Jane Eyre: Changing Seasons and Weather In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte is constantly aware of the changing seasons. This aspect of the novel is the most relevant in the period that Jane is at Morton. The reader is able to notice clearly the difference in plot and character in relation to a full year of seasons at Morton. When Jane first arrives in Whitcross it is a summer evening, and Jane is able to sleep comfortably on the heath remarking “ it was dry, and yet warm with the heat of the summer-day.” Because Jane was travelling directly from Thornfield, the whether was extremely comforting for her, she took solace in thinking that at least na