After reading Audre Lorde’s The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action & The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House we see so many situations in which Jane’s oppression can be depicted. Starting off in the beginning of the story when she took one of Mr. Reed’s books and was punished for it, as if she was a lower form of life, just for touching a book she was smacked in the head, and was shouted at. Another example of Jane’s oppression was when she was called a liar in front of everyone and just stood there, scared of judgement. Audre Lorde, a black, female, lesbian feminist who fought so many battles including breast cancer, is not so different from our little Jane. Looking back, Jane vicariously died a little bit inside, when losing people that were close to her, including Helen. But, when there’s a will there’s a way, Jane and Audre so far, have been able to overcome their hardships. Lorde expressed that her voice did not mean anything until she realized she had a timer ticking on her life. We can conclude that Jane, HAS a voice, when speaking back to her aunt after she set such horrible things, we saw that even a little girl can stand up for herself.

The moral of the story is, why wait until the time of hardship to express yourself? One must take advantage of every opportunity they get to have their voice heard. No matter what age, race or gender, everyone’s voices must be heard! And even though Jane is a little girl, she is Jane and Jane has her own voice, just like anyone else.

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