The girl is starting to stand up for herself - way to go Jane! There is really only so much resentment, pain, anger, hurt, sadness one can harbor, sooner or later it starts pouring out, and from Jane, it has started spewing.
What I find interesting, or almost as a disconnect, is that the novel is written in first person, through Jane's eyes, and Jane, at the moment, is about 11 years old. For an eleven year old she has incredible insight, here's a sample of her understanding of childhood and her inability to express the injustice of adults taking advantage of defenselessness children:
Context: Jane was asked why she was unhappy and her inner dialogue progresses as follows:
"How much I wished to reply fully to this question! How difficult it was to frame my answer! Children can feel but they can not analyze their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how to express the process in words..." ( p. 19)Can you remember when you were a child and "felt" injustice? Was it possible to protect yourself with words and confidence?
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