After reading the first 13 chapters of Jane Eyre, I immediately felt like what she was going through. In chapter 1 it introduces us to the oppression she faces. The unnecessary cruel treatment she receives within the Reed’s household shows how much she is welcomed there. She was treated worse than servants the reason being she did nothing for the Reeds. She was looked at as basically a leech using them for a home. Although it was not her choice or responsibility for what happened that led her here. She was treated as if she was a monster. Yet she was merely a young girl, frightened yet put on a brave mask whenever needed.

Resistance is important when someone believes they have no power. Resistance is key, and that is something Jane kept with her. For example she resisted when the servants tried to hold her down, and when they tried to carry her away. She didn’t allow any of this to happen without a fight. Resistance is needed to keep things in order, its the only way to withstand unfair thoughts, treatment or actions. Jane has gone through what most people who resist the “power”, the beating, the punishments all the cons of resisting, this young child went through. Accompanying this behavior is guilt when things go wrong, The only time Jane has been treated with sympathy was when she fell sick. This occurred after being hit with a book in the head and punished for hours in a room alone.