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Inhumane In Jane Eyre

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This particular passage disgusted me to the point that I distaste Hannah’s character. I mean, to have the dignity to abstain a lending hand to someone in need is automatically inhumane. Jane Eyre, who at this point left the comforts of Thornfield, experience the feeling of being homeless and starving. Although it’s understandable that some people aren’t trustworthy, one should still see the good in people without concluding automatically to the worse. If this were to be the case, how would anyone prosper? In fact, no matter where anyone is located one only success with the guidance of their community. What happens if untrustworthy becomes the code of arms of this world? Of course, nothing positive would come from it. Nonetheless, when Hannah

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