In Our Time- Emily Harms

Pros:

• Explained sides of the story I haven't thought of before
• They talked about Charlotte's life which gave me more insight on the autobiographical aspect of the novel
• They explained some of the themes more in depth

Cons:

• Sometimes they were hard to understand when they were talking
• They included a lot of extra information that wasn't necessary

What I found interesting:

The lady talks about the comparison between Mr. Brocklehurst and William Carus Wilson.  She mentions how Charlotte wasn't fair to Wilson by the way she showed Mr. Brocklehurst in the novel Jane Eyre, but it is her story and she can show characters the way she wants to.  Since this story is said to be autobiographical, most people think of how both Charlotte and Jane are living with their aunt that isn't exactly the nicest person.  Most people don't compare Mr. Brocklehurst and William Carus Wilson, because there are some pretty major differences between them that makes it more difficult to link together.  Most parts of this story represent something that Charlotte went through during her life even if it isn't exact.

I relate this book to Thomas Foster's book How to Read Literature like a Professor.  Foster explains that no story is original and that they all come from other stories.  Parts of this novel had to have come from another source, and not just Charlotte Bronte's life story.  Shakespeare and the Bible are some sources that most literature builds off of to create the stories that we end up with today.