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Essay / Jane Eyre - 780
Literature reveals an underlying truth about society. In the novel Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë, the reader follows the struggle of a young girl known as Jane. His life begins in a wealthy society with his aunt Mrs. Reed and her three children. After her parents died, her uncle, Mr. Reed, took her to live with them. Mr. Reed, before he died, made his wife promise to keep Jane after her death. Mrs. Reed treated Jane very badly and sent her to a boarding school for orphans. After becoming a teacher, Jane leaves the orphan school and works for Mr. Rochester, whose "adopted" daughter needs a teacher. Mr. Rochester and Jane fell in love and were going to get married until Jane discovered he was already married. Jane leaves and meets family members she never knew existed, and before leaving for India, having inherited much of her estate from her now deceased uncle John Eyre, returns to Mr. Rochester. She marries Mr. Rochester after his wife burns down their house and commits suicide. In the novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë depicts a struggle for social status through injustice and independence. Jane's struggle with social status is directly related to the injustice imposed on her by the Reed family. After Jane was knocked down and injured by Mrs. Reed's son, Mrs. Reed punished Jane by locking her in a room. Mrs. Reed came back after Jane screamed, when she thought she saw a ghost, to see what was happening after thinking it was nothing, she continued the punishment: “...Mrs. Reed, impatient with my now frenzied anguish and wild sobs, abruptly pushed me away and locked me up, without further discussion” (16). Mr. Reed views Jane as an orphan and less of a person than his own children. Mrs. Reed provokes the idea of injustice by throwing Ja......in the middle of a paper...and that you are now rich..” (384). Bronte provokes the idea that Jane is independent by receiving money from her family instead of marrying a rich and high-ranking man. Jane gains her own social status with her own family's money, ending her struggle in society. Through Jane's independence, a struggle for social status is overcome by refusing a status marriage and receiving wealth from her own family. Through injustice and independence, Charlotte Brontë reveals a struggle for social status. Jane Eyre's struggle with the Reed family would project an injustice imposed on her by a family of social status, while she was poor and an orphan. Jane's independence would be amplified if she left Mr. Rochester and obtained her own wealth and social status. Charlotte Brontë's idea of a struggle for social status shows that it can be overcome by maintaining an independent mind.