She learns tremendously through life – and in all necessary disciplines enough to refine herself into the person she wants to be. Jane is, by description, a self-reformer interested in finding that one true purpose in life. And by rough estimation, those youthful angsts indicate her disagreement with her current life treated with biases and lies, and later, we see the extent of this mentality to society and the state of affairs therein. Jane’s childhood rebellion, however, is never out of place. Given Jane starts out being headstrong and a little sassy, I wouldn’t blame her too much because she’s just a smart and active little girl trying to protect herself over at Gateshead, a place where she’s surrounded by people who are supposed to be her family but are not. Reed, and her bullish children.įrom the get-go, Jane seems to be the only character in Charlotte Brontë’s ‘ Jane Eyre’ that seeks something much more than the mere routines of life, and she shows a such desire from the first pages of the book – around when she’s young and about ten years old. The book is enriched with a touching story of a plain English country girl who is forced to endure a harsh childhood being an orphan and taken in under the guidance of her maltreating aunt, Mrs. ‘ Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Brontë is one of the most remarkably written classics I’ve read. Through Charlotte Brontë’s bestseller, there was an awakening in the urgency to tackle gender-related issues by society.Ī Descriptive Tale on a Search for True Purpose ‘ Jane Eyre’ proved a blockbuster following its 1847 publication as it became a book that gave voice to the voiceless, resilience to the weak, and spirit of honest activism to the seemingly lesser gender.

Jane eyre by charlotte brontë