According to Jane Addams‚ some of the issues that America faced were the rapid growth of industrialization‚ a large class disparity‚ and many individuals who did not know how they would be able to help others. Also‚ when Addams described the subjective necessity‚ she is referring to the reasons why she opened the Hull-House. She cited three different reasons: a desire to interpret democracy in social terms‚ a willingness to help others‚ and the Christian Social Gospel movement. Jane Addams thought
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Erica Chandler 29 January 2013 Dr. Smith Reading Response: Jane Eyre Vol. III Religion plays a prominent role in the life of Jane Eyre‚ and arguably the two most religious characters she encounters are Helen Burns and St. John Rivers. Both play similar—if slightly different—parts in Jane’s own personal faith. Both portray a noble and self-sacrificial Catholicism. But while Jane may admire these characters and try to emulate the qualities they possess‚ she ultimately bends toward her own style
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Amy Tans- Two Kinds John Updikes- A&P Maturity / Maturation. Throughout life‚ humanity craves the chance to become all "grown up." They are constantly antisipating the opportunity to participate in the activities those of age are able to do. However‚ what many do not realize is being grown up does indeed give you all of those opportunities to fulfill‚ but it also takes away something very important‚ and that is your childhood. Amy Tan’s Two Kinds and John Up Dikes A&P‚ portray both a missing
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Another example is what Jane says to Mrs. Reed before she leaves Gateshead. “I am not deceitful: if I were‚ I should say I loved you‚ but I declare I do not love you: I dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except John Reed; and this book about the liar‚ you may give to
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Jane is a character repeatedly subjected to violence and hatred from her adoptive family‚ The Reeds. Her experiences are scary and abuse her body and her mind and eventually shape her into who she will become later in her life. She is also often undermined and taken advantage of and therefore made to feel small and worthless. ‘Roughly and violently thrust me back – into the red-room‚ and locked me up there’ demonstrates the cruelty in which Jane Eyre is treated. The use of the power of three on
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time was. From there one will be able to discuss how they were revised‚ and if in fact they were revised at all. Bronte is known as one of the first revolutionary and challenging authoress’ with her text Jane Eyre. The society of her time was male dominated‚ women were marginally cast aside and treated as trophies for their male counterparts. Their main role in life was to be a mother and a wife‚ " Literature cannot be
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Helen and Miss Temple both play a very important role in the emotional development and maturity of Jane. Coming from a hellish place where not a single person sympathises or understands her up until the few weeks before she leaves‚ she is naturally inclined to be intolerant and rebellious. The actions and words of both Helen and Miss Temple affect her greatly throughout her stay at Lowood‚ and without them she very well might have failed. For instance‚ Jane’s first interaction with Helen comes after
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own life‚ mostly with regard to childhood experiences. The novel displays a single individuals growth and development within the context of a defined social order. In most cases the protagonist is orphaned and experiences some form of loss or discontentment in order to spur them away from the family home or setting. The education of the main character is another aspect‚ which is crucial to their growth and development within the novel. It states in Todd (1980; 161) 1. that? ’Ideally Bildungsroman
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By reading both Jane and Bertha together‚ it is clear that Bertha is a vehicle through which Jane’s inner conflicts and desire for freedom are brought to life. Brontë successfully portrays this through her use of language‚ mirror imagery and constant proximity between the two characters. Firstly‚ both Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason are perceived by Victorian society similarly – they are both unwanted‚ unnoticed and unfitting to their surroundings‚ with Bertha being locked away as a result of her supposed
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Jane Eyre: Close Reading and Male Dominance in the Victorian Era There ’s a passage from Bronte ’s Jane Eyre that brings light to the patriarchal relationship between Jane and Rochester. Although Rochester has shown on multiple occasions that he has minimal control over his emotions and has the capacity to lash out‚ Jane admits her love for him and her feelings of safety around him. The scene depicts Rochester ’s dominance over Jane as he holds her‚ and without a word‚ she falls completely useless
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