"Charlotte Bronte at 200: stories inpired by Jane Eyre" - Cassie Barber

Transference was a better story compared to the second one because it follows the plot and story line much more closely. There are a few things that are different, such as the physical setting, characters, and occupations, but for the most part the stories are the same. Although, the likeness for Mr. Rochester is sometimes switched between the boyfriend and the therapist.

It starts off with a woman who is young and doesn't know much of the world yet, just like Jane Eyre. This woman has a boyfriend. The relationship between the two are very unstable. They have different views and opinions are various topics. This is much like the relationship between Mr. Rochester and Jane Eyre. They are both very different people. When something happens that the boyfriend doesn't want, he tries to force the girlfriend to do something else by persuading her. This to me is seen as abusive. Yet it's the exact same thing that happened with Jane and Mr. Rochester. This adds even more to the similarities between Jane Eyre and Transference.

Not only that, but Mr. Rochester and the therapist are also alike. Both of them have a wife, and yet they still try to get with Jane and the woman. In Transference that fact is not clearly written, and at the mention of his wife it seems as if the therapist does not want to get with the woman, which is unlike Mr. Rochester. Mr. Rochester tries to hide his wife in order to be able to marry Jane.

In a way, the therapist and St. John are portrayed similarly as well. After something bad happens between Jane and Mr. Rochester or the woman and the boyfriend, the two women run away to somebody else in order to try and get away from the men which are seen as unhealthy to be around at the moment. St. John and the therapist help the two women realize, in different ways, that they really do want the previous men in their lives. And even though the Jane and the woman go back to Mr. Rochester and the boyfriend, they still love St. John and the therapist, though they have realized they don't need to act on their love.

In these ways, Transference was much more like Jane Eyre than the second story that was read. There's just more similarities than the other story, even with the obvious differences.