Jane Eyre's Role in Life

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Darian Lawrance Mrs. Hott Honors English 9 5/28/12 Jane Eyre’s Role in Life Jane Eyre, a young girl growing up in the 1800s, trying to find her way through life as a woman of lower class. Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte Brontë in 1847. Jane reaches basic human needs but, needs to realize for herself of who she really is and stop letting others tell her what she can or can’t be. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are 5 basic levels of basic needs: Biological and Physiological Needs, Safety Needs, Belongingness and Love Needs, Esteem Needs, and Self-Actualization. It states that a person has to go through each level before reaching Self-Actualization-finding out what a person was “born to do.” Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs are steps to reaching a person’s full potential. They come to realize who they are, accept themselves, and be accepted by others. Jane goes through each level throughout the novel, narrating her way along the path to self-actualization struggling throughout the way, she then starts to realize why she is here. She is here because she was born to find someone who can love her for herself, she finds someone (Mr. Rochester) that isn’t cruel or abusive towards her. She finds her place in society as his wife and his equal, realizing female value and that she truly does belong in this world with him. The 1st level of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is Biological and Physiological Needs. How Jane goes through this level is she has food to live and give her energy, air for her to breathe and survive in, drink to maintain the fluid levels in her body, shelter to have a place to call home more so (Examples: Gateshead, Lowood School, Thornfield Manor, Moor House, and Ferndean), and sleep to refresh her and her body for the following obstacles to come. This level consists of a human’s basic body needs in order to survive. “When it came to my turn, I drank, for I was

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