Conflict “…I should be glad if the superintendent and teachers were requested to keep a strict eye on her, and, above all, to guard against her worst fault, a tendency to deceit. I mention this in your hearing, Jane, that you may not attempt to impose on Mr. Brocklehurst." Well might I dread, well might I dislike Mrs. Reed; for it was her nature to wound me cruelly; never was I happy in her presence; …showed first 75 words of 456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 456 total…subjected to malnutrition, bitter cold with lack of warm clothing, harsh mistreating by teachers and many other hardships. Eventually half of the school falls ill with typhus and some students actually die. This calls in an inspection and eventually the conditions actually do get a bit better. We see through this that although Jane does experience many hardships it doesn’t call for her to give up hope and she keeps aspiring to move on.