For instance, Mrs. Reed’s abuse towards Jane reveals inhumanity through a quote. Jane states,”...Mrs. Reed, impatient of my now frantic anguish and wild sobs, abruptly thrust me back and locked me in, without farther parley. (Page 18) Jane is an abused child sets up her perseverance throughout the rest of the story. Mrs. Reed later resorts to physical abuse when she shakes Jane soundly and boxes her hears. Even after such abuse, Mrs. Reed feels Jane has not endured enough. She locks Jane in a silent, cold room where the coffin of her dead uncle rests. Even though, Jane as an abused child sets up her perseverance throughout the rest of the story.
