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In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brotne uses the alienation of Jane to highlight her society's moral values and assumptions on how everyone should behave. Jane is a new student at a school in Lowood and has been going there for 3 weeks. She does not enjoy her time there. Jane dropped a slate and was publicly reprimanded by Mr. Brocklehurst. He declared that her punishment for being careless be public humiliation. He called her careless and evil and forced the other girls to alienate her. This shows the structure of Jane's society is based on perfection and sameness. It shows how easily you can be thrown out of society if you do not follow its model of perfection.
Another example of this is the girl with curly hair, Julia. Because she had naturally curly hair she was singled out and forced to conform to society. This shows that Jane's culture is not very open minded and has a strong creed that it adheres to.
You seem to hint at contrast as a possible response to the question, but don't really explore it. Don't forget to look at language devices and language used as a way to prove your argument. Also, it is necessary to acknowledge historical and social context in this question because of the question itself and because of the text used. Finally, don't forget to cite textual evidence if at all possible in your analysis.
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