Resources. Searle, Alison. Christianity and the Literature of Charlotte Bronte April 28. 2013.