Conflict In Shark Girl

Jane is a spirited woman, and her emotions give her a strength of character that is unusual for a female heroine of this period. Rather than being nervous and oversensitive, Jane expresses her feelings through anger. The first example of this occurs at one of the pivotal moments of her life, when John Reed hits

Jane's childhood trauma results as a product of her times at Gateshed and Lowood. There were a series of irreversible problems that Jane had to deal with. She was born an orphan into a house devoid of love or respect for her. It is not overly emotionally healthy to live with the "ostracism by the Reed family and the unrelenting anxiety over the chidings of the servants, the violence of John Reed, and the punishments and berating of Mrs. Reed." (Ashe 10) Evidently, Jane had this lifestyle since she was little. This can be inferred from Mrs. Reeds loving statement "I hated it the first time I set my eyes on it-a sickly, whining, pining thing" (7)

Jane is the exact opposite of the women Waters says is featured regularly on TV. Jane is not a lover or a mother but is a lawyer which makes her fall into the category of more people being featured with glamorous jobs than there actually are. Jane lives alone, does not have a boyfriend and her dating life is not very successful. Comparing her to Deb and Stacy she does not have very much of a social life. Jane is also very intelligent with a very high IQ which is quite useful in her job as a lawyer. After Deb inhabits Jane’s body Jane becomes more personable and outgoing which leads to date and social time with new friends. She also become more outgoing and stands up for

The name Jane is spoken in the story and there is no mention of said name at all again. Jane could be the name of our narrator or could be a misprint from John’s sister, Jennie. “I’ve got out in spite of you and Jane” she says to John. This story would take a major, ominous turn if Jane was the name of our narrator. This would mean that she doesn’t think she is herself anymore, but the woman in the wallpaper. If it was supposed to be “Jennie” then it could represent the escape from the oppression of men and the women who accept it. Either way, Jane remains a mystery.

Jane is a nine year old girl who has been brought in to therapy by her mother for stealing, being destructive, lying, behaving aggressively toward her younger siblings, and acting cruelly to animals. Jane has also been acting clingy and affectionate toward strangers.

Furthermore, this demeaning and negative attitude Jane is exposed to is further instigated when her cousin, John Reed, expresses her situation by saying: "You have no business to take our books; you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us". The truth of Jane's unfortunate situation is expressed against her which results in her feeling no true support from this family and confides only in her childhood nursemaid- Bessie, who although behaves inconsistently and has “a capricious and hasty temper”, is the closest mother figure to her. Furthermore, the friction between Jane and John is further emphasised when the first physical aspect of violence is introduced to the reader through a graphic portrayal, further showing the ultimate rejection Jane experienced

The setting in the story first takes place in Minneapolis Minnesota and then moves to Maunus Brazil in the Amazon. Minnesota is quiet and friendly where her boss/boyfriend live as well as her job and mother. Brazil is hot and humid with strange people and tourist, it never gives off a good feeling to Marina. After Marina goes with Dr. Swenson she becomes more confident and adjusted to the environment. This shows the readers

Jane is of course blamed for fighting with John Reed, so is punished. But Jane ‘’resisted all the way: a new thing for me’’ this is the first time in the novel that we see her starting to rebel and resist the Reed’s cruel behavior towards her. Jane couldn’t control her feelings ‘’I was a trifle beside myself’’. Again showing she wasn’t and couldn’t carry on receiving the abuse she was experiencing, she is starting to stick up for herself. Some critics say that this is because Jane had hit puberty and couldn’t control her emotions. This is why she had been experiencing sudden outbursts.

Jane was born as Honora Kelley and grew up without a mother and with an alcoholic father. She spent many years of her life in poverty and she was forced to uproot her life to go live in the Boston Female Asylum. After a few years, Jane was adopted by Mrs. Ann Toppan, and Jane spend every day being extremely jealous of her beautiful step-sisters. Especially when she was left at the alter at only 19 years old, she determined she was unlovable and turned dark and hateful. She eventually moved out to become a nurse where not long after got the name nightmare nurse (Lyle, 2011). While working in the hospital which had low supervision and security, this allowed her to do as she pleased. Jane experimented with drugs using morphine and atropine on the patients that she did not like (Lyle, 2011). No one

Gilman allows the readers to see how the depression has sunk its teeth into Jane and will only let go when Jane has given up on everything that she has ever lived for. Her downward spiral into mania begins when she states, “I pulled… and before morning we had peeled off yards of that paper…I declared I would finish it today” (319). Her entire stay in the rest home has built up to her destruction of the paper. Instead of escaping from behind the paper, her depression, Jane decides to rip it away from her life. She rips away the paper to release the Jane that she once was from her riddling depression. Once she starts removing the yellow wallpaper, Jane’s anger takes over her. She starts to think desperate thoughts and can even see herself jumping from the window (320). Jane sees that the quickest way to relieve her seemingly never ending pain and suffering in life is to end it. Through this, Gilman explains how Jane is not only ripping the paper from the wall, but also healing herself from her depression by ripping herself out of this

Jane begins her life in isolation at Gateshead, abused and misunderstood by her Aunt Reed and cousins. She is constantly reminded of her worthlessness to them and the fact that they view her as a burden, and is literally

Jane's growth throughout the novel will reflect back to her childhood. B.F. Skinner, the psychologist, explains that "a person's history of environmental interactions controls his of her behavior." A person's behavior is followed by a consequence. The nature of the consequence modifies the person's tendency to change or repeat the actions in the future (Stanford Encyclopedia). Jane is nurtured by the people around her and the problems she encounters. Jane has lived a secluded life: isolated from family, isolated from luxury, and isolated from love. When Jane enters a new world of unexpected scenarios, she does not yet know how to react.

In the beginning of her essay, Rich introduces one of the main temptations that Jane encounters, which is seeing herself and acting like a victim. Rich explicitly states “For a powerless little girl in a hostile house hold… physical violence are used against her, used indeed to punish her very spiritedness and individuality, the temptation of victimization is never too far away” (Rich). Jane would see herself as a victim because of the way the people surrounding her were treating her. Her cousin John, along with her aunt Reed, constantly treated her so poorly by abusing her physically and this made her feel worthless. Because Jane had to deal with physical violence from John and her aunt Reed, she eventually had to deal with her fear of being locked in

Jane in her younger years was practically shunned by everyone and was shown very little love and compassion, from this throughout her life she searches for these qualities through those around her. Due to Jane’s mother’s disinheritance she was disowned by Mrs. Reed and her children, and was treated like a servant consistently reminded that she lacked position and wealth.

Jane Moore, protagonist and narrator of Jane, has just lost her parents in a car accident. Due to her introverted personality that her parents never accepted, her older siblings inherited the estate and wealth, while Jane was handed worthless bonds. Penniless and alone, Jane was forced to drop out of college and make her own living as a nanny. Unlike her older sister, she was never one to read all of the gossip happening with the rich and famous, so the woman in the employment