In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Helen Burns symbolizes the life and mind of Christ in order to help Jane deal with the cruelty she has faced in her childhood and how to make herself happier when dealing with her future fate Helen is often reprimanded for various things by the teachers in Lowood and receives the brunt end of the wrath of some of the more vicious teachers such as Mrs Scatcherd Whereas Christ died for the sins of the world Helen often takes the punishment for the rest of the girl
On the surface Cold Mountain is the tale of a man trying to find his way home However once looked at in more detail it is seen as a story of a man looking for faith From the very first step Inmans journey is one of faith a faith that he has lost in the Civil War and is on the road to recovering We know little of Inmans life prior to his journey but what we do learn tells us that he was at one point a Christian In his youth he had been taught and he believed in the basics of the Christian faith