The correct answer is option D. The assumption that the author may have about schools like Lowood is that they are not good for young people. Lowood School is where a young Jane is sent her aunt, Mrs Reed, who is not fond of her at all. The school will represent a dark place, where Jane will learn about the hardships of real life, like class hierarchy and gender roles of the English culture.
At Lowood, the girls are punished and cruelly treated by the Headmaster. Jane will learn by this experience, how poverty and being a woman is a sign of weakness and failure. Bronte uses Lowood School to represent the concept that not all schools are good for young people, if they will reinforce sexist and class stereotypes.
