The 43 minute-long podcast was actually more interesting than I thought it would be. I believe they did a lot of things really well and the podcast was very educational. For example, I liked how they summarized the whole story and talked about the plot before going into specific things. I also believe everything they spoke about had a lot of depth, and that they knew a lot about the entire topic. One thing I didn't like though, is how sometimes they got off-track and were talking on something completely different than the original question, but it didn't happen that often.
One specific thing they went into depth about, is Jane Eyre's entire career as an author and specifically her failures before writing Jane Eyre. They spoke about her book, The Professor, and how it didn't perform as well as others. She tried to get a publisher for the novel, but couldn't even secure one. They spoke about how The Professor's failure, helped push Charlotte Bronte to do better and that instead of giving up, she used it as motivation to write a better novel, which finally turned into Jane Eyre. What else did Charlotte Bronte change about herself or her writing to have bettered herself and finally become popular? And what would you have done if you had the same failures as Charlotte Bronte? Would you have given up, or worked harder to succeed?
I believe using her failures to succeed is what made Bronte such a great writer. If I were a writer I'd do the same. But no matter what we are, we should all look back at our failures in order to succeed in life. That is how we learn and grow.
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