Alienation, Orphanhood, and Belonging

From Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Jane's status as an unwanted dependent shapes her hunger for kinship and her insistence on emotional self-sufficiency.
Chapter 2
I was a discord in Gateshead Hall; I was like nobody there.
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Chapter 33

The discovery that the Rivers siblings are her cousins--Jane's first experience of chosen kinship: "Glorious discovery to a lonely wretch!"

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