... his desire to improve his place in life, is a concept that now largely defines the American dream. However, in our own culture we admire this persistence and ambition, in Dickens era it was generally discouraged. In Victorian England it was expected that those born in the lower classes would stay ... , such as friendship and love, to achieve a better status in society and become more accepted by other people. These days, people define their own identity and values based on what others are expecting and saying. Individual personalities are hard to find, everybody is just a mirror of the e...

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... could improve her style." (157) The implications of this compliment are multi-faceted. He recognizes that she is intelligent and considers her narration better than his own. Indeed, Nelly is very well read commenting that she had read just about everything in the library. On another level, Bronte is the actual narrator; ... so she is, in a way, complimenting her own style, thereby asserting her own ability to write. The importance of the quote is further supported by its structural placement within the text, located in the first ... because the awareness of social standing and gender in...

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