"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; i lift my lids and all is born again." - Andrew Vasquez
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Birth Rights by Cynthia Navarro
While our group discussed the themes in Jane Eyre, birth rights was the theme that was prevalent throughout the novel. Jane Eyre grew up with her aunt, Mrs. Reed, who greatly despised her because she considered her less valuable than a servant. Since she was only a young girl, she had no control over her social status, but because her parents we not wealthy, Jane did not have the same social status as the Reeds family. Also, being a female with little or no attractive features, made it harder for Mrs. Reed to accept her in the family. During that period, Jane had little value in society beause she was a women, poor, and uneducated until she was taken to Lowood. At Lowood, she overcame many of those barriers by becoming an independent, educated, and wealthy women. Although she belonged to the lower social class, she became more successful that her cousins because her cousins had the advantage of belonging to a wealthy family that could provide them with the best education.
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