Can't a bury these tales? Or can you?

"   How would you best describe the central idea of this chapter? Which phrase from the chapter best helps develop the central idea? "

The central idea of the chapter seems to be hope and inspiration. This chapter talks about the character Jane as a role model and an inspiration for the younger girls. She gave them food when the older girls stole from her. She was known as kind of a martyr when she was told to stand on the stool as punishment. The quote the best develops this central idea is when she was on top of the stool and thinks to herself ". What a strange light inspired them! What an extraordinary sensation that ray sent through me! How the new feeling bore me up! It was as if a martyr, a hero, had passed a slave or victim, and imparted strength in the transit". She felt important and useful. She may not have been liked by Mr. Brocklehurst but she was with her peers such as Helen. Helen gave her smiles, since she was forbidden to speak to her, and walked passed her also as a symbol of hope and inspiration, encouraging Jane to keep going.