Jane Eyre Injustice

Imagine a world where you feel burdened on others because your parents have died? A world where the care for orphans is less than those of servants? Where, one day, you would wish to grow up and change the ways of living? This imaginary world for us is a daily walkthrough for ten-year-old Jane Eyre. When her parents became ill from the sickness and passed one month after the other, the young girl became a burden upon her aunt, Mrs. Reed, who treated her worse than a servant. Jane Eyre was authored by Charlotte Bronte who often wrote under the pseudonym of Currer Bell. This novel was written in nineteenth century and many events throughout the book can be seen to reflect the society of the 1800s. The quick ways of society judging a lower class …show more content…
With Jane taking it upon herself to change her life, the two themes of injustice and love play a phenomenal role in shaping her as a strong, independent woman that she turns out to be. Foremost, the novel Jane Eyre is introduced when Jane is barely ten-years-old. The young, avid reader never received any education and was often bullied by her own cousins. As ordered by her cruel aunt, Mrs. Reed, the children, Georgina, Elizabeth, and John, would not be allowed to play with Jane nor talk to her. However, the fourteen year old, John, had taken a liking in beating Jane daily. As a punishment for speaking out, she was put into the Red room where she saw supernatural events take place, seeing as though her uncle, Mr. Reed, was buried in that very room. She was then put into a school where she befriended Helen Burns, who took it upon herself to learn education and be on the receiving end of the rod nearly every day. After finishing her education at Lowood Institution that was based partly on charity, she taught there for another couple of years. Thereafter, she earned herself a position in Mrs. Fairfax’s estate to teach Adele, a young girl in nursery. She was employed under …show more content…
Even at age ten, she knew what her consequences were for speaking the truth, yet she still did so anyway. She found her way out of oppression and with her rank as a teacher and governess, she has already raised her rank slightly in society and gained respect by many. She helped anybody when she could, even if that meant saving the cold-hearted Mr. Rochester from the fire on his bed curtains. When she realized that her love would always be the one and only, Edward Rochester, she denied marrying her cousin St. John and returned to her former lover. This also shows that Charlotte Bronte exercised the theme of love to the extent that Jane was ready to accept a blind and helpless Mr. Rochester out of her deep love for him. This novel reflects the society of the 1800s and many people in third world countries today still undergo what Jane had gone through as a child. All in all, Jane Eyre was a novel that could be considered an excerpt from the many lives that live the