Thornfield Manor in Jane EyreThornfield Manor is just one step in Jane's journey to freedom from her constraints and her stay there begins comfortably. Although the beginning is warm, Thornfield becomes a haven of boredom, restlessness, and discontent for Jane. To free herself from boredom, Jane goes out to post a letter and unknowingly meets Mr. Rochester. Jane finds that "...the frown, the roughness of the traveler put me at my ease:" (Bronte 105). From her past experiences, Jane knows how to treat Mr. Rochester properly and demonstrates her skills in conversation with him, even when she knows who he is. “I do not think, sir, that you have the right to command me, simply because you are older than I, or because you have seen more people than I; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of it. your time and experience” (Bronte 125). In the comment Jane makes directly to Mr. Rochester, she is bold. He is her employer but she refuses to be put down by him and her experiences at Gateshead and Lowood teach her to be firm but polite, which is part of her move towards education and away from confinement. Another example of Jane's rebellion comes from herself. She realizes that she is falling in love with Mr. Rochester and that this is unacceptable because she is socially inferior to him. The love she bears is a rebellion in itself because she is poor and inferior to him. Jane compares herself to the beautiful Blanche Ingram in order to sort out her feelings. She continues her rebellion when Mrs. Reed calls her. Mrs. Reed is ill, and although she treats Jane poorly at Gateshead, Jane sides with her in her refusal to let Mrs. Reed defeat her. Jane slowly learns to deal with the bad times that life has thrown her way so far. Mrs. Reed, still as cold on her deathbed as before, continues to denounce Jane and despise her. Mrs. Reed proclaims: “A fever broke out there [Lowood] and many students died.