That is why, this essay is dedicated to highlight the importance of family through Jane's quest to find a substitute family and a sense of belonging in her journey for independence. ... Reed, Jane was to be differentiated until she "was endeavoring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner " something lighter, franker, more natural " (Bronte, 2006, p. 9). ... That is why being orphan makes Jane an outsider from Reeds family as well as the larger society. ... She helps Jane, particularly when she is humiliated in fr...

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• Grade Level: High School