Similar
to Jane, I seek the perfect combination of freedom and love. However, due to my
sexuality and my families beliefs, that combination isn’t what I want it to be.
My family was a form of imprisonment for me unfortunately. I never was able to
go out or be friends with who I wanted to be friends with, sort of a mirror
image of Jane with her Aunt and cousins. However, college provided me with a
sense of freedom, which again is reminiscent of an early Jane. Yet when I came
home from my first year I was given an ultimatum of whether I wanted to
continue to attend school with my family paying but giving up my relationship
with my girlfriend or moving out in order to preserve my sense of self and
become disconnected from my family.
My
family soon became much like St. John Rivers, offering me a way to attend
school but only if I abided by their rules. If I chose then to go to school,
then I was sacrificing my true feelings in a sort of imprisonment. Jane
ultimately chose to be true to herself and not go with St. John Rivers and I
chose the similar path of moving out and following my own instincts and passions.
In the end it has worked out for me as much as it all worked out for Jane.
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