There is quite a bit to compare between the two! I think you will enjoy Rhys’ more if you have read Brontë’s. This is true, but you have much, much more to think about if you have read it. Everyone says you need not have read Jane Eyre to appreciate Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea. In Rhys’ book, we get into the head of the “crazy woman up in the attic”. I like it much more than Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, for which it is a sort of retelling. Any and everything can be an inspiration for a change.This surprised me in a very good way. The novel also shows that you have to deal with problems and altercations that come up in your life, instead of running away from them (like most people tend to do). It shows you that you are not alone and there can be another way to resolve the situation. I recommend the book for everyone to read. Adding in both the point of view of Mr.Rochester and Antoinette’s added depth to the reading, and an understanding of both individuals mindset. It started with her mom slowly losing sanity because she loved too many things at once, to Antoinette going insane because she was never loved (making an interesting contrast). I enjoyed the novel because the story being told was relatable, at least to me. What this shows is that some people are more hurt and distressed more than mad, and they need that one person to attempt to make them sane.

Rochester ignorant to what she has experienced, thinks she is unable to love. She didn't know how to deal with problems she faced, therefore making her mad. She had no sense of self, therefore she had no identity. On top of that, she only had one friend in her life and that friend left her. When Antoinette was a child she didn't feel love because her mother focused more on her younger brother. Now I see that the aftermath of built up emotions is not always healthy. The novel taught me a personal lesson because I have the tendency to lock my emotions instead of me, because life works better that way I thought. She built up anger and different emotions which drove her insane. Her madness is a result of her internal issues that she never resolved, beginning at in her childhood. Antoinette is abused, ignored, isolated and rejected throughout the entire novel. The story being told in both Antoinette's and Rochester's perspective gave an in depth understanding of both characters thoughts and behaviors. Once I got well into the story it was worth the wait. It starts off slow and takes awhile to understand the prose. The novel Wide Sargasso sea written by Jean Rhys was a beautiful and relatable tale.

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