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             The novel Jane Eyre was a very controversial book during it's time. During the eighteen hundreds women were oppressed heavily. This book told the story of a woman and the thoughts that she had. Many of these thoughts and ideas weren't accepted by the majority of the population. Jane Eyre is the personification of independence. Back in those days society did not accept independent woman. A woman was defined by a man and her own thoughts and ideas were not even taken into account. The book describes a woman's struggle to find love and contement through her mind. The way she does this is best described by G.H. Lewes who said," Almost all that we require in a novelist she has: perception of character, and power of delineating it; picturesqueness; passion; and knowledge of life" (Lewes, 44). The novel Jane Eyre is a well written novel that demonstrates the way an independent woman should live and love.
             The novel begins with Jane as a young girl. She is oppressed because she is a girl for one thing, and that she has no parents. The only reason she isn't sent to an orphanage is because the widow made a promise to her husband who loved Jane. Even though they reject her for her social status. The entire household rejects Jane because they think she is not worthy or the life she has, and that they feel she is basically the lowest form of human (Waring, 52). Even as a child Jane fights back against this in many ways.
             She in a sense rebels against her oppressors by remaining independent in her mind. One of these, the eldest son of Mrs. Reed, consistently oppresses Jane both physically and mentally. He bashes her enough to draw blood at times as well as calling her demeaning names emphasizing her worthlessness. In many ways Jane fights back. She reads constantly and struggles to become intelligent. This way she can draw her own conclusions from life and not depend on
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