and unwonted tasks (Bronte 52).
In her entire childhood, Jane does not know real love or warmth, and by the time she is out of school and on her own, she is seeking those qualities and trying to find the means to connect with other human beings. Her independence is always tinged with a desire to belong, but as the novel develops, Jane shows that she has the strength of character to be herself before she commits herself to another person. Jane shows that she understands fully the nature of the task before her:
It is a very strange sensation to inexperienced youth to feel itself quite alone in the world, cut adrift from every connexion, uncertain whether the port to which it is bound can be reached, and prevented by many impediments from returning to that it has quitted. The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it, and fear with me became predominan
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