Standing Up for Yourself and Your Friends

Jane Eyre grows and changes throughout the book. In the beginning of the book Jane is fighting to protect herself by standing up for both her friends and herself. When Jane was living with her Aunt Reed, she was bullied by her Aunt and her cousins John, Georgina and Eliza. Jane was always standing up for herself even if it meant she would be punished. She proved this when her cousin John hit her in the face and she retaliated by attacking him. Her Aunt was furious with her and sent her to the Red Room the room in which her uncle died. Jane is then sent to Lowood, a school for girls, by her Aunt Reed. Here Jane is again treated with disrespect because she stood up for a girl who was getting beaten by the teacher.  Jane did everything she could to make people see her as a person and not just a thing, she wanted to be treated equally as everyone else was. Jane’s fighting earned her the respect she deserved because when she was old enough she became a teacher at Lowood School where she taught for many years. Jane earned her title because she was not afraid to stand up for herself even when the outcome would not be on her side. She fought to prove that she was not a liar.

Jane was mocked for standing up for herself and called a liar.