A Young Jane Eyre Characterized

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notices just how well thought out Jane’s statements are, is when Mr. Lloyd—Mrs. Reed’s apothecary—is giving Jane “a lecture” (25). When Mr. Lloyd requests to know why Jane is so unhappy, Jane has the restraint to “frame [an] answer” (26) before she spoke. She understands that at her age, she is not able to fully analyze and express her feelings. Therefore, she calmly starts, “For one thing I have no father or mother, brothers or sisters” (26). Further, into this conversation Mr. Lloyd questions Jane to see if she would want to go to school. But before speaking she muses at the statements made earlier by John Reed and Bessie, and rationalizes that schooling would “be a complete change” (27), “an entire separation from Gateshead, [and] an entrance into a new life” (27). Again, after thinking about what she will say, she simply replies, “I should indeed like to go to school” (27).
Moreover, when given the opportunity to defend herself of a falsehood, Jane restrained herself to ...

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