"Poverty looks grim to grown people...poverty for me was synonymous with degradation" (29-30).
Charlotte Bronte most likely included this line within her novel to get a large message across. The fact that one is poor does not really mean anything to anyone until someone points it out. The concept of being poor is misinterpreted in Charlotte's eyes. She sees poor people as those who have lost their self respect from being humiliated numerous times. Material items are not the only elements in considering if someone is poor or not. To Charlotte it is also a emotional and mental state of being. Charlotte Bronte was also an orphan, like her character Jane Eyre. She was put into the mental state of feeling like she was less than nothing, which is how Charlotte portrayed her character, Jane, as being. Charlotte shares her life experiences through Jane.
Book: "Jane Eyre." Charlotte Bronte. 26 November 2009. 2006.
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